Press Release: Vanguard Instruments : ESCO Announces Acquisition of Global Utility Test Equipment Provider

ST. LOUIS, September 5, 2017 - ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) today announced that it has acquired the assets of Vanguard Instruments Company (Vanguard) (www.vanguard-instruments.com), a premier test equipment provider serving the global electric utility market. Vanguard's solutions are sold in over 90 countries to electrical utilities with generation and transmission assets and has annualized sales of approximately $14 million. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.