Upgraded PowerWave Bus System Brings Higher Density and Flexibility to World’s Leading Power Distribution Equipment

Richmond, Virginia, – November 11, 2012 – Continuing to charge its presence in the energy distribution marketplace, Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI) today announced significant upgrades to the company’s premier overhead busway power distribution system. PDI is a Smiths Interconnect business and leading provider of mission-critical power distribution equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial and commercial power markets.

Available immediately, the updated PowerWave Bus System™ now introduces 600 and 800 amp capacity – addressing the industry’s growing demands for higher density and design flexibility. The PowerWave system with Toughrail Technology™ offers a complete line of fully compatible, continuous opening, plug-in busway – safely distributing power for any critical application.

According to recent analyst reports, typical data centers waste as much as 30 times the amount of electricity used to carry out basic infrastructure functions. PDI’s PowerWave solution is specifically designed to address this waste and ensure more efficient energy distribution and usage.

“The fact of the matter is, data centers are typically viewed as energy hogs – consuming nearly two percent of all energy used in the United States,” said Dave Mulholland, Vice President of Marketing, Service at PDI. “Our PowerWave system is architected to drive efficient power usage – helping create highly-efficient data centers. The upgraded PowerWave solution takes this one step further – meeting increasing demands for higher density.”

PDI’s structured bus design incorporates key patent-pending features driven by the company’s integrated communications technology. Businesses across the globe are increasingly turning to PDI for its market-leading ability to provide:

• Reliability: Tested at up to 200 percent of rating.
• Traceability: Clearly defined distribution with zero footprint for easy, visible tracing of circuits.
• Re-Configurability: Easily removed, re-used, or moved in its entirety.
• Low Heat Source: Reduced power concentration within the busway system for distributed heat dissipation.
• Tap Off Units: Continuous bus allows for distribution of power tap off points at any location along the system, with tap offs added or removed at any time. Tap offs are added as servers populate the racks.
• Load Specific: Tap Off Units are 100 percent configurable to meet all load demands and specific load requirements, including monitoring down to the branch circuit level.
• Visual Installation Indicators: The system is developed with visible installation features for users to check that the configuration is securely installed prior to commissioning and start-up.
• Communications: Optional integrated communication provides all features in the power distribution unit or remote power panels without the footprint, and with complete integration into to several different PDI monitoring solutions including a cloud based system.

Today’s announcement comes on the heels of the company’s growing success in the U.S. and international markets. Due to increased demand, PDI has announced a new international Web site dedicated to the PowerWave Bus System™ that translates into seven different languages with an additional 50 languages available. The site will be used to share new product information and the address is http://powerwavebus.com.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

Leader in Mission-Critical Power Distribution Equipment Participates in Formation of Central Virginia 7x24 Exchange Chapter

Richmond, Virginia, – September 13, 2012 – Energizing local presence of the market’s leading knowledge exchange for those who design, build, operate and maintain key enterprise information infrastructures, Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI) today announced their participation in the founding of Central Virginia’s 7x24 Exchange Chapter.  PDI is a Smiths Interconnect business and leading provider of mission-critical power distribution equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial and commercial power markets.

“7x24 Exchange International is excited about the formation of the Central Virginia Chapter.  Virginia has a high concentration of data centers and companies operating these data centers will benefit greatly from the education, networking, and information sharing provided by the 7x24 Exchange Central Virginia Chapter,” said Bob Cassiliano, chairman and CEO, 7x24 Exchange International.

Several companies are responsible for the founding and support of the Central Virginia Chapter of 7x24 Exchange:  PDI, Syska Hennesy, Chapman Co, DC Technology, Inc., Truland Electrical, Peak 10 Data Center, and QTS, just to name a few.

“7x24 Exchange is all about collaboration and communication.  It’s our goal to offer an educational forum where industry leaders across a broad range of disciplines – from technology and information services to facilities, engineering and real estate – can solve some of the most difficult challenges facing enterprise information infrastructures,” said Eric Layman, president, 7x24 Exchange Central Virginia Chapter.

“The dynamics of today’s data center are changing at a dizzying pace – as companies now have more data to manage, new computing models to incorporate, and deeper security threats.  This puts greater emphasis on power and how to handle data center energy requirements,” said Dave Mulholland, Vice President of Marketing, Service at PDI.  “We look forward to adding our market insight to the already strong 7x24 Exchange brand – helping customers solve their complex power requirements.”

With nearly two dozen chapters across North America, the 7x24 Exchange is committed to improving end-to-end reliability across business-critical infrastructures by promoting an open dialogue to members.  The group envisions being the largest organization of its type with target market share of 25% or more among the Top 1,000 organizations where reliability is critical to successful operations.

