Echelon Appoints Frits Bruggink Vice President of International SalesMark Ossel Joins Company as Vice President of Europe, Middle East and Africa(SUNNYVALE, Calif.-August 9, 2001) - Today, Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) announced the promotion of Frits Bruggink to vice president, international sales. In his new role at Echelon, Mr. Bruggink will head Echelon's worldwide sales effort that includes sales organizations in Asia/Pacific; the Americas; and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Echelon also announced that Mark Ossel has joined the company as vice president, EMEA, assuming the role formerly held by Mr. Bruggink. "Frits has made a major contribution toward building EMEA into our largest market, and we are excited to have him take on an expanded role in our worldwide sales effort," said Ken Oshman, Echelon's chairman, president and CEO. "At the same time we have been fortunate enough to find Mark, a results-driven, experienced senior executive who is a wonderful addition to our strong international sales team and an ideal leader for Echelon's EMEA sales area. Together, these changes in Echelon's sales organization should help us capitalize on our opportunity to build Echelon into a major international company." Mr. Ossel has more than 20 years of experience in sales, sales management and international marketing at Unisys Corporation. Most recently he was director of marketing operations at Unisys, EMEA. Prior to Unisys, Mr. Ossel held sales positions at Burroughs and was an officer in the Dutch Army. About Echelon Corporation Echelon is based in Sunnyvale, California with international offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Further information can be found at http://www.echelon.com. From October 23-24, Echelon and Messe Frankfurt GmbH are holding LonWorld™ 2001, the world's premier conference and tradeshow devoted solely to the LonWorks industry, in Frankfurt, Germany. Further information can be found online at http://www.LonWorldexpo.com. ### Echelon, LonWorks, LonMark, the LonMark logo, and the Echelon
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