Interlink Electronics Named One of 2001's Fastest Growing Small Companies by Fortune Small Business Magazine and Deloitte & Touche

Business Wire, August 9, 2001

Business Editors

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2001

Interlink Electronics Inc. (Nasdaq:LINK), the world's leading developer of intuitive interface technologies and solutions for business and home applications, today announced that Fortune Small Business Magazine ranked Interlink Electronics 32nd in their listing of the Fastest Growing Public Small Companies in America.

In the same month, Interlink Electronics was also named in the prestigious Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 -- a ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in Los Angeles based on revenue growth from the years 1996 through 2000.

"It's an honor to be recognized by both Fortune Small Business and Deloitte & Touche," said E. Michael Thoben, chairman, chief executive officer and president, Interlink Electronics Inc. "While this is Interlink's first appearance on the Fortune Small Business list, it is our fifth on Deloitte & Touche's Fast 50 in the past six years.

"The company's presence on both lists reflects the extraordinary effort, teamwork and dedication that is evident at Interlink Electronics and our commitment to enhance shareholder value. It also reflects our commitment to the development of interface technologies and solutions that enrich people's lives."

"Technology as we know it has been part of our lives for less than 50 years, yet it has become a part of our every day existence," said Gary Dickey, partner, Technology & Communications Group, Deloitte & Touche. "We at Deloitte & Touche salute Interlink Electronics for having the vision and the capability to keep up with the demands of today's fast-paced technology marketplace."

The Fortune Small Business Magazine's FSB 100

Published in the July/August issue of Fortune Small Business Magazine, the FSB 100 is a listing of America's fastest-growing small companies. This list, which was compiled with assistance from Zacks Investment Research, considered only public companies that have been in business for more than three years and who reported $200 million or less in revenue for 2000.

The companies were ranked based on earnings growth, revenue growth and total stock return, and these rankings are averaged to determined the company's position on the FSB 100.

The Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Program, 2001

To qualify for a Fast 50 listing, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1996 and $1,000,000 in 2000, must be public or private companies with headquarters in the Los Angeles area; and be "technology companies" defined as companies that produce technology, manufacture a technology product, are technologically intensive and/or use technology in problem-solving, or devote a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.

Winners of the 21 regional Fast 50 programs in the United States are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information, visit www.fast500.com.

About Interlink Electronics Inc.

Interlink Electronics Inc., is the world's leading developer of intuitive interface technologies and solutions for business and home applications. Innovative products include interactive remote controls for business communications and broadband home entertainment markets, electronic signature solutions for network and Internet e-commerce applications, and integrated computer pointing devices.

Interlink's Home Entertainment Business Unit develops and markets IntuiTouch(TM) broadband interface solutions to enable interactive TV services and a host of additional home electronics applications. Industry partners include Power TV and Concero. The company's E-Transactions business group provides ePad(TM) electronic signature solutions for commercial, Internet and retail electronic signature applications.

Industry partners include Hewlett-Packard's Verifone division, Communications Intelligence Corp. (CIC), Silanis Technologies and Cyber Sign. Interlink's Business Communications group designs interface solutions for a wide variety of business and home products, including those produced by Microsoft, Compaq, Sony, SANYO, NEC Sharp, Toshiba, Pioneer and Mitsubishi, and In Focus.

The company maintains offices in Camarillo, Calif. and Tokyo, Japan, and is available online at www.interlinkelectronics.com, or in Japan at www.interlinkelec.co.jp.