BEIQ Bei Technologies (MM)

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of BEI Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEIQ) today announced its thirty-second consecutive quarterly dividend. The dividend of one cent per share was declared effective August 8, 2005, and is payable on September 7, 2005 to stockholders of record as of August 23, 2005. BEI Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "Technologies") is an established manufacturer of electronic sensors, motors, actuators, rotary optical encoders, linear encoders with associated digital readouts (DROs), and motion control products used for factory and office automation, medical equipment, military, aviation and space systems. In addition, sales to manufacturers of transportation equipment, including automobiles, trucks and off-road equipment, have become a significant addition to the Company's business in recent years. The Company's micromachined quartz rate sensors are being used in advanced vehicle stability control systems and a significant increase in the production of those sensors had been in progress from the middle of 1998 to FY 2005 except for a decrease in production in fiscal 2002 due to increased competition. The Company also manufactures electronic steering wheel position sensors, seat-memory modules, throttle position sensors, inertial navigation systems, and other devices used in transportation systems. DATASOURCE: BEI Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: John LaBoskey, Senior Vice President/CFO of BEI Technologies, Inc., +1-415-956-4477 Web site: http://www.bei-tech.com/

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