Newton Frees Up Order Capacity in Excess of GBP3M at WFEL

OXFORD, March 9, 2010 - Newton, Europe's leading operational and financial improvement
specialist, and WFEL, private equity owned world leader in tactical military
bridging, today announced that they have successfully completed a project to
increase order capacity without capital expenditure. The project, which
formed part of WFEL's internal continuous improvement program, identified a
16% increase in productivity in 16 weeks, equating to GBP3,000,000 in freed
up order capacity.

Since 1915, WFEL has led engineering innovation across the defence sector
for both land and air based solutions. WFEL selected Newton to manage the
project as a result of their commitment to Best Practice and innovative
solutions.

"With 10 years experience in transforming businesses, Newton identified
several opportunities to improve manufacturing processes at WFEL" said Kevin
Jones, Director at Newton. "Newton worked on the shop floor with WFEL area
managers to implement a Build Plan Methodology to improve the flow of
priorities, whilst also improving key operators' access to tools and
services."

Newton's Build Plan Methodology was quickly deployed across the WFEL
site. Almost immediately, the internal system highlighted discrepancies
relating to the supply chain, which then were alleviated through revamping
production scheduling bringing a consistent increase in WFEL's site
productivity.

"Newton gave us the skills and information needed to take the sustained
improvement and drive it on further" said Ian Wilson, Chief Executive at
WFEL. "They took information from our labour and management systems and
provided an easily accessible interface. This allowed us to make the right
decisions at the right time without compromising performance."

Adopting Newton's methodology on Build Plan has significantly increased
the capacity, productivity and profitability at WFEL. "With a continuing
increase in demand for tactical military bridges across the world, we are now
in a position to take on more orders without affecting our productivity and
the quality of our products" Ian Wilson, Chief Executive at WFEL.

About WFEL

WFEL is an established world leader in tactical military bridging,
supplying 40 armed forces across the world for over four decades.

Our expertise - built on a century of engineering excellence and
innovation - includes concept design, prototype manufacture and full scale
production of a range of rapidly-deployable, modern bridging systems for use
in military and disaster relief scenarios.

We also provide value-added inspection, repair and maintenance, spares
and training services, both in the field and at our UK-based engineering site
in Stockport, where we employ a team of 250 highly-skilled engineers and
support staff.

Our in-house research and development function enables WFEL to provide
additional military-grade engineering solutions across the defence sector,
including aeronautical and vehicular equipment.

We are a prime contractor to the UK Ministry of Defence and operate a
global sales network working directly with international governments and
Non-Governmental Organisations.

WFEL is backed by Dunedin Capital Partners and have global turnover of
GBP29.6 million

About Newton

Newton is the leading operational and financial improvement specialist in
Europe. Founded in 2001 by a group of highly qualified and experienced
engineers, the company's objective is straightforward: to deliver performance
improvement of 10% - 50% in any client's operations and supply chain without
incurring capital expenditure.

From its roots in manufacturing, Newton applies its unique engineering
based approach across a wide range of industry sectors, working in areas as
diverse as aerospace, automotive, defence, food & drink and healthcare, from
the factory floor to design offices and throughout the supply chain.

Newton are not management consultants, they do not focus on strategy,
re-structuring or re-organisation - their focus is on identifying and
resolving the issues that limit performance, to deliver a tangible and
measurable improvement, backed by Newton's guarantee "no results, no fee".

Newton has a substantial proven track record and has worked with many
forward thinking organisations including Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, VT Group,
Nissan, Kerry Foods, British Airways and the NHS.

For more details on how Newton can benefit your organisation, please call
us on: +44(0)1684-576477 or visit www.newtoneurope.com.

Contact: Laura Skett, +44(0)1865-920700, Laura.skett at newtoneurope.com .