Eric Layman continued, “We want to keep our members ahead of the curve—providing the highest levels of uninterrupted infrastructure support.  Membership is very selective, as we only want the best ideas to move the exchange forward.  That’s why PDI and our other founding companies are such a good fit.”

In addition to forums, 7x24 Exchange also produces a number of key events throughout the year.  The group also publishes “7x24 Exchange Magazine,” issued every spring and fall.

The Central Virginia chapter is holding its inaugural meeting on September 19, 2012, at the Peak 10 Data Center in Richmond, Virginia.  To learn more about the 7x24 Exchange Central Virginia Chapter view ourvideo, join us on LinkedIn or visit our website: www.7x24CentralVA.com

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

Company Opens New China Guangdong Office and Strengthens Western U.S. Sales

Richmond, Virginia, – July 26, 2012 – Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), a Smiths Interconnect business and leading provider of mission-criticalpower distribution equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today announced the company’s new China office in Guangdong Province, providing sales and support options to its expanding base of customers within the region.

The new office is located in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, and will be headed by Mighty Tian. In addition to the new China location, the company also recently announced its new office opening inBangalore, India. Both offices represent a series of strategic moves by PDI to expand its global footprint.

PDI’s Vice President of International Sales, Jose Luis Crespo, commented, “With the rapid rise of China as a major force in industry and technology, PDI has long been considering ways to enhance its engagement in the local market. We view our presence in China as a key component of our global strategy.”

In addition, PDI also announced the expansion of its U.S.-based sales team with the addition of Alexis Stobbe, as the company’s new Sales Director, Western Region, USA.  Alexis brings many years of operational, enterprise software sales, and executive leadership consulting experience to the PDI team.  He received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps.

“The need to effectively manage data center power requirements is rapidly growing across the globe,” John Day, Executive VP Sales adds. “To help address power distribution and power monitoring needs, PDI is quickly expanding its sales force to provide expert sales and service—no matter where our customers are located.”

Designed to address unique power requirements of the world’s most complex data centers, PDI delivers the broadest portfolio of power distribution equipment and services. The company offers a wide range of mission-critical power distribution, static switching, and power monitoring equipment.  Core products include: power distribution units,Branch Circuit Monitoring System (BCMS), the PowerWave Bus System™, control panels, transformers, custom magnetics, inductors and the i-CON Modular Data Center™.

Read PDI’s latest industry articles:
Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies
Power to the People: Be Proactive When Meeting Power Distribution Needs
Building a Private Cloud? Don’t Overlook the Power Implications

Or follow PDI on Twitter @PDICorp, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

UK-Based Partner Leverages PowerWave Bus System™ for Rapid Expansion of Overhead Busways

Richmond, Virginia, – May 2, 2012 – Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), a Smiths Interconnect business and leading provider of mission-critical power distribution equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today announced that it has signed an international licensing deal with UK-based Mardix. The new agreement will escalate the market penetration of PDI’s PowerWave Bus System™ into the UK, Europe, and the Middle East, to meet the expanding needs of critical power environments.

PDI formed a five-year relationship with Mardix, the UK’s leading provider of switchgear, power distribution, power management and service solutions. Mardix Sales Director, Dean Bradshaw comments on the value this new partnership brings to his company, “This agreement will scale Mardix’s penetration into the overhead bus market and provide a strategic addition to our well-rounded product portfolio."

The PowerWave Bus System is showing signs of quick market penetration with significant, key customer installations throughout Europe and the Middle East. PDI’s Vice President of International Sales, Jose Luis Crespo, added, “The PowerWave Bus System is a robust solution to one of the key problems in a highly competitive market – IT space. Orders have been strong for the PDI system in the UK and Europe, particularly in the highly competitive financial sector in the UK. PDI has clearly differentiated itself in the overhead busway market with a best in class monitoring platform provided by the patented Branch Circuit Monitoring System."

Read PDI’s latest industry articles:
Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies
Power to the People: Be Proactive When Meeting Power Distribution Needs
Building a Private Cloud? Don’t Overlook the Power Implications

Learn more about PDI’s innovative solutions at the following events:

• 7x24 Exchange, Atlanta, GA, May 3, 2012
• Datacenter Dynamics, Seattle, WA, May 9, 2012
• Uptime Institute, Santa Clara, CA, May 14-17, 2012
• 7x24 Exchange, Dallas, TX, May 24, 2012
• Datacentres 2012, Nice, France, May 23-24, 2012

About Mardix
Mardix is the UK’s leading provider of switchgear, power distribution, power management, and service solutions. Operating primarily from a purpose-built 45,000 sqft headquarters in Kendal, Cumbria, Mardix has 40 years of knowledge and expertise in critical power.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

New Regional Operations; Leadership to Address Unique Power Requirements of Emerging Market’s Most Complex Data Centers

Richmond, Virginia, – April 3, 2012 – Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), a Smiths Interconnect business and leading provider of mission-critical power distribution equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today announced the company will continue to expand its global presence with new offices in India. Headquartered in Bangalore, this regional sales and service operations and new leadership will anchor PDI’s rapidly-growing presence across Asia-Pacific.

