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2006 Power Quality Company of the Year

For the third consecutive year, Eaton has won the Frost & Sullivan Power Quality Company of the Year Award. Recipients of this award demonstrate outstanding management, consistent growth, high-quality products and services as well as a positive social and economic impact on local and national communities.

A Strategy for Growth

Frost & Sullivan credited the Electrical Group's PowerChain Management solutions strategy, launched in 2005, as a major driver of its success in electrical markets worldwide. The strategy brings all of Eaton's electrical brands under one roof to function as a one-stop shop for meeting customers' electrical needs.

And it seems to be working. Last year alone, the electrical business was able to achieve market share growth of 8 to 10 percent.

Award-Winning Strengths

Frost & Sullivan also cited more than a dozen other key strengths of the electrical business in their assessment:

• Continuous technology excellence investment
• Level of partnership and customer intimacy
• Ability to focus on specific vertical markets and offer customized solutions
• Global footprint with PowerChain Management solutions
• Well-established brand name
• Commitment to new product development and introduction
• Broad product lines resulting from acquisitions
• Reputation for quality and reliability
• Customer support 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• 57 manufacturing sites worldwide help to optimize manufacturing cost
• Continuously strengthening its market position through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and marketing agreements
• Broad range of engineering service solutions
• Strong financial integrity
• "I'd like to thank the entire Electrical Group for making this award possible," said Randy Carson, Eaton senior vice president and president of the Electrical Group. "Achievements like this take more than strategy. Our employees are demonstrating the traits of a true world-class team."