Second Annual Western New York Investors Conference Reports Strong Participation by Regional Companies for 2004

Business Wire,  August 31, 2004  

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Western New York Investors Conference announced today that 20 public companies from the upstate Western New York region have already registered to present at the 2nd annual conference. The two-day event will be held November 17-18, 2004 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rochester, NY and is expected to attract an audience of over 120 institutional investors, analysts and financial advisors from throughout New York State, the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.

The companies registered to participate thus far are:

Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRO)

Bausch & Lomb Inc. (NYSE: BOL)

Columbus McKinnon Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCO)

Computer Task Group, Inc. (NYSE: CTG)

Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ)

Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW)

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK)

Evans Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBN)

Financial Institutions (NASDAQ: FISI)

First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG)

Gibraltar Steel Corporation (NASDAQ: ROCK)

Hardinge Inc. (NASDAQ: HDNG)

M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB)

MOD-PAC Corp (NASDAQ: MPAC)

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNRO)

Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (NYSE: SSS)

Tompkins Trustco, Inc. (NYSE: TMP)

Transcat, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNS)

Ultralife Batteries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULBI)

Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: GB)

The deadline for companies to commit to participate is September 8, 2004.

The WNY Investors Conference will begin at noon on Wednesday, November 17th with a half day of company presentations followed by a reception sponsored by ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. Companies will present throughout the day on Thursday, November 18, breaking for lunch sponsored by Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP with a key note speaker to be determined. The schedule will accommodate approximately 25 companies for presentations with additional meeting time with management in breakout sessions.

Institutional investors, analysts and financial advisors who would like to attend the conference can register online at www.wnyinvest.org or contact Christy Linn, Kei Advisors LLC at 716.843.3874.

Conference sponsors in addition to those mentioned include: Kei Advisors LLC, Quinlan & Company, Bowne of Cleveland, Business Wire, ITX Corp and AON.

The inaugural conference was held on November 20, 2003 in Buffalo, NY and included presentations from 23 companies and over 200 attendees with almost 100 portfolio managers, financial advisors, and buy- and sell-side analysts. Approximately one-third of the investor/analyst audience was from outside the WNY area.

The Western New York Investors Conference was formed by the companies of Western New York to broaden the exposure of the quality and potential of the businesses in the region with an audience of institutional investors, analysts and financial advisors from throughout New York, the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. These companies feature a variety of industries and represent a large spread of market capitalization and have overcome the economic challenges of the region through diversification, their distinct competitive strategies and their strong management teams.

For more information and conference registration please logon to www.wnyinvest.org

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