To: GARY P GROBBEL who wrote (146 ) 1/16/2001 11:10:50 AM From: caly Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 120406 DPW...nice DPW 2 5/8 +9/16 2 9/16 2 5/8 101,800 11:10:30 Tuesday January 16, 7:50 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Digital Power Corporation Digital Power Breaks Into European Satellite TV Market With Tiny 100W Switcher FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Power (Amex: DPW - news) reports that its wholly-owned U.K. subsidiary, Digital Power Limited (trading as Gresham Power Electronics), has been awarded the first production order from a major European TV broadcasting company for the new UPF105 series of switch mode power supplies. Although this initial order is modest in size, it provides Digital Power with an entry into the European Satellite TV market. Key to the sale was the ability to fit into the customer's compact 1U rack. The 100 watt supply measures just 3.3`` x 6.0'' x 1.4``, including a required active Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuit. Also, the broadcasting company found the supply to be extremely reliable. Digital Power beat out strong North American and Far Eastern competitors to win this order. Commenting on this important order, Managing Director Chris Schofield stated, ``I congratulate our sales manager, John Ellis, and our new Scandinavian agent, Acal, for their extraordinary efforts on this project. I also thank our engineering groups in the U.S.A. and U.K. that collaborated extremely well to produce an excellent product in an incredibly short timescale.'' He continued, ``We are achieving design-in successes with Euro high tech manufacturers primarily because we can provide a reliable, small product with PFC at the right price.'' Digital Power is a major manufacturer of switching power supplies for the computer, telecom and office automation markets. Digital Power headquarters is 41920 Christy St., Fremont, CA 94538-3158 phone 510-657-2635 website www.digipwr.com. Digital Power Limited is located at Gresham House, Telford Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 7PH England +44 (0) 1722 413060 telephone +44 (0) 1722 413034 fax. Contact Forrest Sass, Theorem LLC, 925-462-5280. The foregoing contains forward-looking statements which are subject to contingencies and uncertainties which are set forth in Digital Power's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and are based on numerous assumptions about future conditions that could prove to be inaccurate. Actual events, transactions, and results may differ materially from anticipated events, transactions or results described in such statements. SOURCE: Digital Power Corporation