SAN ANTONIO, Texas – MDI, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDII), the leading provider of Unified Technology™ solutions for the security industry today announced that they have partnered with a leading Government Contractor, specializing in building automation solutions, to provide enterprise-wide security management solutions to a major Executive Departmental Agency to the Government of the United States.   Under the Contractor’s agency blanket purchase agreement, MDI will provide industry-leading technology products and professional services for this high-security government engagement.  Overall value to the company is expected to exceed $600,000. The project is expected to yield additional revenue from supplementary orders and sub-projects in the future from agencies within the department. With over 62 separate agencies operating within the bounds of its departmental infrastructure, this MDI client is recognized as the largest organization of its kind in the world.  The Department’s primary charter is to defend the laws of the United States and ensure public safety against all foreign and domestic threats.    The Department’s agencies are also part of the Department of Homeland Security and assist in combating terrorism, investigating federal crimes, prosecuting online misconduct, corporate fraud and corruption.  After considering all market solutions, the Department selected the MDI system to upgrade its current security posture to a more robust and scalable enterprise solution than they are currently using, while complying with security requirements mandated under HSPD-12 and FIPS 201. The unique customization features of MDI’s award-winning open architecture platform will empower department security professionals to manage by exception across multiple layers of protection.  As a security event occurs, the automated system gives security managers complete situational awareness capabilities while allowing them to command and control the situation as needed, across multiple remote locations, based on levels of threat to people, facilities and assets. “We are very proud to have been chosen as part of this key national security project by both the Contractor and the Client,” stated J. Collier Sparks, President and CEO of MDI, Inc. “This award is a major success for MDI and serves as validation that we are once again setting the standard in unified access control, video surveillance and alarm management for the high-security government and defense marketplace.  We will continue to explore additional partnerships and opportunities in the government market and in concurrence with our Learn Safe™ school safety and security initiative, we will be placing more emphasis on winning large government contracts in the future,” he concluded. About MDI, Inc. MDI (NASDAQ: MDII) manufactures security technology solutions designed to protect people, facilities and assets. These solutions are unified by ONE Technology.  ONE Technology unifies security point products, systems and subsystems into a common management platform.  Far beyond the Integrated Security Management software promoted by industry competitors, ONE delivers an open architecture environment that adapts each individual application and device into its platform - promoting global collaboration as ONE system. The MDI product family currently protects over 8 million alarm points across the globe for many of the world’s most recognized organizations including Microsoft, MBNA Worldwide, John Deere, Pepsi, FBI, TSA, Fidelity Investments, Bureau of Engraving & Printing, American Express, Department of Defense, IRS, Disney, Smithsonian Institution and MIT to name a few. The company has received numerous industry awards for their security technology including Frost & Sullivan’s Security System Technology Leadership Award and the Security Industry Association’s Best Integrated Product Award for 2006.  For more information on MDI or its diversified line of products and professional services, please visit www.mdisecure.com.   All product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.   MDI Investor Relations Contact: Richard A. Larsen, MDI, Incorporated Phone: (210) 582.2664 Email: Richard.Larsen@mdisecure.com   MDI Media Contact: Michael M. Garcia, MDI, Incorporated Phone: (210) 477.5400 Email: Mike.Garcia@mdisecure.com

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