Magnetek, Inc. to Present at Lambert, Edwards & Associates SMID-West Stock Conference

Magnetek, Inc. ("Magnetek” or "the Company”)(NYSE: MAG), a leading provider of digital power and motion control systems, today announced that its chief executive officer, Peter McCormick, and its chief financial officer, Marty Schwenner, will present to institutional investors and analysts at the Lambert, Edwards & Associates 6th Annual SMID-West Stock Conference, to be held on Dec. 8, 2010, at The Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Ill.

SMID-West 2010 is an invitation-only event that will introduce professional investors from the buy-side and sell-side to the management teams of top-performing small- and mid-cap (SMID) companies in a one-on-one and small-group meeting format. For more information regarding the conference, or for institutional investors interested in meeting with company management, please contact Abby Brant at (616) 233-0500 or abrant@lambert-edwards.com.

Lambert, Edwards & Associates, a leading Midwest-based investor relations firm, is hosting SMID-West 2010 in partnership with PR Newswire and Roadcast™.

About Magnetek, Inc.

Magnetek, Inc. is a leading provider of digital power and motion control systems used in overhead material handling, elevator, and energy delivery applications. The Company is North America’s largest supplier of digital drive systems for industrial cranes, hoists and monorails, and provides Energy Engineered™ drives, radio remote controls, motors, and braking and collision avoidance subsystems to North America’s foremost overhead material handling crane builders. Magnetek is also the world’s largest independent builder of highly integrated digital motion control systems for high-rise, high-speed elevators. In energy delivery, the Company develops and markets digital power inverters that connect renewable energy sources to the utility grid, and is a leading independent supplier of digital motion control systems for underground coal mining applications. Magnetek is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wis. in the greater Milwaukee area and operates manufacturing facilities in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Canonsburg, Pa., as well as Menomonee Falls.

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All Magnetek financial news releases and filings with the Security and Exchange Commission ("SEC”) are posted to the Magnetek website. Material and financial releases as well as SEC filings are available at www.magnetek.com. Automatic email alerts for these postings are available from the Investor Relations section of the site. Corporate and general releases as well as product information are also available at www.magnetek.com.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and are beyond the Company's control. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying these forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, economic conditions in general, business conditions in material handling, elevator, mining, and alternative energy markets, operating conditions, competitive factors such as pricing and technology, risks associated with acquisitions and divestitures, legal proceedings and the risk that the Company’s ultimate costs of doing business exceed present estimates. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations are described in the Company's Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.