National Grid Recognizes CUI Global Inc.'s VE® Technology As "Preferred Option" for British Natural Gas Pipelines

National Grid Recognizes CUI GlobalNational Grid Recognizes CUI Global Inc.'s VE® Technology As "Preferred Option" for British Natural Gas Pipelines PR Newswire TUALATIN, Oregon, March 24, 2014 CUI Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUI), a platform company dedicated to the acquisition, development, and commercialization of new, innovative products and technologies, today announced that National Grid has accepted CUI Global's proprietary VE® Technology as the "preferred option" for British natural gas pipelines and intends to present the solution at a future European Seminar for Gas Transporters Benchmarking Initiative. For its part, National Grid is committed to Safety and Innovation. National Grid has made significant advancements in monitoring the quality and properties of the gas entering its network. Traditionally natural gas has been supplied from predictable sources; however as the world supply has developed the variability of the properties of the gas has increased. As a result, National Grid continually looks for partners who can assist them in pushing the limits of technology and innovation to provide a solution to the problem of quickly and reliably measuring the quality and properties of Natural Gas. CUI Global's wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Gas Systems Ltd., has developed (together with National Grid) a unique range of products based ®around its patented Vortex Eliminating technology (VE ).