LIVERMORE, Calif. - September 3, 2009 - Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) recently unveiled a new slope sensor for graders and dozers. The new, upgraded sensor is a simple drop-in replacement for existing sensors.

Its main features include:
-- Improved cross slop performance in a wide temperature range;
-- Backward compatible to Topcon's Systems Four and Five machine control systems; and
-- LED status lights makes trouble-shooting easier and faster.

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. (TPS) designs and manufactures precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets. TPS' parent company, Topcon Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange - 7732), was founded in 1932.