New BradCommunications(TM) PROFIBUS(R) USB Adapter Now Available; Adapter connects USB-compliant computer systems delivering hi

Woodhead Industries, Inc., (NASDAQ:WDHD), a global
developer, manufacturer and marketer of automation and electrical
products for industrial environments, announces the new
BradCommunications(TM) PROFIBUS(R) USB adapter.
   The BradCommunications PROFIBUS USB adapter provides the tools
required to quickly and easily create a reliable connection between a
laptop or PC using USB technology and PROFIBUS devices. PROFIBUS DP
Master/Slave DP-V0 Class 1 & 2 and DP Master DP-V1 Class 1 & 2 are
supported and the latest standards in USB technology including USB 2.0
are used. For ease of connection to the PROFIBUS device, the
BradCommunications SST(TM) CommDTM software interface is included with
every BradCommunications PROFIBUS USB adapter.
   Through the support of the FDT specification 1.2, the
BradCommunications PROFIBUS USB adapter is the ideal solution for
connecting FDT engineering tools such as PACTware(TM) or FieldCare(TM)
to PROFIBUS, as well as to connect USB-compliant computer systems with
decentralized I/O devices via PROFIBUS DP and PROFIBUS PA.
   PROFIBUS baud rates of up to 12Mbps make it possible to use the
BradCommunications PROFIBUS USB adapter for control applications. The
portability of using a laptop on the plant-floor provides for a quick
and easy solution to configure, set parameters, diagnose and
trouble-shoot your PROFIBUS devices.
   The company provides a complete line of PROFIBUS automation
solutions through its PC & PLC interfaces, gateways, diagnostic tools,
physical media, and I/O modules.

   About Woodhead Industries, Inc.

   Woodhead Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDHD) is a global developer,
manufacturer and marketer of a wide array of Automation and Electrical
products engineered for superior performance in demanding, harsh, or
hazardous industrial environments. Woodhead Industries "Empowers the
Industrial Infrastructure" with innovative products and solutions that
extend from mechanical, electrical and electronics, to
communications/networking devices and diagnostic software. Woodhead
Industries operates from 21 locations in 10 countries spanning North
America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. Woodhead Industries' Brad(R) lines
of Automation products include such globally recognized names as
applicom(R), Direct-Link(TM), mPm(R), RJ-Lnxx(R) and SST(TM). The
Woodhead family of Electrical products include globally recognized
names such as Aero-Motive(R), Daniel Woodhead(R), Watertite(R) and
Super-Safeway(R). Other products mentioned in this document are
registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.