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EXHIBIT 21 - - Subsidiaries of the Registrant
As of September 1, 2000, SBS Technologies, Inc. has the following
subsidiaries:
Name State of Incorporation
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SBS Technologies, Inc., Modular I/O California, USA
SBS Technologies, Inc., Embedded
Computers New Mexico, USA
SBS Technologies, Inc., Connectivity
Products Minnesota, USA
SBS Technologies, Inc., Industrial
Computers California, USA
SBS Technologies, Inc., Communications
Products California, USA
SDL Communications, Inc. Massachusetts, USA
SBS Technologies, Inc., Foreign
Holding Company Nevada, USA
SBS Technologies Holding GmbH Germany
ORTEC Electronic Assembly GmbH Germany
SBS OR Computers Verwaltungs GmbH Germany
SBS Technologies Europe GmbH Germany
SBS OR Industrial Computers
GmbH & Co. KG Germany