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EMRISE CORPORATION ROTARY SWITCHES QUALIFIED FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Company’s Low-Profile Switches Installed in Mission-Critical Equipment for Space Station Life Support System RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.—August 14, 2008—EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca: ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced that its Very Low Profile Rotary (VLP®) switches have been qualified for space applications and installed in new equipment used to rehydrate crew member food and provide potable water for the International Space Station’s regenerative life-support system. According to EMRISE President and Chief Executive Officer Carmine T. Oliva, qualification for space applications is the highest certification for electronic devices, and this qualification and application is expected to further support and facilitate growth of the Company’s digital and rotary switch division, Digitran, in new patented low-profile rotary switches for space-related and other high-reliability military and commercial aerospace applications. Oliva stated, “Our VLP® Rotary Switches were selected for this mission-critical space application because of their very light weight, small size and very high reliability. “We are especially proud to be a supplier for the International Space Station’s life support system, and being part of our nation’s space program marks a significant milestone for Digitran,” Oliva added. “Moreover, from a future business perspective, we feel this space qualification validates the consistent high quality and performance of Digitran switches and indicates a bright future for its continued growth in the military and commercial aerospace markets.” The life support system has been delivered to the Kennedy Space Flight Center and will be transported to the space station on the Space Shuttle currently scheduled for launch on November 10, 2008. The shuttle will carry the equipment in a multi-purpose logistics module, a large reusable cargo module used to transport equipment and supplies to and from the International Space Station as it orbits the earth. About Digitran Digitran, a division of EMRISE Corporation, manufactures a line of high reliability digital and rotary switches for aerospace, military, communications, and other standard and custom applications for customers worldwide. Digitran integrated it proven military-specification technology, currently used in aerospace and military applications, with a patented space-reducing mechanism to create the first patented Very Low Profile ® Rotary switch and its subsequent family of switch products. About EMRISE Corporation EMRISE designs, manufactures and markets electronic devices, sub-systems and equipment for aerospace, defense, industrial and communications markets. EMRISE products perform key functions such as power supply and power conversion; RF and microwave transmission; digital and rotary switching; network access and timing and synchronization of communications networks. Primary growth driver applications for EMRISE products include commercial avionic “In-Flight Entertainment and Communications” products and communications “Network Timing and Synchronization” equipment. EMRISE serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through operations in the United States, England, France and Japan. The Company has built a worldwide base of customers including all of the Fortune 100 in the U.S. that do business in markets served by EMRISE and many similar-size companies in Europe and Asia. For more information go to www.emrise.com Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, including without limitation EMRISE’s ability to maintain VLP qualification for space applications, ability to further support and facilitate growth of our digital and rotary switch division in new patented low-profile rotary switches for space-related and other high-reliability military and commercial aerospace applications as a result of this qualification and application, ability to provide consistent high quality and performance of Digitran switches and the ability to ensure a bright future for continued growth in the military and commercial aerospace markets are all forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of EMRISE Corporation could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, unforeseen technical issues, failure of specified VLP switches to perform as expected, failure of VLP switches to meet qualifications standards now or in the future, failure to develop any additional growth and/or new business of VLP or other digital rotary switches for space-related or other military and commercial applications, failure to provide consistent quality and performance required by space, military or commercial customers and those factors contained in the “Risk Factors” Section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and other Company filings.
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