KONTRON REORGANIZES FACILITY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Home of Embedded Modules & Mobile Rugged divisions now Kontron America, Silicon Valley

Poway, CA - September 6, 2005 - Kontron America, the leader in embedded computing technology and mobile rugged solutions, is proud to announce the renaming of the company's facility in Fremont, California. As of today, the location that houses both Kontron's Embedded Modules and Mobile Rugged business units will be officially known as Kontron America, Silicon Valley.

The operations at the Silicon Valley facility also have been reorganized to ensure greater efficiencies and to make greater use of the synergies that exist. Under this plan, the Embedded Modules and Mobile Rugged groups will continue to function as separate business units, but will take advantage of the R&D capabilities and knowledge that both the two engineering teams have to offer. The joint efforts of these teams will ensure that the embedded computing technology and mobile rugged markets can expect to see more advancements coming from Kontron's Silicon Valley facility.

"By bringing the teams from both the Embedded Modules and Mobile Rugged business units together under one roof, this facility truly reflects the engineering reputation of Silicon Valley," says Dale Szymborski, General Manager of the Kontron America facility in Fremont. "This facility has become the innovation epicenter for Kontron America and gives Kontron greater access to some of the world's finest engineering talent."

Embedded Modules Business Unit:
The Embedded Modules business unit is jointly responsible for the development of the ETX form factor for Computer-On-Modules (COMs) and most recently for the initiative that lead to the release of the COM Express COM.0 standard from the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) upon which the Kontron ETXexpress product line is based. Other COMs created and supported by this business unit include the growing line of Kontron X-board modules that are based on x86 and RISC processors as well as Kontron DIMM-PC modules that represent the smallest COMs currently available to answer the needs of embedded applications.

Mobile Rugged Business Unit:
The Mobile Rugged business unit is comprised of the former Dolch Computer Systems team that was purchased by Kontron in March of this year and the former Kontron Mobile Computing, Inc. This business unit is responsible for a complete line of rugged mobile computing systems as well as rugged displays and workstations designed to meet the demands of customers serving a variety of industries and applications such as military, oil and gas, telecom and other harsh environment situations.

About Kontron:
A leader in global embedded computer technology and mobile rugged solutions, Kontron supplies a diversified customer base of OEMs, system integrators and application providers in the communications, automation, transportation, medical, military, aerospace, test and measurement, encryption security, engineering data acquisition, oil and gas, and public safety markets. The company helps its customers considerably reduce their time-to-market and gain a competitive advantage with products including high-performance open computer platforms and systems, single board computers, man-machine interfaces and mobile computers. Kontron employs more than 1,800 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. The company is listed on the German TecDAX 30 stock exchange under the symbol "KBC". Kontron is a member of the Intel Communications Alliance. For additional information on Kontron, please visit: www.kontron.com.