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SI Handling Systems Takes Governance Actions

10 June 1999

SI Handling Systems Takes Governance Actions

    EASTON, Pa., June 10 -- SI Handling Systems, Inc.
, today announced that its Board of Directors has taken the
following actions aimed at improving shareholder value:

    -- A selection process to increase Board membership has begun with the
       primary goal being to broaden the background and areas of expertise of
       the Board.
    -- A stock ownership program for directors and officers was approved in
       principle.
    -- Two committees of the Board were formed to address corporate governance
       and strategic alternatives.

    SI Handling Systems remains committed to acting in the best interests of
the Company and its shareholders.

    Cautionary Statement.  Certain statements contained herein are not based
on historical fact and are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Among other things,
they regard the Company's earnings; liquidity, financial condition, and
certain operational matters.  Words or phrases denoting the anticipated
results of future events, such as "believes," "estimates," "may," "will," and
similar expressions that denote uncertainty, are intended to identify such
forward-looking statements.  The Company's actual results, performance, or
achievements could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied
by, such "forward-looking statements": (1) as a result of risks and
uncertainties identified in connection with those forward-looking statements,
including those factors identified herein, and in the Company's publicly filed
reports; (2) as a result of factors over which the Company has no control,
including the strength of domestic and foreign economies, sales growth,
competition, and certain cost increases; or (3) if the factors on which the
Company's conclusions are based do not conform to the Company's expectations.