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EMRISE Corporation's Annual Shareholders' Meeting Announcement

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-June 18, 2008 - EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca:ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense, aerospace and industrial electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced its annual stockholders' meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. PDT) at the Company's corporate offices located at 9485 Haven Avenue, Suite 100, Rancho Cucamonga, California. For those attending the stockholders' meeting in-person, please note that there is construction going on in the area of our corporate headquarters, which will require attendees to park in the parking lot behind our building and use the rear entrance to our corporate offices. Signs will be posted accordingly.

Stockholders unable to attend will be able to participate in the meeting via conference call or via live webcast. Management intends to utilize a power point presentation at the meeting, which may include charts and graphs intended to enhance management's remarks. Accordingly, where possible, shareholders are encouraged to participate online via the webcast in order to view these charts.

The purpose of the meeting is for the stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 24, 2008:

1. To elect Carmine T. Oliva and Richard E. Mahmarian as Class III directors to serve a three-year term.

2. To consider and vote upon a proposal to ratify the selection of our independent registered public accountants to audit our consolidated financial statements for 2008.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments and postponements thereof.

During the meeting, management also intends to provide brief comments on relevant business topics including, among others, the following:

1. Key 2007 accomplishments posturing the company for continuing and accelerated organic growth and growth through acquisition

2. The Company's recent announcement of its agreement to acquire Advanced Control Components, Inc. ("ACC"), how ACC contributes synergistically to EMRISE, the historical revenue and income and its future impact on EMRISE's financial performance and recent actions taken by ACC to possibly accelerate the closing date

3. Plans to reduce acquisition debt

4. Optimistic outlook for base business throughout the remainder of 2008

5. Status of NYSE Arca listing

Management's prepared comments will be followed by a brief question and answer period.

WEBCAST AND CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

This event is being webcast and can be accessed at www.EMRISE.com or at http://www.investorcalendar.com. To participate, go to the web site at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software. Because management intends to utilize a power point presentation at the meeting, shareholders are encouraged to participate online via the webcast in order to view these materials. To participate in the audio portion only of the conference call, dial the following phone number 5 to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled conference: 877-407-8031. International callers should dial 201-689-8031. There is no pass code required for this call.

For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call at www.EMRISE.com or http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=130830 for 90 days. Also, for 90 days after the conference call, a replay will be available by dialing the toll-free number 877-660-6853 and for international callers 201-612-7415. The conference ID number of "288062" and Account number of "286" should be used to access the recording by phone.

About EMRISE Corporation

EMRISE designs, manufactures and markets electronic devices, sub-systems and equipment for aerospace, defense, industrial and communications markets. EMRISE products perform key functions such as power supply and power conversion; RF and microwave transmission; digital and rotary switching; network access and timing and synchronization of communications networks. Primary growth driver applications for EMRISE products include commercial avionic "In-Flight Entertainment and Communications" products and communications "Network Timing and Synchronization" equipment. EMRISE serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through operations in the United States, England, France and Japan. The Company has built a worldwide base of customers including all of the Fortune 100 in the U.S. that do business in markets served by EMRISE and many similar-size companies in Europe and Asia. For more information go to www.emrise.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's plans to acquire ACC, strategic plans to reduce acquisition debt, and its optimistic outlook for the remainder of 2008. The actual future results of EMRISE Corporation could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the ability of EMRISE to successfully complete the acquisition of ACC, unforeseen delays in completing such acquisition in a timely manger, unforeseen difficulties in executing its strategic plan to reduce acquisition debt or in executing 2008 operational plans, including changes in general market and economic conditions; unforeseen technical issues, unforeseen changes in customer demand and/or timing of such demand and other risks as contained in the Company's public statements and its periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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