HMS Networks AB: HMS receives new agreements for delivery of Gateway products

22 May 2009 at 10:00 GMT+2
Regulatory press release

Through its partly owned subsidiary IntelliCom Innovation AB, HMS
Networks AB (publ) received two renewed delivery agreements for its
Gateway products for industrial communication. The total value of
these two agreements is approximately SEK 7,5 million. Delivery under
these agreements will be completed during the next two years.

One of the customers is a world leading system supplier in power
distribution and the other customer is a market leader in the area of
ventilation in commercial properties.

- During the last couple of years we have focused on developing
application areas for our products in communication and remote
monitoring. Receiving renewed delivery agreements from large
companies in the areas of power distribution and ventilation shows
the success they are having using our Gateway products, says Henrik
Ebeklint CEO of IntelliCom Innovation AB

IntelliCom Innovation AB is a partly owned (52%) subsidiary of HMS
Networks AB (publ). IntelliCom has 15 employees mainly focused on
technology and product development to control, supervise and monitor
industrial products and systems.

- These new delivery agreements show that, despite the general weak
market, there are application areas that benefits from a simplified
communication between industrial systems. IntelliCom and their
innovative products holds a strong position in the area of remote
monitoring, especially using Ethernet and GPRS, says Staffan
Dahlström, CEO of HMS Networks AB.

For further information please contact:
CEO Staffan Dahlström,  +46 35 17 29 01
CFO Gunnar Högberg, +46 35 17 29 95


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HMS Networks AB (publ) is a world-leading supplier of communication
technology for industrial automation. Sales for 2008 grew by 17% to
SEK 317 million. Over 90% of these sales were to customers located
outside Sweden. All development and the major portion of
manufacturing is carried out at the head office in Halmstad. Sales
offices are located in Japan, China, Germany, the USA, Italy and
France. HMS has 155 employees and produces network interface cards
and products to interconnect different networks under the trademark
Anybus®. The network interface cards are embedded in automation
equipment such as inverter drives, robots, control systems and
sensors. This allows subcomponents in machines to communicate with
one another and with different networks in order to build more
efficient and flexible automation systems with reduced energy
consumption.

In 2008 HMS was presented with Sweden's "Best export company" award
by H.M. the King of Sweden and HMS has had an average growth of 30%
year-on-year over the past ten years. HMS is listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Nordic Exchange in Stockholm in the Small Cap, Information Technology
sector.