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INNOVATIVE THERMAL SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES

Innovative Thermal Solutions joins the Design Service Network’s extensive network of engineering, testing and design facilities

Adrian, September 10, 2004 – Innovative Thermal Solutions, LLC of Adrian, MI today announced a strategic partnership with Design Services Network of Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR). The partnership enhances and extends the engineering, testing and design capabilities of both companies.

Innovative Thermal Solutions is an engineering consulting firm offering services in mechanical design and thermal management including heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration. Like Innovative Thermal Solutions, the Sidney, Ohio based, Design Services Network is a leading provider of sophisticated thermal system solutions for commercial, industrial and scientific system manufacturers worldwide. Design Services Network combines system design, analysis, and testing capabilities, so that it can seamlessly integrate with customer processes to manage an entire project from start to finish, making it an ideal partner to Innovative Thermal Solutions.

“With years of new product development and manufacturing experience, Design Services Network specializes in helping clients develop and launch new products”, said Bob Utter, president of Innovative Thermal Solutions. “This partnership will expand our services offering and increase our already strong ability to develop custom solutions and innovate for our clients.”

The core competencies of Innovative Thermal Solutions, LLC include mechanical and thermal technology and product development, manufacturing and process improvement, as well as project and technology management. Design Services Network’s expertise ranges from ultra-low temperature to heated system design and analysis, as well as sound, vibration and Finite Element Analysis. By combining their expertise and testing capabilities, Design Services Network and Innovative Thermal Solutions offer clients a more extensive service.

“At its heart, Design Services Network is a client-driven organization that can reduce the total product development time and expose critical design and manufacturing issues early in the design cycle” said Rob Lehman, managing director of Design Services Network. “By managing an entire project from start to finish, or simply providing critical expert design, manufacturing or testing capabilities as needed, our personnel can help companies add expertise, save time, reduce technical risks, cut costs and ensure product viability and performance. This partnership will allow us to better provide these services to our clients” said Lehman.

In addition to complete thermal system outsourced design capabilities, Design Services Network offers a fully staffed and certified testing laboratory capable of conducting industry standard sanitation and safety assessments, such as NSF and UL tests, or customer-specific performance tests including ASHRAE, ARI, vibration and shipping. "We welcome the opportunity to bring our experience and expertise to combine with the enhanced testing capabilities of Design Services Network to provide the best possible results for our clients." said Bob Utter, president of Innovative Thermal Solutions. "Our goal of being able to provide quality professional solutions to complex engineering problems will benefit from this partnership."

Headquartered in Sidney, Ohio, Design Services Network has fully-staffed facilities located across the United States, including in Illinois, California, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Texas. The partnership with Innovative Thermal Solutions now adds facilities in Michigan.

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