MALMO, SWEDEN — TAC AB, one of the leading building automation companies in Europe, has acquired CSI Control Systems International Inc., pending shareholder approval.

The acquisition, and subsequent new company as yet to be named, is said to rank as the fourth-largest building automation company in the world.

CSI provides integrated information, control solutions, and energy solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings on all seven continents.

TAC offers building automation solutions, systems, and services based on an open standard protocol that provides communications links to all technical functions in a building.

Additional information is available on the Internet at www.tac.se or www.csi-controls.com.

Publication date: 09/18/2000