D&H COMPUTER SERVICES

PRESS RELEASE

Date: 12/07/05

KESSLERS WINS PRESTIGIOUS MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE AWARD (MX2005) INE-BUSINESS USING MARPACS.

For a quarter of a century, the Manufacturing Excellence Awards have been acknowledged as rewarding excellence and best practice in UK manufacturing. There is no greater recognition for a business than to be awarded one of the magnificent, custom made trophies at the UK’s premier manufacturing awards - the most important event in the manufacturing calendar.

Led by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, MX2005 was supported by a prestigious group of organisations including the Department of Trade and Industry, Kellysearch,Warwick Manufacturing Group, RSM Robson Rhodes, the Manufacturing Advisory Service, Barclays, IBM, Sandvik Coromant, Professional Engineering, the EEF, Renishaw, Gildemeister, the ebiand the Manufacturing Foundation.

The Awards Ceremony took place on Wednesday 29 June 2005 at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, and was a hugely successful event. Click here to view the Official Event Magazine.

THE NATIONAL BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS CENTRE AWARD FOR E-BUSINESS

Winner – Kesslers International Ltd

Four Finalists were put forward and it was the unconventional manufacturing firm Kesslers International that took the award. Kesslers has been a customer of D&H Computer Services since 1988 andmakes point-of-sale displays, most of its production is geared to quick response and bespoke design. The way it has combined those demands with the sophisticated manufacturing IT and management control of MARPACS made it a winner in its class.

MARPACS is a fully functional manufacturing software package that has been developed over the last 20 years, and now makes full use of browser technology, making it available to intranet or internet users. This modern appearance and the proven business logic make MARPACS a leader in providing solutions to manufacturing businesses. The browser interface allows integration with the desktop with the ability to export data to spreadsheets and XML; “drill down” through levels of data; and customisation of data to user’s individual needs.

DETAILS OF MANAUFACTURING EXCELLENCE AWARDS MX2006

Information and details of MX2006 will be available in the near future. To register your interest, or if you have any questions regardingthe Manufacturing Excellence Awards, please contact Kate Jones, Project Executive of MX2006, by telephone (020 7973 1287) or e-mail ().

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mark Holmes

D&H Computer Services

BLISS House

251 Dewsbury Road

Ossett

West Yorkshire

WF5 9QF

Tel: 0870 333 9032

Fax: 01924 280117