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The World Premiere Presentation of Paragon Sensors + Systems AG

10 September 1999

The World Premiere Presentation of Paragon Sensors + Systems AG; AQS Mk IV - The World's Smallest Fully Integrated Air Quality Sensor; Rounding Off The AQS Family/Unique New Hands-Free Microphones

    DELBRUECK, Germany, Sept. 10 -- At the International
Automobile Exhibition (IAA) in Frankfurt, paragon sensors + systems AG will
present a world premiere:  For the first time this innovative German company
will demonstrate the AQS Mk IV, the smallest fully integrated air quality
sensor in the world.  "This rounds off our AQS family perfectly and allows us
now to offer air quality sensors for all classes of vehicles," explains
paragon Director, Klaus Dieter Frers.
    The corporation, with its headquarters in Delbrueck in Westphalia and a
second branch office in the Thuringian city of Suhl, emerged from the paragon
conglomerate group effective as of September 1st.
    Within just five years, paragon has grown from one idea and developed a
worldwide market-leading product family with its air quality sensors.  These
sensors examine the external air and prevent dangerous gases from entering the
interior of the vehicle.  Paragon customers include Audi, Lancia, and Opel,
and others are scheduled to begin installing paragon systems soon.
    Air Quality Systems (AQS) are available for top range/luxury range, and
mid-range/upper mid-range vehicles, utility vehicles, as tear gas sensors for
armored vehicles, and as retro-fit systems.
    In applying the latest construction and connection technology and a new
highly integrated processor generation, pagagon has developed the world's
smallest fully integrated air quality sensor in the AQS Mk IV.  This
market-ready product will be utilized by a number of automobile manufacturers
in the future and represents the right system for economy and lower mid-range
cars.
    Equally for the first time at the IAA, paragon sensors + systems AG is
presenting hands-free microphones that will set new standards in mobile
communication on the basis of their precise adaptation to the specific
automobile-type.  These microphones are integrated into the interior design of
the vehicle in such a way that they are hardly visible at all.  This
high-quality product represents paragon's entry into the communication
components market.