IEC to Present at Roth Capital 22nd Annual Orange County Growth Stock Conference

NEWARK, NY--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - IEC Electronics Corp. (NYSE Amex: IEC) today announced that W. Barry Gilbert, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Roth Capital 22^nd Annual Orange County Growth Stock Conference at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, California at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Mr. Gilbert will provide an overview of IEC's operations, financial results and industry achievements. 

As a full service EMS provider, IEC is AS9100, ISO-9001:2000 and ISO 13485 registered, and a NSA approved supplier under the COMSEC standard. The Company offers its customers a wide range of services including design, prototype and volume printed circuit board assembly, material procurement and control, manufacturing and test engineering support, systems build, final packaging and distribution. 

The foregoing, including any discussion regarding the Company's future prospects, contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the electronics industry, particularly in the principal industry sectors served by the Company, changes in customer requirements and in the volume of sales to principal customers, the ability of the Company to assimilate acquired businesses and to achieve the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions, competition and technological change, the ability of the Company to control manufacturing and operating costs and satisfactory relationships with vendors.

The Company's actual results of operations may differ significantly from those contemplated by any forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors, including factors set forth in the Company's 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact Information:

Contact:
Heather Keenan
IEC Electronics Corp.
(315) 332-4262