Eaton inaugurates center at Kharadi, Pune

Chennai, 11th March, 2008: Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) inaugurated its Professional Services Center at Kharadi, Pune. Located at the EON Free Zone, the facility was officially opened by Alexander M. Cutler, Eaton chairman and chief executive officer. The center will include engineering support, research, product development, financial shared services and other Information Technology-enabled services.

"We're pleased to be located at this state-of-the-art facility at EON," Cutler said. "Eaton has become a global power management company, focused on the efficient and growing use of electrical, fluid and mechanical power This location emphasizes our commitment to India and and to providing leading-edge products and services to our customers."

Eaton will occupy Wing 1 of the Cluster C of EON. This new facility of Eaton will house an estimated 1,300 employees by 2010.

"Both Eaton and India are growing at a rapid pace," said Shyam Kambeyanda, managing director, Eaton India. "This world-class facility provides an efficient, productive environment for the continuing growth of our organization -- and especially our people."

Since its inception in 2003, the engineering center at the Pune campus has grown in scope and size to more than 400 employees with an initial focus on the Fluid Power business,. In recent years, Eaton further expanded the scope of the professional center to include global professional services. The team now performs a full range of high-end engineering and development work for all of Eaton's business segments. It has become an integral part of Eaton's global engineering workforce, emerging as a major product engineering, design and development center for Eaton's global customers.

Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2007 sales of $13.0 billion. Eaton is a global leader in electrical systems and components for power quality, distribution and control; fluid power systems and services for industrial, mobile and aircraft equipment; intelligent truck drivetrain systems for safety and fuel economy; and automotive engine air management systems, powertrain solutions and specialty controls for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has 70,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.