Maintenance Connection Named 2005 Product of the Year in Plant Engineering's 18th Annual Product of the Year Award

Davis, CA – January 16, 2006 - Maintenance Connection, Inc., a Northern California developer of web-based maintenance management software was recently named the winner of Plant Engineering's 18th Annual Product-of-the-Year award. Maintenance Connection won the Gold Award in the General and Maintenance Software category.

The Plant Engineering "Product of the Year Award" is a well-recognized, well-respected honor that has been given for the last 18 years and the annual competition is considered the most prestigious in the Industry. The Product of the Year Award demonstrates Maintenance Connection's ongoing effort to develop breakthrough, successful products for the CMMS industry.

Maintenance Connection will receive the award at a special reception during the National Manufacturing Week Show in Chicago. Maintenance Connection will also be featured in a special awards section in the April issue of Plant Engineering Magazine.

"Maintenance Connection is honored to receive this prestigious Product of the Year Award.", says Brad Squires, Maintenance Connection's Manager of Business Development.

About Maintenance Connection
Maintenance Connection is a rapidly growing company leading the way in maintenance management using pure Internet technology. They deliver a full-featured web-based maintenance management (or CMMS) solution including Work Order Tracking, Preventive Maintenance / PM Software, Asset Management, Inventory Tracking, Procedure Library, Labor Scheduling, and Service Requests all available through the Internet using a web browser. Maintenance Connection offers a unique and intuitive user interface built on a robust database infrastructure, all at a highly competitive price point. With an online hosted version for companies with a small or no IT staff and a self-hosted version that allows the organization to manage the database and software in-house, Maintenance Connection has a solution to fit the needs of any maintenance organization. For more information about the company and their products, visit http://www.maintenanceconnection.com.

Contact:

Brad Squires
Manager of Business Development
Maintenance Connection, Inc.
phone: 888-567-3434x89
fax: 888-567-3434