Precise Automation and Livingston & Haven Sign Distribution Agreement


Los Altos, California & Charlotte, North Carolina - November 14, 2006 - Precise Automation, a leading innovator of automation products that assist customers to automate with ease, and Livingston & Haven, a full line solutions provider in the motion control and fluid power industries, have entered into a distribution agreement. This agreement allows Livingston & Haven to sell and support Precise Automation's products in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. These products include PrecisePlace robots, Guidance motion controllers and PreciseVision software.

"We are very pleased to have partnered with such an innovative automation supplier. Mr. Carlisle has built his career on being a leader in motion control. We are confident that this relationship will serve our customers in the Southeastern U.S. well," stated Barry Bruhns, L&H Electromechanical Product Manager.

Brian Carlisle, President of Precise Automation, stated, "We are delighted to be working with L&H and are already developing a custom vision-guided controller product for their customer base. We expect this new controller product to provide sophisticated multi-axis control at an extremely attractive price."

ABOUT PRECISE AUTOMATION
Precise Automation delivers cutting edge automation technology and leverages years of experience in software, controls, electronic and mechanical design that assists end users and OEM customers to automate with ease. Precise's versatile table-top Cartesian robots come fully assembled and are extremely easy to set up. The company's low cost vision-guided motion controllers integrate motor drives in a very compact design that fit inside many robot structures. The controller's powerful features allow OEM's to create the applications they want and to produce user-friendly systems. Adding vision guidance simplifies complex problems in locating and identifying parts and significantly improves process reliability by easily accommodating to dimensional variances. Precise Automation's flexible and innovative products serve a wide variety of industries including: electronics, semiconductor, life science, medical products and mass storage.

ABOUT LIVINGSTON & HAVEN TECHNOLOGIES
Established in 1947, Livingston & Haven is the leading industrial technology provider in the Southeast. The company specializes in providing solutions in the automation, hydraulic, pneumatic, lubrication, mechanical, linear and connector industries. Headquartered in Charlotte N.C., L&H utilizes a collaboration of engineers and industry focused specialists to provide innovative solutions for manufacturers. L&H also offers a variety of services including: engineering, installations, service and repairs, a training institute and complete online account management.

CONTACT
Stella Kulkarni,
(408) 224-2838
Precise Automation
sales@preciseautomation.com
www.preciseautomation.com

Danielle Chriscoe,
(704) 588-3670 ext.7516
Livingston & Haven
dchriscoe@lhtech.com
www.lhtech.com

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