Franek Technologies Provides Innovative Certified Protection For $1.5 Million In New Solexa 1G Genome Analyzers At Broad Institute

TUSTIN, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September 26, 2006 -- Franek Technologies, Inc., the leader in certified Category III-3 Laboratory Battery Backup Power Protection Systems (LPS/UPS), has been selected to protect the initial placement of three Solexa 1G Genome Analyzers, valued at approximately $1.5 million, at the Broad Institute's Genome Sequencing Platform, a flagship of the international Human Genome Project. The Broad Institute will utilize the Solexa analyzers to deepen its understanding of the human genome by evolutionary comparison, decode the genomes of pathogens, and discover mutations in cancers. With the certified power protection provided by Franek Technologies, the Institute is not only protecting its significant monetary investment in instrumentation and consumables, but also is protecting valuable research time and the integrity of its reportable results against the inevitable power fluctuations prominent in scientific laboratories today.

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