Designed to address unique power requirements of the world’s most complex data centers, PDI delivers the broadest portfolio of power distribution equipment and services. The company offers a wide range of mission-critical power distribution, static switching, and power monitoring equipment for corporate data centers. Core products include: i-CON Modular Data Center™, Branch Circuit Monitoring System (BCMS), the PowerWave Bus System™, control panels, transformers, custom magnetics and inductors.

“At PDI, we’ve built a reputation for having the technology and services customers demand when faced with meeting complex facility and data center power distribution challenges," said Jose Luis Crespo, VP International Sales at PDI. “Based on the tremendous response we’ve seen from customers in North America and Europe, our foothold in Asia Pac is the next logical step."

Core to today’s announcement is the introduction of industry veteran Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian as PDI’s Country Manager in India. He brings nearly 15 years of experience in the Indian technology market, having held senior sales positions at both PolyPhaser and Siemens Ltd., both in Bangalore. At PolyPhaser, Ramki built operations in Asia and drove the company’s distributor and direct sales organizations throughout the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Based on this experience, Ramki is now tasked with growing PDI’s sales infrastructure in India.

Continued Jose Luis, “Bangalore is one of the world’s most active regions for data center application development. Given its vibrant and dense nature, the launch of our Indian operations in this market – led by Ramki – makes perfect sense."

Read PDI’s latest industry articles:
Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies
Power to the People: Be Proactive When Meeting Power Distribution Needs
Building a Private Cloud? Don’t Overlook the Power Implications

Or follow PDI on Twitter @PDICorp, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

PDI Executives Deliver Cloud-Based Power Monitoring Presentation in NYC

Richmond, VA – March 8, 2012 – Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), providers of modular data centers and mission-critical power management equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today announced company executives will discuss cloud power management best practices at Datacenter Dynamics, New York City. Held on March 13th, the presentation, titled Cloud Based Monitoring: Market Overview and Drivers, will address best practices for keeping cloud computing power costs under control.

In addition, PDI’s presentation will outline the market drivers making cloud-based power monitoring essential in today’s dynamic data center environments as well as methods to easily unlock—and share—power consumption information often trapped with typical building automation systems.

WHAT: PDI Executive Presentation: Cloud Based Monitoring: Market Overview and Drivers
WHEN: March 13, 2012, Hall 5, 3:10pm EST
WHO: Tim Cortes, CTO, PDI; Dave Mulholland, VP, Marketing and Service, PDI
WHERE: Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
INFORMATION: For more information about DatacenterDynamics NYC, visit: http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/conferences/2012/new-york-2012

Read PDI’s latest industry articles:
Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies
Power to the People: Be Proactive When Meeting Power Distribution Needs
Building a Private Cloud? Don’t Overlook the Power Implications

Or follow PDI on Twitter @PDICorp, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

Company Launches Key Improvements to Broad Power Distribution Product Line

Richmond, Virginia – January 30, 2012 – Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), providers of modular data centers and mission-critical power management equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today announced several product enhancements to kick off 2012.

John Day, Executive Vice President of Sales for PDI, states “our customers have come to expect new ideas from us over the years, the enhancements that we are announcing are our way to show that we are listening.???

PDI announces the following market driven enhancements:

• Powerwave Bus System™ – the new 7" WaveStar™ color monitor fills a gap for an easy to use intuitive means to monitor the Powerwave Bus System by gathering load information down to the circuit level with PDI’s patented BCMS (Branch Circuit Monitoring System).
• RPP designed for Powerwave Bus System™ – PDI offers new remote power panel that incorporates a line reactor that reduces fault duty, manages total harmonic distortion, and corrects power factor with monitoring through TCP / IP and cam locks for downstream maintenance. This specialized RPP is found immediately upstream of the PDI end feed for the Powerwave Bus System™.
• Transformer Efficiency – PDI’s new standard 225 and 300 kVA transformers will ship with TP – 1 performance (99% efficiency), 150 degree C rise, and 5 times inrush at no extra charge.
• Enhanced i-CON Modular Data Center – The modular data center is built from a standard ISO shipping container and customized with the key attributes of a standard brick and mortar data center. New features announced in December 2011 include a low density offering (7.5 kw per cabinet and under) and a high density offering (above 7.5 kw per cabinet), with refrigerant and ECU-based cooling in self-contained modular sizes of 10 ft, 20 ft, 40 ft and 53 ft versions.
• PDI PowerMap™ - The new software is a cloud-based offering that eliminates the need for handheld meters by automatically uploading individual circuit-based power stats and securing the information in the cloud. Additionally, users can access charts and graphs by mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops to view phone-bill quality power consumption reports.

