Advanced Automation, Inc. Expands;Opens First Office West of Mississippi to Serve Region's Growing Client Base


EXTON, PA, April 21, 2006 - Advanced Automation, Inc., one of the largest
manufacturing information services companies in North America, has expanded
westward, opening a new office in Overland Park, KS, its first location in
that region of the United States. Michael Gansman will serve as District
Business Manager.

The new office is located at 6240 W. 135th Street, Suite 200 (Zip 66223).
Telephone is 913-647-5160. Email:mgansman@advancedautomation.com.

Advanced Automation, a CERTIFIED MEMBER of the Control System Integrators
Association (CSIA), creates integrated solutions that enable its clients to
control, improve, and optimize their manufacturing process through the use
of advanced information technologies. The company has extensive experience
in the food and beverage, CPG - consumer package goods, pharmaceutical,
metals, water and wastewater, and commercial printing industries worldwide.

"This new office will enable us to provide more responsive, firsthand
manufacturing information support services to our growing client base in
this region," Gansman explained. "Not only are we at the heart of the Kansas
City metropolitan area, but this new central U.S. location brings us close
to almost half of the country's largest cities."

"Michael Gansman brings a wealth of experience in business management,
client development and retention, project management, and consultative
solution development to our company," said Advanced Automation Vice
President Martin Michael. "His experience and knowledge of the Greater
Midwest region, gained during work assignments here in the last 15 years,
give him an excellent perspective on the needs of the area's manufacturers."

Gansman joins Advanced Automation from Industrial Network Systems, where he
served as director of business development for the automation solutions
provider in a 12-state region in the central United States. Prior to that
he worked in the corporate offices of Kansas City, MO -based Controls
Midwest, and for eight years for Black & Veatch Corporation, the locally
based leading global engineering, consulting and construction company.

"Finding the right professional is the key to a successful venture," Martin
Michael summarized. "We are excited to have Michael Gansman as the district
business manager in our Midwest office. He brings a unique combination of
technical and business skills that are essential to serving our clients
well."

Advanced Automation has been an industry leader in the design, deployment,
and implementation of control automation systems, data interoperability and
visibility solutions, manufacturing execution software solutions, turnkey
project management, and maintenance support services since its establishment
in 1983. The company is headquartered in Exton, PA
(www.advancedautomation.com)

For more information, contact: Michael McCormack,
610-458-8700, ext. 303; email: mmccormack@advancedautomation.com/

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