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Oliver F. BischofTSI - Aachen

Particle Instrument CP’s EUMEA, Thessaloniki - August 24, 2008

What Is New at TSI Europe?

2008 Channel Partner Meeting

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Outline

• Changes at TSI in Europe

• EUMEA updates:– TSI Facilities

– Particle Sales

– Sales Operations

– Marcom

– Service

• Summary

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Changes at TSI

• TSI has grown considerably over past year(s)– Particle sales in EUMEA more than doubled in 2007!

• Are driving significant changes to sustain that growth• Realize that TSI’s delivery on customer satisfaction has

been poor in past year– Many examples of failures to meet commitment to customers

• Product delays • Late shipments• Poor product quality • Long service cycle times

• We are committed to changing that NOW– Many initiatives improving customer service & satisfaction

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TSI Facilities Europe Update

• Build-out of TSI’s German facility– Centralizing functions at Aachen – Significant level of new hires

• TSI France office unchanged • Closing of TSI Sweden office

– Service moved to TSI UK

• New TSI facility in the UK

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New TSI Facility in the UK

• Relocation of TSI UK to new site completed on July 18– Also in High Wycombe at Stirling Rd, Cressex Business Park– Larger, more modern & better suited to TSI’s needs– All European service repair/calibration centralized at HW

• Swedish service operation moved and set up – Open House on September 4

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Build-Out of TSI Facility in Germany

• Effective October 1 all EUMEA Sales Operations and Technical Service will be managed out of Aachen– Central location focuses investment in people, facilities, and IT– More “critical mass”, positions us for scalable growth – Facility will support English, German and French languages

• All Marketing Comm’s resources also located in Aachen• Aachen office renovation expected to begin in September

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Particle Sales EUMEA Update

R&A Sales Manager EUMEA

Oliver F. Bischof

Regional Sales Mgr.

Eric Filimundi

Regional Sales Mgr.

Thomas Krinke

Regional Sales Mgr.

Jürgen Reith

Regional Sales Mgr.

Stamatios Pothos

Regional Sales Mgr.

Mark Crooks

Regional Sales Mgr.

New Hire

jj bos bv

Netherlands

AMS LT

South Africa

Danalytic ApS

Denmark

Labtronic Oy

Finland

Deltatech AG

Switzerland

Stölzle Oberglas

Austria

Meteo-Tech Ltd.

Israel

ECM Group

Eastern Europe

Alava Ingenieros

Spain & Portugal

Luchsinger srl

Italy

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Particle Sales EUMEA Update (2)

• Ian Bennett continues in his role as Field Market Development Manager – Works closely with TSI’s internal and external sales

functions and Business Managers

– His main focus for Particle is UFP Monitor

• Hans-Georg Horn continues in his role as European Market Development Manager– Regularly assists Sales with his vast PI knowledge,

particularly in filter testing

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Sales Operations EUMEA Update

• Iris Schüürmann, new Sales Operations Manager EUMEA, located at Aachen

• Transforms current Sales Operations group to much more proactive Inside Sales function

• Objectives– Improve customer satisfaction

– Set up clear processes, documentation and communication

– Free up time of RSM’s they can dedicate to selling and working with distributors

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Sales Operations EUMEA (2)

• Sales Support at Aachen– Hired 4 new people as Inside Sales Representatives (ISR)

• Have joined Ingeborg Duda at Aachen – Leslie Guillou (TSI France) also part of that team

– Will be responsible for all Order Management • Owner of customer requests – responsible until finished• Enter orders• Manage orders until completion

• New structure will “go live" in early October, with all functions working from Aachen– Note, all orders from Channel Partners will need to be sent to

Aachen from October 1 on!• Detailed communication will follow

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Sales Operations Update (2)

• Contact for Particle CP’s (until further notice):– Ingeborg Duda (Ph: +49-241-523 03 22)

(TSI email addresses: firstname.lastname@tsi.com )

• More detailed announcement and list with contact details will follow as soon as all new colleagues are trained and tasks have been assigned

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Marcom EUMEA Update

• Have just hired Marcom Manager • Entire Marcom team EUMEA now centralized in Aachen

– Still looking for one additional Marcom Specialist

• Contacts for Particle CP’s (until further notice):– Claudia Schlösser-Humberg (Ph: +49-241-523 03 28)

– Ina Vogel (Ph: +49-241-523 03 25)

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Service EUMEA Update

• Expanded EUMEA Service Center at new location in HW– All existing service operations consolidated into new facility

– Will enhance service and allows us to focus resources to improve service quality and lead times

– Added 4 Service Technicians in Q2, currently hiring additional R&A Service Tech and new RMA processor

– In process of adding service and support capability for EECPC, WCPC’s, UFP Monitor and Filter Testers

• Contacts for Particle CP’s (until further notice):– Nick Cussens, Service Manager (Ph: +44-1494-429 642)

– Wolfgang Völker, Service Support (Ph: +49-241-523 03 39)

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Service EUMEA Update (2)

• Technical & Application Support– New R&A Applications Engineer (see below) started July 1– Currently hiring R&A Sales Support Engineer for High

Wycombe site

• Contacts for Particle CP’s (until further notice):– Axel Zerrath (Ph: +49-241-523 03 31)– Carsten Kykal (Ph: +49-241-523 03 27)

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Particle EUMEA Contact List

• In October you will also receive the updated, complete contact list with all TSI Particle Instrument information

• For all questions regarding: – Sales – Order entry– Order status– Delivery– Technical support – Service

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Summary

• Many positive changes, good for all of us in EUMEA– TSI‘s management team committed to EUMEA operations

– This presentation already mentioned 17 people that have started with TSI in EUMEA since the beginning of the year, or that we are currently hiring!

• Expect more to follow

• Are positioning EUMEA for sustainable growth beyond this year– Expect to grow both direct sales through TSI RSM’s and

distributed sales through our channel partners

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