HMS Networks AB (publ) has signed a blanket agreement, Design-win, with one of Europe's leading manufacturers of industrial automation equipment for automated assembly systems. The customer will use HMS Anybus® technology in Anybus-CC modules to add flexible communication solutions to its product offering. The full potential of this agreement will be 6 MSEK on an annual basis, a volume expected to be reached in 2013. "This agreement further confirms our position as a partner to the leading automation companies and our ability to deliver attractive solutions providing flexibility and a short development time for our customers," says Jürgen Bischaus, Manager Strategic Accounts at HMS. HMS Anybus® technology in the form of embedded communication modules gives the customer the possibility to provide solutions despite what communication system the end user is running. This improves the HMS customer's possibility to offer its products to a large number of networks and consequently to more markets with a short time to market. "I am delighted to announce that HMS has signed this prestigious agreement with a customer delivering highly demanding installations in the automotive industry as well as other high-tech manufacturing", says Staffan Dahlström, CEO at HMS Networks AB. For more information please contact: CFO HMS Networks AB Gunnar Högberg, telephone: +46-35 17 29 95 CEO HMS Networks AB Staffan Dahlström, telephone: +46-35 17 29 01 HMS Networks AB (publ) is a world-leading supplier of communication technology for industrial automation. Sales amounted to SEK 367 million for the last twelve month period. Over 90% of these sales were to customers located outside Sweden. All development and the major portion of manufacturing is carried out at the head office in Halmstad. Sales offices are located in Japan, China, Germany, Denmark, India, UK, USA, Italy and France. HMS has 210 employees and produces network interface cards and products to interconnect different networks under the trademark Anybus®. The network interface cards are embedded in automation equipment such as inverter drives, robots, control systems and sensors. This allows subcomponents in machines to communicate with one another and with different networks in order to build more efficient and flexible automation systems with reduced energy consumption. HMS is listed on NASDAQ-OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm in the category Small Cap, Information Technology. [HUG#1543300]