Blackwood, New Jersey – November 1, 2006 -- Metrologic Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:MTLG) announced today the promotion of Mark Ryan to vice president of its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.  Prior to his appointment, Ryan served as the region’s managing director since June 2004.

C. Harry Knowles, Metrologic’s founder, chairman and interim chief executive officer cited Ryan’s skill in securing agreements with major European retailers in the last two years as his motive for the promotion. 

“Recent successes with some of the largest retailers in the world show Mark’s developed a focused and dynamic team who have elevated Metrologic’s position to being the leading bar-code scanner manufacturer of choice in this vital region,” said Knowles. 

Under Ryan’s leadership, Metrologic-EMEA has achieved significant revenue growth and penetration of European tier-one retailers and system integrators, including Tesco UK, Tesco Central Europe, Systéme U and Wincor Nixdorf.

Ryan joined Metrologic-EMEA in June 1994 and was initially responsible for generating sales within the United-Kingdom market. In 2000, as regional manager, Ryan was responsible for the UK, Benelux and Scandinavian territories.  Prior to joining Metrologic, Mr. Ryan was employed in a sales/distribution role within General Motors in Germany and Rover in the UK.

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Metrologic Instruments, Inc. (“Metrologic”) is a global supplier of choice for data capture and collection hardware, optical solutions, and image processing software. Metrologic has been delivering innovative, quality products that are cost effective, reliable and supported by the highest level of personal service for nearly 40 years. Metrologic products are sold worldwide through Metrologic's sales, service and distribution offices located in The Americas, EMEA and Asia/Pacific. Metrologic provides its customers not only with a great deal, but a great deal more. For more information please call 1-800-667-8400 or visit www.metrologic.com.