RALEIGH, NC (March 11, 2004) - Resistor manufacturer SEI Electronics, Inc.(http://www.seielect.com/) has contracted Meridian Marketing, Inc. to promote and sell its resistor and varistor product solutions in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and the southern portion of Idaho, effective February 21, 2004.

Based in Englewood, Colorado, Meridian (http://www.meridian-mktg.com) is an 11 year-old electronic component sales company with extensive experience in the design and sales of electronic components, particularly in the data storage, telecom, instrumentation and medical markets. Meridian recently acquired another electronic component sales company, Colorado-based Electrodyne, Inc. to add to its sales force.

SEI’s Director of Sales, Rob Hudspeth, commented on the appointment by saying, “Meridian has always been a top-notch technical sales organization. The breadth of our resistor product offering, combined with their design-focus and larger sales force, make this union particularly attractive.”

For more information about SEI products, contact SEI Electronics, Inc. at 3261 Atlantic Avenue, Raleigh, N.C. 27604; phone 919-850-9500; fax 919-850-9504; email marketing@seielect.com; or visit the Web site at www.seielect.com.

SEI Electronics Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of resistors supplying to the world’s largest OEMs, contract manufacturers and distributors. Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., the privately held company began manufacturing in 1928 as part of Stackpole Carbon Company in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania. Now affiliated with Akahane Electronics, SEI has manufacturing facilities in Japan, Taiwan, China and Mexico; warehousing facilities in El Paso, Guadalajara, Hong Kong and Japan; and sales offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taiwan.