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Editorial Contact: Gregg Weirauch

ECT Enters Strategic Partnership with Woodhead Connectivity

Brookfield, WI, April 6, 2001, ECT International, the market leader in electrical design software, has entered into a strategic partnership with Woodhead Connectivity, leading global supplier of connectivity products, in a move designed to provide greater convenience and increased product access for customers of both companies.

Included under the agreement are Woodhead's wide range of Brad Harrison® cordsets, multi-ports, receptacles and connectors used in the electrical controls market. Woodhead will provide ECT with detailed product information that will be added to the parts database included with ECT's promis•e® control system design software. The Woodhead parts data also will be available separately on CD-ROM and as a download from both companies' web sites. The companies will share sales and marketing opportunities.

"The addition of the Woodhead parts data is a great convenience to users of our software," said Arthur Sawall, President of ECT International. "By providing a database that already contains data on such widely used products, we relieve the user from having to enter this information."

"Working with ECT affords us an opportunity to interface more directly with control engineers so that we can become more responsive to their needs," adds Charlie Andersen, President of Woodhead Connectivity North America. "This is another great tool that makes specifying and integrating products easier for the designer."

Woodhead Connectivity, Northbrook, IL, a part of Woodhead Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDHD), provides the industrial automation market with a single, worldwide source for industrial communications and connectivity solutions. Comprised of five recognized industry-leading brands: SST™, Brad Harrison, mPm™, RJ Lnxx™ and applicom™, Woodhead Connectivity is the premier supplier of both physical media and communication hardware/software for application-specific connectivity solutions. ECT International, Inc. is a developer of control system design software located in Brookfield, WI. For more information, contact:

ECT International, Inc.
Gregg Weirauch
Phone: (262) 781-1511
Fax: (262) 781-8411
Email: gregg.weirauch@ecti.com

Woodhead L.P.
Kathy Eber
Phone: (847) 753-6986
Fax: (847) 272-8133
E-mail: Keber@domino.danielwoodhead.com

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promis•e is a registered trademark of ECT International, Inc. Brad Harrison is a registered trademark of Woodhead Industries, Inc.