Agilent Technologies Inc. Teams With Chicago Miniature Lamp, an SLI Company, To Serve the Automotive Market

    CANTON, Mass., May 14 Agilent Technologies, Semiconductor
Products Group and Chicago Miniature Lamp, Inc., (CML) an
SLI, Inc. company, have signed an agreement under which CML will
represent Agilent's visible LED product line and opto-electronic technology to
the automotive marketplace.
    "Combining the LED technology expertise of Agilent with the CML systems
approach will benefit automotive OEM's and their first tier suppliers," says
Paul Flynn, CML president.  "Teaming up with Agilent is a major step toward
our goal of providing one-stop, total lighting solutions as the automotive
interior lighting market goes increasingly electronic."
    "Agilent brings new and exciting LED products to the market and we view
our agreement with CML as a positive step to insure our products are available
to automotive engineers and designers," adds Vince Feorenzo, Agilent American
sales manager.
    Agilent's lamp expertise is regarded as world-class, as is CML's LED
packaging and subassembly capability for automotive interior and instrument
lighting.  "With this new pairing, automotive manufacturing will enjoy
innovative opto-electronic systems that will define automotive interior
lighting for the 21st century," adds Mr. Flynn.
    Frank M. Ward, Chairman and CEO of CML parent company, SLI, Inc., states,
"The number of interior lights in the average automobile has more than tripled
from model year 1995 to 2000, with a growing share going to LEDs.  Safety
legislation now requires lighted indicators for anti-lock brakes and other
features on new passenger cars, vans, and heavy trucks.  More plentiful than
dashboard indicators are the ingenious vanity, map and convenience lights.
These are all reasons for our corporate commitments to LED's and LED
assemblies."
    Recent developments by Agilent and others in the optoelectronics industry
have provided brighter LED's that can be expected to capture half of all
automotive interiors lighting applications over time.  LED's (Light Emitting
Diodes) are small, energy-efficient light sources with solid state longevity.
LED life can exceed 100,000 hours.  With these combined capabilities to serve
the automotive industry, the synergistic association of Chicago Miniature Lamp
and Agilent Technologies, Inc. puts the right LED in the right package," adds
Mr. Ward.

    ABOUT CHICAGO MINIATURE LAMP
    Chicago Miniature Lamp is one of the top three suppliers of interior and
instrument automotive lighting systems.  The systems are complete
subassemblies consisting of lamps, sockets, the optical path, the exterior
package and trim and modules, and wiring systems.  As such, they reduce part
count and vendor count for automotive OEMs.  Chicago Miniature Lamp is an SLI,
Inc. (NYSE) company based in Canton, Mass.  SLI is a vertically integrated
designer, manufacturer and seller of general lighting systems, which are
comprised of lamps, fixtures and ballasts.  The company serves a diverse
international customer base and markets, with major plants in 30 countries,
operating throughout the world.

    ABOUT AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
    Agilent Technologies is a new company composed of the former
Hewlett-Packard test and measurement, chemical analysis, semiconductor
components and medical products businesses.

    Disclaimer
    Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed
in this press release are forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.  These forward-looking statements reflect assumptions and involve risks
and uncertainties that may affect SLI's business and prospects and cause
actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements.

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