Sutron's June 2009 Bookings Total $5,557,634

2009-07-07 15:12:03 -

STERLING, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/07/09 -- Sutron Corporation (NASDAQ: STRN), a leading provider of hydrological, meteorological and oceanic monitoring products, systems, software and services, today announced that during June the company received customer orders of $5,557,634.



Sutron received two purchase orders from the U. S. Geological Survey that totaled $3,972,124 for 1,440 High Data Rate GOES Satellite Transmitters in five different configurations. Sutron's Hydrological Services Division (HSD) received purchase orders totaling $817,897 to deliver MOSCAD SCADA panels for a number of projects for the South Florida Water Management District. HSD bookings year to date are an impressive $1,816,915. Also in June, purchase orders totaling just over $765,000 were received from various States, Counties, Cities, and a number of private sector companies, as well as orders from several Nations worldwide.



Sutron began fiscal year 2009 expecting that approximately $5,000,000 of its reported backlog at December 31, 2008 would be converted into revenue in 2009. Customer orders through the first six months of 2009 were approximately $13,358,000. Together, Sutron's 2009 backlog and customer orders total approximately $18,358,000. Based on Sutron's backlog and customer orders as well as anticipated customer orders for the remainder of 2009, a record year is expected.



Sutron provides products, systems, software and services in the areas of hydrological, meteorological, and oceanic monitoring, warning and control.
Sutron markets its products, systems, software and services to a diversified customer base consisting of federal, state, local and foreign governments, engineering companies, universities and hydropower companies.
Sutron's products and services enable these entities to collect data for management of critical water resources, for early warning of potentially disastrous floods, storms or tsunamis, for the optimization of hydropower plants and for providing real-time weather conditions at airports.



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