EXHIBIT 21


                         Exide Electronics Group, Inc.

                        Subsidiaries of the Registrant



 1.   Exide  Electronics  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation (100% owned by
      Exide Electronics Group, Inc.).

 2.   Exide  Electronics  International  Corp., a Delaware  corporation  (100%
      owned by Exide Electronics Group, Inc.).

 3.   Exide Electronics Canada, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws
      of Ontario, Canada (100% owned by Exide Electronics International Corp.).

 4.   Exide Electronics S.A., a company organized under the laws of France (100%
      owned by Exide Electronics International Corp., except for certain
      qualifying shares held by directors or officers of Exide Electronics
      S.A.).

 5.   Exide Electronics International - GmbH, a company organized under the laws
      of Germany (100% owned by Exide Electronics International Corp.).

 6.   Exide Electronics B.V., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the
      Netherlands (100% owned by Exide Electronics International Corp.)
      (Inactive).

 7.   MPL Powerware Systems Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws
      of the United Kingdom (100% owned by Exide Electronics International
      Corp.).

 8.   Exide  Electronics  International  Sales Corp., a corporation  organized
      under the laws of the United States Virgin  Islands (100% owned by Exide
      Electronics Corporation).

 9.   Exide  Electronics  USA Holdings  Corp.,  a Delaware  corporation  (100%
      owned by Exide Electronics Group, Inc.).

10.   DataTrax Acquisition Corporation,  a Delaware corporation (100% owned by
      Exide Electronics USA Holdings Corp.).

11.   GS Electronics Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the
      United Kingdom (100% owned by MPL Powerware Systems, Limited).

12.   Compu-Power Controls, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of
      British Columbia (100% owned by Exide Electronics Canada, Inc.).

13.   Exide Electronics Acquisition,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% owned
      by Exide Electronics Group, Inc.) (Inactive).

14.   International Power Machines  Corporation,  a Delaware corporation (100%
      owned by Exide Electronics Corporation).

15.   International  Power  Machines  Canada Ltd., a corporation  incorporated
      under the laws of Ontario,  Canada  (100% owned by  International  Power
      Machines Corporation).

16.   IPM Pacific Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Hong
      Kong (100% owned by International Power Machines Corporation).

17.   International  Power  Machines De Mexico,  S.A. DE C.V.,  a  corporation
      incorporated  under  the laws of  Mexico  (100%  owned by  International
      Power Machines Corporation).

18.   International Power Machines GmbH, a corporation incorporated under the
      laws of Germany (100% owned by International Power Machines Corporation).

19.   Lortec  Power  Systems,   Inc.,  an  Ohio  corporation  (100%  owned  by
      International Power Machines Corporation) (inactive).

20.   Lectro  Products,  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  (100%  owned by Exide
      Electronics Group, Inc.)