ZVXI Zevex International (MM)

ZEVEX International Inc. (NASDAQ: ZVXI), developer and manufacturer of high-quality, high-value medical products, announced today that on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, it received the prestigious Innovation Booster Award from Royal Numico, at the third annual Numico Booster Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Booster Awards is an annual ceremony honoring Numico's top suppliers, from which it purchases more than $600 million in products annually. The Innovation Booster Award to ZEVEX follows the successful market introduction of the award-winning Flocare(R) Infinity(R) enteral feeding pump, which ZEVEX developed and manufactures, and which Numico distributes in 32 countries outside of North America. Numico President and Chief Executive Officer Jan Bennink said, "ZEVEX has rapidly become much more to us than a pump supplier; they are a strategic partner. The innovative features of Flocare Infinity deliver a quality of safety and care that are unsurpassed in the industry. As a result, the Flocare Infinity pump is an important tool that we are leveraging to grow our clinical nutrition business." ZEVEX President and Chief Executive Officer David McNally said, "We are honored to receive the prestigious 2006 Booster Award from Numico for Innovation. This award is a credit to our marketing, product development and operations teams that conceived, created and produce the Infinity pump. It validates that our life-transforming technology has clinical impact in global markets." About ZEVEX ZEVEX International Inc. (www.zevex.com), founded in 1986, is a diversified medical device company committed to creating products that transform life with patented and proprietary medical device technologies -- from sensors and surgical tools to medical electronic systems. About Royal Numico N.V. Royal Numico N.V. (www.numico.com) is a specialized nutrition company with leading positions in baby food and clinical nutrition. The company operates in more than 100 countries and employs approximately 11,000 people. Nutricia Clinical, Numico's clinical nutrition division, holds leading market positions for clinical nutrition products in Europe and other key markets.