| Westford,
Massachusetts -- January 26, 2000 -- GenRad, Inc.
(NYSE: GEN) today announced that its WDS service tool,
unveiled at the National Automobile Dealers Association
convention in San Francisco last year, designed to cover
all Ford Motor Company brands from 1996 through 2000 and
2001 going forward, has been well received by Ford dealers.
In a press release issued by Ford Motor Company in
conjunction with the National Automobile Dealers Association
convention in Orlando last weekend, WDS was called "a
powerful, sophisticated, next-generation diagnostic
tool that can meet the complex diagnostic demands of
the 21st century" by Mike Jordan, President of
Ford’s Automotive Consumer Services Group.
Sam Cole, diagnostic service planning manager for the
Ford Customer Service Division, called WDS "one
tool that has the capacity and capability to support
increasingly complex electronics in our global vehicles."
Frank Ligon, technical support operations manager,
also at Ford Customer Service Division, noted the "fast
and accurate diagnostics available with the WDS system."
For the complete Ford Motor Company press release,
see http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000122/fl_ford_di_1.html.
GenRad Background
GenRad, Inc. provides electronics OEMs and their customers
with the hardware, software and services to increase
productivity by optimizing product design, manufacturing
and after-market service. GenRad, headquartered in Westford,
MA, offers products and services through three business
units: Advanced Diagnostic Solutions (ADS), Electronic
Manufacturing Solutions (EMS), and GR Software (GRS).
GenRad’s web site address is http://www.genrad.com.
GenRad’s most current shareholder information
is available by visiting our Website at http://www.genrad.com
or calling our Fax on Demand Service at (800) 469-1261.
Statements made in this press release which are not
historical, including statements regarding future performance,
product capabilities and markets are forward looking
statements and as such are subject to a number of risks.
Factors that may cause results to differ materially
from those projected are discussed in GenRad’s
1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ending January 2, 1999 and form 10-Q for the quarter
ended October 2, 1999 under the section "Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and
Results of Operations – Factors That May Affect
Future Results."
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