Press Release – For Immediate Release

“Five Critical Factors for Selecting Fieldbus Valve Manifolds” — New White Paper
from Numatics, Inc.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — May 10, 2011 — Fieldbus valve manifolds are replacing
conventional hardwired solutions on a variety of highly automated machines in a wide
variety of applications and industries. A new white paper, “Five Critical Factors For
Selecting Fieldbus Valve Manifolds,” from Numatics, Inc., guides original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) and end users in the selection of the best solutions for their given
applications.

The paper is available for download from http://www.numatics.com.

“Fieldbus valve manifolds find wide utility in packaging, automotive/tire, and material
handling applications, as well as in the pharmaceutical, chemical, water, and wastewater
industries,” said white paper author Enrico De Carolis, director of technology development
at Numatics, Inc.

In the white paper, De Carolis presents the five crucial factors that controls engineers,
specifiers, and buyers must consider before selecting pneumatic fieldbus valve manifolds —
commissioning, distribution, modularity, diagnostics, and recovery — while outlining the
shortcomings of conventional approaches.

In addition, De Carolis also discusses new designs that offer substantial improvements in
the application, performance, and maintenance of these valve manifolds from the end users’
and OEMs’ points of view.

“Fieldbus valve manifolds more easily perform vital functions by integrating communication
interfaces to pneumatic valve manifolds with input/output (I/O) capabilities. This allows
programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to more efficiently turn valves on and off and to
channel I/O data from sensors, lights, relays, individual valves, or other I/O devices via
various industrial networks. The resulting integrated control packages can also be optimized
to allow diagnostic benefits not previously available,” he said.

Download the new white paper, “Five Critical Factors For Selecting Fieldbus Valve
Manifolds,” at http://www.numatics.com.

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Emerson Industrial Automation

Emerson Industrial Automation, a business of Emerson, delivers manufacturing solutions
designed with leading technologies — including mechanical, electrical and ultrasonic — to
provide the most advanced industrial automation possible for numerous and diverse
industries worldwide. The company’s wide range of products and systems used in
manufacturing processes and other equipment includes motion control systems, plastics
joining, precision cleaning, materials-testing equipment, fluid control valves, alternators,
motors, and mechanical power transmission drives and bearings. For information, visit
www.emersonindustrialautomation.com.

About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing
technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in
industrial, commercial, and consumer markets through its network power, process
management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and tools and storage
businesses. Sales in fiscal 2010 were $21 billion. For more information, visit
www.Emerson.com.

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Press Contact: Don Goncalves, 781-793-9380, dgoncalves@tizinc.com