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Winland solidifies relationship with fourth fastest growing technology company in North America with two-year agreement and initial orders totaling over $1.8 million MANKATO, Minn., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Winland Electronics, Inc., (AMEX:WEX), a leading designer and manufacturer of custom electronic control products and systems, today announced it signed a two-year purchase and supply agreement with Cardiac Science, Inc., (NASDAQ:DFIB) a leading manufacturer of life-saving public-access Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and provider of comprehensive AED/CPR training and AED program management services. Under terms of the two-year agreement, which is effective through June, 2007, Winland will build printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) for Cardiac Science's new hospital defibrillator and its AED training device, which is used to train and educate customers that purchase AEDs from Cardiac Science. Winland has received initial orders valued at over $1.8 million, and has already shipped approximately $600,000 in products, with the balance of the initial order scheduled through early 2006. Cardiac Science's Vice President of Manufacturing Mike Kenison commenting on the agreement said, "We evaluated numerous vendors and we selected Winland not only because of Winland's manufacturing and design expertise but just as importantly on their proven track record of delivering on their commitments." Cardiac Science was recently ranked as the fourth fastest-growing technology company in North America on the 2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. Dale A. Nordquist, Winland's Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing commented, "We are excited to be working with Cardiac Science in the development of its life-saving technology and look forward to a long term relationship. This relationship is a validation of our entrance into the Medical Device market and evidence of our ability to bring our product realization expertise to this important market." About Cardiac Science Cardiac Science, with operations in Orange County, CA, Minneapolis, MN, Manchester, England and Copenhagen, Denmark, develops, manufactures and markets Powerheart(R)-brand automatic public-access defibrillators (AEDs). In the U.S., Cardiac Science products are sold to corporations, police and fire departments, state and local municipalities, the federal government and schools by its 55-person direct sales force, and certain national and local distributors. Internationally, Cardiac Science products are sold direct in the United Kingdom and by independent distributors in over 60 countries. Cardiac Science also manufactures its AED products on a private label OEM basis for other leading medical companies such as Quinton Cardiology Systems, Nihon Kohden (Japan) and GE Healthcare. For more information, please visit http://www.cardiacscience.com/ or contact Cardiac Science at (949) 797-3800. About Winland Electronics Winland Electronics is an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company, providing product development and manufacturing expertise and innovation for more than 20 years. Winland also markets proprietary products for the security/industrial marketplace. Winland's product development offering includes program management, analog circuit design, digital circuit design, printed circuit board design and embedded software design. Winland differentiates itself from the contract manufacturer competition with its integrated product development and manufacturing services to offer end-to-end product launch capability, including design for manufacturability, design for testability, transition to manufacturing and order fulfillment. Winland's core competency is delivering time-to-market through superior program management, experience, integrated development processes, and cross-functional teams. Winland Electronics is based in Mankato, MN. For more information, visit http://www.winland.com/. Cautionary Statements Certain statements contained in this press release and other written and oral statements made from time to time by the company do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. As such, they are considered forward-looking statements, which provide current expectations or forecasts of future events. The statements included in this release with respect to (i) the initial orders from Cardiac Science and the scheduling of those orders through early 2006 are forward looking statements. These statements involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, including, among others, the risks that (i) Cardiac Science may cancel purchase orders or fail to submit any additional purchase orders, (ii) we may encounter unexpected delays or design or manufacturing problems in connection with PCBA's manufactured for Cardiac Science that result in Cardiac Science rejecting shipments or canceling purchase orders, (iii) Cardiac Science and other customers may cease to do business with us or demand pricing that reduces our profitability as a condition to retaining the business; (iii) costs of production may exceed current estimates. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may vary materially. Lorin E. Krueger Chief Executive Officer (507) 625-7231 http://www.winland.com/ Brett Maas or Cameron Donahue Hayden Communications (843) 272-4653 DATASOURCE: Winland Electronics, Inc. CONTACT: Lorin E. Krueger, Chief Executive Officer of Winland Electronics, Inc., +1-507-625-7231; or Brett Maas or Cameron Donahue of Hayden Communications, +1-843-272-4653 Web site: http://www.winland.com/ http://www.cardiacscience.com/

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