ATSN Artesyn Technologies (MM)

BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ:ATSN) has been awarded the Meritorious performance award by Sun Microsystems for outstanding supplier performance in fiscal year 2005. The Sun Supplier Awards issued this week recognize industry leaders for their outstanding performance in the areas of cost, quality, lead-time and delivery, and strategic and technical development. Artesyn has been credited by Sun for outstanding quality improvements on the power supplies used for the Starcat System. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050117/FLMLOGO ) Kurt Doelling, Vice President of Sun Microsystems Supplier Management, commented, "Artesyn has dramatically improved their quality on the power supplies provided for the Starcat Systems, as a result of their pro-active quality management team, failure analysis capability and design/process improvements. We congratulate Artesyn for exceeding our high performance standards and for continuously providing excellent quality support for all product shipped to Sun's factories and external manufacturers." "Exceeding customer expectations and product quality are two of Sun Microsystems most valued goals," said Eugene McCabe, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations. "This award is one way we thank Artesyn for their continuous support in helping us deliver our most impressive product line to date." "It is an honor to achieve this distinction from Sun Microsystems, one of the world's finest enterprise computing and storage companies. Artesyn has been a supplier to Sun for over 15 years and is currently on their prominent list of strategic suppliers," said Joe O'Donnell, CEO of Artesyn. "This award is a measure that our core values to demonstrate superior quality and performance to exceed our customer expectations are in place. We value our relationship with Sun and appreciate this positive feedback." About Artesyn Technologies, Inc. Artesyn Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Boca Raton, FL., is a world leader in the design, manufacture and sale of power conversion and embedded board solutions for infrastructure applications in server and storage, wireless and telecommunications systems. Our products are used in middle to high-end servers, data storage devices, routers, hubs, high-speed modems, RF amplification systems, base station controllers and transceivers. The company has a global sales reach with design and manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe and North America. Artesyn is a public company whose common stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol ATSN. For more information, please visit the company's web site at http://www.artesyn.com/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050117/FLMLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Artesyn Technologies CONTACT: Pamela Rembaum, Director of Investor Relations, Artesyn, +1-561-451-1028 Web site: http://www.artesyn.com/

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