<p> Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. Announces New Racking/Unracking Center of Excellence Service </p><p>New Service Offering Provides One Stop Shop for Racking and Unracking Challenges</p><p>Orion, Michigan — March 7, 2007 – Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (AMT), a leading supplier of factory automation design, engineering and process consulting services today announced its new racking/unracking center of excellence service. The new service offering provides customers with a one shop stop for all their racking and unracking challenges. Customers can now benefit from AMT’s experience and expertise in mechanical design, simulation, robot programming and 3D vision guided robots as they apply to today’s most advanced racking and unracking applications.</p><p>"With AMT’s 15 plus years of experience in stamping factories we are uniquely qualified to provide customers with an all encompassing source for the most challenging of racking and unracking applications," said Joe Campbell, chief operating officer for Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc. "Manufacturers utilizing our COE services can increase production, reduce cycle times and improve plant productivity and efficiency."</p><p>AMT’s racking/unracking COE service offers a multi-discipline approach to the stamping environment with services including mechanical design, simulation, robot programming and vision guidance for racking and unracking applications. Examples of advantages of this approach include automatically finding and picking up parts located on a rack in various positions, compensating for parts stacked at varying angles & positions, and detecting depth of parts within a rack.</p><p>Founded in 1989, Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (AMT) is a leading supplier of complete consulting and engineering services, offering single-source engineering solutions to the automation and manufacturing industries. The company’s service offerings range from design and simulation to programming, installation and support of industrial automation solutions. The company’s technical and industry expertise in automation for the automotive, aerospace, building materials, consumer products, food, heavy equipment, machinery, medical, and truck industries offers its customers the highest quality professional service available in the industrial arena. For more information contact Applied Manufacturing Technologies at 248-409-2000, or online at www.appliedmfg.com .</p>