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Diane Brundage, SVP Marketing & Volume Operations
AFSMI
(408) 354-7136
dbrundage@afsmi.com

New and Renewing Corporate Members, Individuals and European Affiliates Mark Worldwide Growth of AFSMI

SAN DIEGO, February 20, 2008 –The Association for Services Management International (AFSMI) today announced the addition of new corporate members BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Co., Dionex Corp. and Liebert Global Services, along with 225 individual renewing members. The association also announced that regional AFSMI chapters in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain have renewed their commitment for 2008.

“The expansion and reaffirmed commitments from our core membership constituencies – corporate, individual and local – clearly indicates the strategic value these services management executives and their organizations place in AFSMI,” said J.B. Wood, president and CEO, AFSMI.

BÖWE BELL + HOWELL was formed in 2003 by Böwe Systec Inc. and Bell & Howell Company, two respected leaders in the production mail and document processing industries.  Based in Wheeling, Ill., with operational centers in Durham, N.C., and Bethlehem, Penn., BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has more than 70 years of industry experience developing superior equipment and software technologies.

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Dionex (NASDAQ: DNEX) is a leading developer and manufacturer of laboratory and process analytical systems and related products used to isolate, identify, and quantify the components of complex chemical mixtures. Dionex products are used extensively in environmental analysis, and by the pharmaceutical, life sciences, biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, power generation, food and beverage, and electronics industries.

Liebert is a part of Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™.  Liebert delivers the largest global services organization in the industry, supporting Emerson’s full range of innovative power, precision cooling and connectivity products and services for computer, communications, healthcare and industrial systems.

About AFSMI
Founded in 1975, the Association for Services Management International (AFSMI) is the global leader in helping service professionals and field services organizations deliver more value for their customers.  AFSMI members range from major Global 2000 companies to smaller, regional players and individual service professionals.  AFSMI is internationally recognized for its 30 years of experience delivering service industry research, training and education programs, and industry events.  For more information, or to join AFSMI, visit www.afsmi.com.

 

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