ROCHESTER, N.Y. – September 27, 2005 - Performance Technologies (Nasdaq NM: PTIX), a leading developer of integrated systems, platforms, components and software, today announced a partnering agreement with China-based EVOC Intelligent Technology Co., LTD. The agreement establishes the long-term manufacturing and marketing rights of select Performance Technologies embedded platforms and slot component products in China.

The intent of the partnership is to increase Performance Technologies’ presence in China’s evolving telecommunications and commercial communications markets. Both companies are confident that combining their respective core competencies will facilitate market and product acceptance in the various growing technology segments in China. EVOC’s presence in the region and vast manufacturing experience, coupled with Performance Technologies’ proven design expertise and broad product offering, will result in comprehensive solutions that meet the current and future demands of China’s growing marketplace.

"The agreement with EVOC gives Performance Technologies increased exposure and opportunity in China, which we see as a key growth market for our systems and platforms," said Don Turrell, president and CEO of Performance Technologies. "EVOC has all the right attributes to help increase our presence in China; a proven track record in high quality, volume manufacturing capabilities and extensive mainland sales coverage.”

“Performance Technologies has clearly established itself as a global leader in state-of-the-art product design and embedded platforms," said Sun Wei, CEO of EVOC. "We look forward to working with the company for years to come as we serve the Chinese market with cost-optimized and technically robust embedded solutions.”

About EVOC

Shenzhen EVOC Intelligent Technology Company Limited is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of Embedded Intelligent Platform (“EIP”) products and also become the only enterprise having a large scale production and R&D facilities and listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong within the industry.

The Company’s brand name “EVOC” EIP products can be broadly classified into three categories, namely, chassis-type EIP products, board-type EIP products and remote data modules. The products of the Company are widely accepted by customers because of stringent quality control and high product quality and competitive cost structure. The products are widely applied in areas of tele-communication, transportation, Internet, video frequency control, data monitoring, military, industrial and equipment and meter control, etc. For more information, visit www.evoc.com.

About Performance Technologies

Performance Technologies (Nasdaq NM: PTIX) develops the systems, platforms, components and software solutions for the world's evolving communications infrastructure. Our broad customer base includes companies in the communications, military and commercial markets. Serving the industry for more than 20 years, our complete line of embedded and system-level products enables equipment manufacturers and service providers to offer highly available and fully-managed systems with time-to-market, performance and cost advantages.

Performance Technologies is headquartered in Rochester, New York. Additional operational and engineering facilities are located in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California; Norwood, Massachusetts and Ottawa, Canada. For more information, visit www.pt.com or contact sales@pt.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbor provisions of those Sections.

These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other factors, general business and economic conditions, rapid technological changes accompanied by frequent new product introductions, competitive pressures, dependence on key customers, the attainment of design wins, fluctuations in quarterly and annual results, the reliance on a limited number of third party suppliers, limitations of the Company's manufacturing arrangements, the protection of the Company's proprietary technology, the dependence on key personnel, potential delays associated with the purchase and implementation of an enterprise-wide software system and potential impairments of investments. These statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements, the Notes thereto and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company as of December 31, 2004, as reported in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other documents as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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