Learn more about PDI’s innovative solutions at the following events:

• Teladata’s Technology Convergence Conference (TCC), Santa Clara, CA on February 2, 2012. For more info, click here.
• Datacenter Dynamics, Atlanta, GA on February 23, 2012. Register here.

Read PDI’s latest industry articles:
Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies
Power to the People: Be Proactive When Meeting Power Distribution Needs
Building a Private Cloud? Don’t Overlook the Power Implications

Or follow PDI on Twitter @PDICorp, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

Company Launches New Modular Data Center Line and Cloud-Based Power Monitoring While Racking Up Industry Accolades

Richmond, Virginia – January 11, 2012 – Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), providers of modular data centers and mission-critical power management equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today underscored its strong 2011 market momentum. The company's notable progress is a direct result of its enhanced i-CON Modular Data Center™ offering as well as its new PowerMap™ software, a cloud-based power monitoring solution.

"Last year not only saw a considerable increase with regards to data storage and distribution, but also the corresponding need to properly manage energy requirements associated with running a growing portfolio of data centers,” said PDI’s Vice President of Marketing and Service, Dave Mulholland. “As the insatiable need for energy to power data centers in 2012 continues, we fully anticipate PDI being on the forefront of top companies sought after for power distribution, power management and modular data center needs.” Servicing the industry's power distribution needs in 2011, PDI launched several new product offerings that quickly captured the market's attention.

These innovations include:

• Enhanced i-CON Modular Data Center – The modular data center is built from a standard ISO shipping container and customized with the key attributes of a standard brick and mortar data center. New features announced in December 2011 include a low density offering (7.5 kw per cabinet and under) and a high density offering (above 7.5 kw per cabinet), with refrigerant and ECU-based cooling—in self-contained, modular sizes of 10 ft, 20 ft, 40 ft and 53 ft versions.
• PDI PowerMap™ - The new software is a cloud-based offering that eliminates the need for handheld meters by automatically uploading individual circuit-based power stats and securing the information in the cloud. Additionally, users can access charts and graphs by mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops to view phone-bill quality power consumption reports.

PDI’s strong momentum captured significant attention in 2011 as the following organizations selected the company for notable industry accolades:

• Inc. 500/5000 - Ranked PDI as #1,796 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America.
• Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ - Ranked the company #300 out of the 500 fastest growing companies in North America— due in part to its 286 percent growth.
• PDI’s i-CON named a Finalist in Datacenter Dynamics 2011 Data Center Leaders Awards in the Most Extreme Data Center deployment category.
• RichTech 2011 Technology Stars Awards selected PDI as a winner of its 2011 Technology Stars Award in the Technology Builder category.
• PDI selected as a Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup.
• Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, named PDI a Finalist in its 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards program.
• PDI’s i-CON Modular Data Center selected as a Finalist for the 3rd Annual 2011 Golden Bridge Awards in the category of Product Innovations in Information Technology – Data Centers.

In addition to the industry awards, PDI was also sought after for its power management/power distribution insights and invited to speak at various industry events including Datacenter Dynamics, Data Center World, 7x24 Exchange and Red Herring. Presentation topics included:

• Energy Utilization and Cost Trends
• Power Monitoring Techniques and Technology
• The Modular Distribution Market and Solutions
• Capital Efficiency

Learn more about PDI’s innovative solutions at the following events:

• Teladata’s Technology Convergence Conference (TCC), Santa Clara, CA on February 2, 2012. For more info, click here.
• Datacenter Dynamics, Atlanta, GA on February 23, 2012. Register here.

Read PDI’s latest industry articles: Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies and Power to the People: Be Proactive When Meeting Power Distribution Needs. For additional information, visit www.pdicorp.com or contact PDI’s corporate office at (804) 737-9880. Follow PDI on Twitter @PDICorp, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

New High/Low Density Offerings with Refrigerant and ECU-Based Cooling

Richmond, Virginia – December 7, 2011 -- Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), providers of modular data centers and mission-critical power management equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today announced new enhancements to its popular i-CON Modular Data Center™ solutions. The new features include a low density offering (7.5 kw per cabinet and under) and a high density offering (above 7.5 kw per cabinet), with refrigerant and ECU-based cooling—in self-contained, modular sizes of 10 ft, 20 ft, 40 ft and 53 ft versions.

