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(HUBBELL LOGO)

                         Date:         May 15, 2006                 NEWS RELEASE

                         For Release:  IMMEDIATELY
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                                                        HUBBELL INCORPORATED
                                                        584 Derby-Milford Road
                                                        P. O. Box 549
                                                        Orange, CT  06477
                                                        203-799-4100

                           Contact:    Thomas R. Conlin

                            HUBBELL AGREES TO ACQUIRE
                          STRONGWELL LENOIR CITY, INC.


ORANGE, CT. (May 15, 2006) -- Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE: HUBA, HUBB) today
announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held
Strongwell Lenoir City, Inc. The transaction is expected to be completed in the
second quarter. Financial terms were not disclosed. A sister company, Strongwell
Corporation, is not part of this transaction and will continue to operate under
the current ownership.

Based in Lenoir City, TN, Strongwell Lenoir City Inc. designs and manufactures
precast polymer concrete products (used to house underground equipment) such as
handholes, enclosures, equipment pads and transformer pads sold to the electric
and telephone industries. Products will continue to be sold under the brand
names QUAZITE(R), and SPLITT-PAD(R). The company also has a line of surface
drain products sold under the brand names POLYCAST(R), POLYVENT(R), and
DURAGUARD(R). The company has two manufacturing facilities - Lenoir City, TN and
San Jose, CA - and recorded revenue of approximately $70 million in 2005.

Following completion of the transaction, Strongwell Lenoir City, Inc. will join
Hubbell's Power Systems Segment (HPS) as Hubbell Lenoir City, Inc. A leading
supplier of utility products, HPS manufactures products used for construction,
maintenance, and upgrading of the electrical transmission and distribution
infrastructure, and telecommunications networks. In addition, HPS includes a
business which designs and manufactures foundation piering products to address a
variety of civil engineering applications.

Hubbell Incorporated is an international manufacturer of quality electrical and
electronic products for commercial, industrial, residential, utility, and
telecommunications markets. With 2005 revenues of $2.1 billion, Hubbell
Incorporated operates manufacturing facilities in North America, Puerto Rico,
Mexico, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, participates in a
joint venture in Taiwan, and maintains sales offices in Singapore, Hong Kong,
South Korea, People's Republic of China, and the Middle East. The corporate
headquarters is located in Orange, CT.

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