MISUMI USA, Inc., a subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation, part of MISUMI Group, Inc. (Tokyo: 9962), is pleased to announce that the first of three Apple iPad 2 tablets (32 GB Wi-Fi) was awarded in a drawing held on December 19th. The prizes are part of a promotion to encourage collegiate engineering students and faculty to participate in MISUMI's exclusive University Engineering Program.

MISUMI's University Engineering Program was founded to encourage engineering studies by providing participants with access to MISUMI's professional engineering expertise, as well as a wealth of information, resources and materials related to product design and the sourcing of component parts.

The winner of the first iPad drawing is Thomas Y. Yen, Ph.D., Associate Instrumentation Innovator Instructor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Biomedical Engineering Department, and Industrial and Systems Engineering Department. Dr. Yen expressed his thanks and noted: "MISUMI has been a great source of material in many of the projects my students have been working on. The CAD drawings of the parts have been extremely helpful during the design process."

MISUMI's University Engineering Program remains open through June 28, 2012, and raffle drawings for the remaining two iPad 2 tablets will be held in February and April. More information and a nomination form for the MISUMI University Engineering program can be found at www.Misumiusa.com/MisumiU.aspx.

About MISUMI USA, Inc.

Located in Schaumburg, Illinois, MISUMI USA, Inc. was established in 1988 as a Subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation, a part of the MISUMI Group (TOKYO: 9962). MISUMI USA, Inc. is a leading supplier of fixed and configurable components such as leader pins, single-axis actuators, linear shafts, slotted keys, aluminum extrusions, parting locks, linear guides, XY stages and other components for factory automation, plastic mold and press die industries. For a complete list of available components, please visit MISUMI USA.

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