FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Magnetek Taps Ross Smith to Lead its Elevator Products Business Group

Menomonee Falls, WI –September 21, 2007 – Magnetek, Inc. (NYSE: MAG), a leading manufacturer of digital power and motion control systems, today announced that Ross C. Smith has joined the Company as Vice President of its Elevator Products division.

Mr. Smith, 51, has extensive leadership experience in manufacturing and power controls.  He served as Vice President of the Equipment Division at Morris Material Handling, Inc., Oak Creek, WI, responsible for company-wide operations, engineering, purchasing and marketing for this industrial crane, hoist and controls manufacturer. Mr. Smith led manufacturing facilities throughout the United States as well as Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, Thailand, Singapore and Australia. He also served as the Company’s Vice President of Strategic Planning, which included leading acquisitions and corporate cost reduction initiatives. Prior to joining Morris Material Handling, Mr. Smith was Vice President of Market Development and Strategic Planning for Siebe Climate Controls, a division of Siebe plc., where he was responsible for strategic planning and market development. Most recently he served as Vice President of Dickman Company, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, a commercial real estate company.

Mr. Smith holds an MBA from Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management (1980) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Northwestern University (1974).

“We are very excited that Ross has joined Magnetek,” states Peter McCormick, Magnetek Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “We have known Ross for years as head of one of our largest customers, Morris Material Handling, and believe his leadership abilities and extensive manufacturing and international experience make him the ideal candidate to significantly grow Magnetek’s Elevator Products business.”

Magnetek is the world leader in DC elevator drives, and the premier AC drives supplier for low- to high-rise traction elevators, having pioneered the application of solid-state drives to elevators in the 1980s. Today, three generations of Magnetek AC drives and digital field regulators, and thousands of the Company's analog and digital DC direct drives power elevators on six continents. Most of the world's tallest buildings utilize Magnetek drive systems on their highest speed cars.