“PDI understands that every customer has unique data center requirements—this is why the i-CON Modular Data Center has been designed with maximum flexibility in mind,” said PDI’s Vice President of Marketing and Service, Dave Mulholland. “With the addition of these new features, the i-CON now offers the simplest method to tailor a modular data center solution for any customer’s needs while being fully optimized for maximum efficiency.”

The i-CON Modular Data Center is built from a standard ISO shipping container and customized with the key attributes of a standard, brick and mortar data center. PDI’s unique approach is incredibly rapid to deploy and significantly more cost effective than constructing new data centers. Additional i-CON features include:

• DynaCool On-Demand Cooling System™
• i-CON Facility Management System™
• Modular Racks with Integrated, Self-contained Cooling Units (SCU) for maximum efficiency and serviceability

Read PDI’s latest industry articles: Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies and Power to the People: Be Proactive When Meeting Power Distribution Needs. For additional information, visit www.pdicorp.com or contact PDI’s corporate office at (804) 737-9880. Follow PDI on Twitter @PDICorp, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect www.smithsinterconnect.com is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group www.smiths.com, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.

PDI Enhances Data Center Power Monitoring

New Touch Screen Monitor Measures Power from 96 Devices—At Eyelevel— Easily Obtaining Capacity Levels

Richmond, Virginia – November 1, 2011 – Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), providers of mission-critical power management equipment for data centers, alternative energy, industrial, and commercial power markets, today announced the PowerWave Bus System™ Color Monitor. The new 7 inch, wall-mounted touch screen, color monitor is centrally located between the end feeds of multiple bus runs and extracts power data from tap off boxes and end feeds simultaneously. The company’s innovation helps minimize total devices required to manage real-time data center energy consumption.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), data centers consume as much as 20 times more energy per square foot than a typical office building. More effective energy consumption monitoring helps data center managers with capacity planning, but getting the information often proves cumbersome.

PDI’s Vice President of Marketing & Service, Dave Mulholland elaborates, “The typical power monitoring device is mounted on the end feed which is near the data center’s ceiling – this makes extracting energy consumption data difficult and expensive, as multiple conduit runs must be made to daisy chain multiple devices. The simplicity of the PowerWave Bus Color Monitor resides in its ability to be installed at eyelevel on a wall, at the server rack level. Now managers don’t need to walk the floor and climb ladders to view power consumption; they can easily identify areas where they have light or heavy power loading from a single source and use this information to drive their server adds and changes.”

The PowerWave Bus System Color Monitor may also be incorporated into existing building management systems and joins PDI’s growing family of power monitoring options, which also includes:
• BCMS Hub – An eyelevel monitoring device that measures and remotely monitors current and voltage on each individual branch circuit, gathering power consumption data from up to 240 branch circuit monitoring devices including the PowerWave Bus System and all PDI distribution equipment.
• PowerMap™ - A cloud-based software and hardware package that automatically uploads individual circuit-based power statistics and provides real-time information in a secure cloud. This solution is capable of displaying information from an unlimited number of devices (see PowerMap announcement).

The PowerWave Bus System Color Monitor is currently shipping. Please contact PDI for more information at BuswayMonitoringNow@PDICorp.com.

Learn more about PDI’s innovative solutions at the following events:
• DatacenterDynamics, Dallas, Texas, November 1, 2011. To register, click here.
• 7x24 Exchange 2011 Fall Conference, November 13-16, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona.
• DatacenterDynamics, London, November 30 – December 1, 2011. To register, click here.
• DatacenterDynamics, Toronto, Canada, December 12, 2011.

Read PDI’s latest industry article: Power Distribution Management – The Key to Increasing Data Center Efficiencies.

For additional information, visit www.pdicorp.com or contact PDI’s corporate office at (804) 737-9880. Follow PDI on Twitter @PDICorp, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Power Distribution, Inc.
Founded in 1978, PDI is a leading provider of power distribution equipment and services. PDI, part of Smiths Interconnect, is headquartered out of Virginia with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California and Michigan. The PDI, Marelco, and Onyx Power branded products cover a wide range of customized power solutions for data centers, wind, solar and other alternative energy, commercial, and industrial applications.

About Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect www.smithsinterconnect.com is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space, medical, rail, test and industrial markets. It is part of Smiths Group www.smiths.com, a global leader in applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000 people in more than 50 countries.