S. Powell provides products
and services to the transportation , environmental, industrial and utility
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"We are very pleased that we are now designated as the Preferred Product
Supplier on a global scale for Electrical Offshore Equipment Modules and
Onshore Electrical Power Control Rooms at Chevron," stated Thomas W.

"Last year , the demand for accessing data sheets through Prospector X5 grew
significantly among North American users," said Mike Kmetz, president of
IDES.

IDES's innovative plastics search engine technology connects 9,000
companies around the world with plastic materials data. IDES's
flagship search engine, Prospector, contains 57,000 materials from 488
global resin suppliers. For more
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For further information, please refer to the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are
available from the Company without charge. Founded in 1986 ,
IDES is the industry standard for finding plastics and data sheets.

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Powell,
chairman and chief executive officer., headquartered in Houston, TX, designs,
manufactures and services equipment and systems for the management and control
of electrical energy and other critical processes. Madison , CFO
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HOUSTON, Powell Industries, Inc.powellind.

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(Nasdaq: POWL), a leading manufacturer of equipment and systems for the
management and control of electrical energy and other critical processes ,
today announced that it has signed a global master contract to provide
equipment and services to affiliates of U. Access is provided at no
cost to qualified resin buyers and specifiers by registering at:
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Powell Industries competed for this global sourcing agreement based on its
engineering experience, manufacturing capabilities, and long-standing
reputation in the industry as a prime supplier for equipment integration and
packaging of complex projects with a diverse product mix.

PRESS RELEASE Free Data Sheet Search Engine From IDES Now Available Globally

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Ken Dennard / ksdennard@drg-e.com
Karen Roan / kcroan@drg-e.ides . IDES is headquartered
in Laramie, Wyoming and has a sales office in Oyonnax, France.

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IDES 's database provides data in all standards and displays information in
English or SI units.

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Inc. subsidiary , could result
in additional project opportunities over the life of the contract, based on
existing projects and future expectations. In
the course of operations, we are subject to certain risk factors , including
but not limited to competition and competitive pressures, sensitivity to
general economic and industrial conditions, international political and
economic risks, availability and price of raw materials and execution of
business strategy. IDES also develops custom data management
solutions for resin suppliers, distributors and OEMs.

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IDES, the market leader in search engine
technologies for plastic materials information, today announced their free
plastics search engine, Prospector X5, is now available globally.

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"Making the resin selector available globally supports our initiative
to become the premier source for plastic materials information worldwide. Prospector X5 also includes
Supplier Portal links that connect users with MSDS, UL Cards, Processing
Charts, Cost Estimation Calculators and more.com

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-based Chevron Corporation, one of
the world's largest integrated energy companies. Powell will utilize
its expertise in these areas as a partner with Chevron to produce fully
functional and completely tested Offshore Power Modules and Onshore Power
Control Rooms for installations around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.

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Powell Industries Signs Global Master Contract With Chevron

The agreement, signed by the Chevron U. "Our primary role will be to interface
with other equipment suppliers to package and fully integrate the various
electrical equipment requirements into fully assembled and functional power
modules, ready for shipment and installation to production and refining
facilities located throughout the United States and to existing and emerging
Oil and Gas production fields around the world.
Powell Industries , Inc.

Any forward-looking statements in the preceding paragraphs of this release
are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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Includes directories that include numerous links to packaging related sites.

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In 3 mouse clicks, users can view complete data
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Prospector X5 enables resin buyers and specifiers to quickly retrieve
plastic material data sheets from a database of 57,000 resins from 488
global manufacturers.

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Investors are cautioned that such forward-
looking statements involve risks and uncertainty in that actual results may
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.com
DRG+E / 713-529-6600

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IDES Inc.