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COOPER Crouse-Hinds "Cooper Crouse-Hinds is connecting across the globe and helping to maximize , business opportunities through out all of Coopers divisions. We have a unique franchise that allows us to serve customers around the world and provide market reach to other Cooper businesses. Today, we are leveraging the strengths of all of Coopers assets to deliver innovative solutions to a new set of global customers." Cuh: Andeisson President, Coopei (house-Hinds '- Cooper Crouse-Hinds' products were specified for use on "Thunder Horsed the world's largest semisubmersible production platform Annual Revenue Contribution Cooper Crouse-Hinds 11% ooper Crouse-Hinds offers solutions for electrical C requirements in harsh and hazardous environments and in heavy-duty industrial and commercial applications Cooper Crouse-Hinds provides products and services to customers around the world, according to the standards and certifications of each local market Cooper Crouse-Hinds focused considerable'attention in 2004 on new product development Innovation serves as a foundation for growth, and Cooper Crouse-Hinds introduced new products in the hazardous, airport light ing and molded products businesses Product develop ment activities addressed safety, global market needs and products that would improve operating performance for customers The increased complexity of existing markets and opportunities in new markets spurred growth for Cooper Crouse-Hinds. Sales and marketing staff was added m many regions to support global growth and market access During 2004, Cooper Crouse-Hinds also launched a number of initiatives aimed at better understanding customers' needs for high-quality, safety-related products and services In addition to implementing Coopers new Enterprise Business System to enhance informationmanagement capabilities, Cooper Crouse-Hinds also improved performance using Coopers MVP quality initiative, which identified hundreds of operating -and manufacturing improvement opportunities During 2005, technology initiatives and the MVP productivity improvement process will extend into the entire value stream, from customer inquiry through product delivery and installation This will position Cooper Crouse-Hinds to provide unequaled customer value well into the future Cooper Crouse-Htnds ts reaching beyond its boundaries to better serve customers as they invest around the world One operating system allows our critical information to effectively flow without boundaries.