Barac S Bieri Named General Manager of Bircher America Inc.

Elk Grove Village, IL, -- January, 2004 – Bircher Reglomat, announced that Barac S Bieri has been named General Manager of Bircher America Inc. a Subsidiary of Bircher Reglomat Switzerland a company of the BBC Group. Effective February 1. Barac will succeed Roland Schibli, who will be moving back to Switzerland to assume new duties at the Bircher Reglomat Headquarters.

“We thank Roland for his work. In the past 8 years. Roland built up the US Subsidiary and made Bircher America Inc. a well known Name in the industry which stands for high quality Products and quick and flexible Service due to local manufacturing.”

Barac already moved to USA half a year ago to guarantee a smooth transaction by working closely together with Roland for that time period.

For further information contact Bircher America Inc. at info@bircheramerica.com

About Bircher America Inc.

was established in 1995 as the U.S. subsidiary of Bircher AG, Beringen , Switzerland . Founded as a Sales and Technical Support Organization, Bircher America has since grown into a Manufacturing Organization. Together with its network of distributors, Bircher America Inc. provides sales and application support throughout North America for sensing devices for passenger safety on doors in public transportation equipment, operator safety in machinery and robot applications, and safety for pedestrians and vehicles passing through all kinds of automatic doors and gates.

About Bircher Reglomat

Bircher Reglomat AG is a complete provider of tactile and non tactile sensor technologies for safety and comfort applications. The Swiss company specializes in the fields of automatic pedestrian and industrial doors, machine-safety as well as in public transport. The international sales of the quality products are guaranteed thanks to the subsidiaries in the most important markets, but also thanks to the sales partners in all industry nations. With the high quality competence in all processes of the company Bircher Reglomat AG is a reliable partner for sensor applications.