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Carney Appointed CUNO Senior Vice President MERIDEN, Conn., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CUNO Incorporated Timothy B. Carney has been appointed Senior Vice President - Worldwide Water Group of CUNO Incorporated. In this newly established position, Mr. Carney will be responsible for the worldwide leadership of CUNO's water filtration systems and products business, including the Residential, Food Service and OMA (i.e. OEMs, multi-level marketers, and appliance manufacturers) segments. In announcing this appointment, CUNO CEO Mark G. Kachur said, "Tim Carney is uniquely qualified to lead the worldwide development and expansion of our Potable Water business, CUNO's largest and fastest growing business. In his most recent role as President and General Manager of our U.S. Water Group, Tim significantly expanded our North American Potable Water business, strengthened our operational capabilities and measurably improved marketing and customer support. I am confident that under Tim's leadership, we can successfully leverage our technology, products and operational capabilities globally and strengthen CUNO's competitive position in the worldwide water filtration business." Mr. Carney is an eleven year veteran of CUNO, during which time he has held a number of important management positions and has made significant contributions to the Company's overall success. Prior to joining CUNO, he was the General Manager of Water Factory Systems in Irvine, CA, now a part of CUNO. He holds a BS degree and a Masters in Business Administration from Youngstown State University. Mr. Carney and his family reside in Madison, CT. CUNO is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of a comprehensive line of filtration products for the separation, clarification and purification of liquids and gases. CUNO's products, which include proprietary depth filters and semi-permeable membrane filters, are used in the potable water, healthcare, and fluid processing markets. CUNO wants to provide shareowners and prospective investors with more meaningful and useful information and, therefore, this press release includes various comments regarding business conditions and the outlook for CUNO, which reflect currently available information. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause performance or actual results to differ materially from those expressed herein. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things: volumes of shipments of CUNO's products; changes in product mix and product pricing; costs of raw materials; the rate of economic and industry growth in the U.S. and the other countries in which CUNO conducts business; economic and political conditions in the foreign countries in which CUNO conducts a substantial part of its operations and other risks associated with international operations including exchange rate fluctuations; CUNO's ability to protect its technology, proprietary products and manufacturing techniques; changes in technology; changes in legislative, regulatory or industrial requirements and risks generally associated with new product introductions and applications; and domestic and international competition in CUNO's global markets. CUNO assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release. Contact: Frederick C. Flynn, Jr. 203/238-8847 DATASOURCE: CUNO Incorporated CONTACT: Frederick C. Flynn, Jr. of CUNO Incorporated, +1-203-238-8847, Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/126696.html

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