Worldwide Diagnostic System Lauded At NADA Convention

27 January 2000

Worldwide Diagnostic System Lauded At National Automobile Dealer Association Convention

    WESTFORD, Mass.--Jan. 26, 2000--GenRad, Inc. today announced that its WDS service tool, unveiled at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in San Francisco last year, designed to cover all Ford Motor Company brands from 1996 through 2000 and 2001 going forward, has been well received by Ford dealers.
    In a press release issued by Ford Motor Company in conjunction with the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Orlando last weekend, WDS was called "a powerful, sophisticated, next-generation diagnostic tool that can meet the complex diagnostic demands of the 21st century" by Mike Jordan, President of Ford's Automotive Consumer Services Group.
    Sam Cole, diagnostic service planning manager for the Ford Customer Service Division, called WDS "one tool that has the capacity and capability to support increasingly complex electronics in our global vehicles."
    Frank Ligon, technical support operations manager, also at Ford Customer Service Division, noted the "fast and accurate diagnostics available with the WDS system."
    For the complete Ford Motor Company press release, see http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000122/fl_ford_di_1.html.

    GenRad Background

    GenRad, Inc. provides electronics OEMs and their customers with the hardware, software and services to increase productivity by optimizing product design, manufacturing and after-market service. GenRad, headquartered in Westford, MA, offers products and services through three business units: Advanced Diagnostic Solutions (ADS), Electronic Manufacturing Solutions (EMS), and GR Software (GRS). GenRad's web site address is http://www.genrad.com.

    GenRad's most current shareholder information is available by visiting our Website at http://www.genrad.com or calling our Fax on Demand Service at (800) 469-1261.

    Statements made in this press release which are not historical, including statements regarding future performance, product capabilities and markets are forward looking statements and as such are subject to a number of risks. Factors that may cause results to differ materially from those projected are discussed in GenRad's 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending January 2, 1999 and form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 2, 1999 under the section "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations - Factors That May Affect Future Results."