Elektron PLC
04 March 2008



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                                                                    4 March 2008


                                  ELEKTRON PLC

                         ("Elektron" or the "Company")


                                  Trading Update


The Board of Elektron is pleased to announce that Elektron completed its
financial year to 31 January 2008 with satisfactory sales and profits in line
with the Board's expectations and overall ahead of last year.


The hard metal components division achieved a satisfactory level of sales and is
starting to invest in modern plant to further improve its efficiency and
operating profits.


Elektron Components, the electromechanical switches and connectors division,
currently comprising a major part of Group sales, has achieved a healthy return
despite the weakness of the US dollar during the year. The move to China of
switch manufacturing is also on schedule.


Sifam Instruments, acquired in August last year, has seen its management
strengthened by the appointment of a new Managing Director in anticipation of
building the instrumentation division.

The outlook for the current year is not easy to predict given the prevailing
economic uncertainties, but we are helped by the strengthening of the Euro since
last year, commodity prices subsiding and manufacturing costs reducing on plan.

For further information, please contact:

Adrian Girling - Elektron Plc
Tel: 07966 116664

Michael Cornish - Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)
Tel: 0207 628 3396


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