Elster American Meter Receives Measurement Canada Accreditation


Cleveland, OH, October 20, 2008 - Elster Gas North America announces that its business unit Elster American Meter located in Nebraska City, NE has received Measurement Canada Accreditation.

Elster American Meter has become an authorized qualified organization to inspect and certify instruments on Measurement Canada's behalf. Elster American Meter has documented, established and maintained a quality management system which meets the requirements of Measurement Canada's accreditation standard, S-A-01.

"We are delighted with the Measurement Canada Accreditation, representing our dedication to quality and service," said Dr. Kevin Warner, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "It recognized the contributions spanning the entire Elster American Meter organization; Operations, Research and Development, Customer Service, Quality, and Sales and Marketing. It also illustrates Elster's vision to deliver unsurpassed solutions to our customers through creative and innovative processes. For us, this accreditation is a symbol of honor from one of North America's largest and most respected certifying bodies, and we will view it as incentive to farther our leadership efforts in gas measurement and control."

Elster American Meter one of the only United States based Measurement Canada accredited organizations has acquired the necessary measuring and test equipment, inspection certificates, test and non-compliance reports, rejection tags, inspection markings, verification indicators and seals. Elster American Meter has begun certifying device types from small to large diaphragm meters with Inspection types; 100% verification, 100% reverification with acceptance sampling S-S-series.

For further information contact:
Deborah Sill, Elster Gas North America, 440-417-1167, dsill@americanmeter.com

About Elster American Meter
Elster American Meter is the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of gas measurement and control products for the natural gas industry. Elster American Meter's complete product and service portfolio includes long-term product reliability and performance, lowest total cost of ownership and outstanding technical training, field support and customer service.

About Elster Group
A world leader in advanced metering infrastructure, integrated metering, and utilization solutions to the gas, electricity and water industries, Elster's systems and solutions reflect over 170 years of knowledge and experience in measuring precious resources and energy.

Elster provides solutions and advanced technologies to help utilities more easily, efficiently and reliably obtain and use advanced metering intelligence to improve customer service, enhance operational efficiency, and increase revenues. Elster's AMI solutions enable utilities to cost-effectively generate, deliver, manage, and conserve the life-essential resources of gas, electricity, and water.

Elster has over 7,500 staff and operations in 38 countries in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

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