Exhibit 99.1


                 [LETTERHEAD OF WPI GROUP, INC. APPEARS HERE]

     News Release
     For Immediate Release

     Contact:
     Michael Foster, Chairman & CEO
     Dennis Deegan, President & COO

     WPI Group, Inc. Acquires ANG Instruments Group, Inc.

     Manchester, NH, August 3, 1998: WPI Group, Inc. (WPIC: NASDAQ) announced
     today the acquisition of ANG Instruments Group, Inc., a manufacturer of
     avionics components and subsystems, inertial sensors and panel meters. ANG
     Instruments, based in Manchester, NH, with manufacturing facilities in
     Christ Church, Barbados, was acquired from the privately held Allard
     Nazarian Group, Inc. for approximately $22.0 million in cash. Financing for
     the acquisition was provided by Fleet Bank. The transactions are expected
     to close this afternoon. Management expects ANG to be accretive to WPI's
     earnings per share in the 1999 Fiscal Year beginning in October of 1998.

     ANG Instruments, with annual sales of approximately $20.0 million, is a
     market leader in each of its major product lines. Its products are used in
     the aerospace, electronic instrumentation, telecommunications, consumer
     electronics and a wide variety of other industries. Major customers include
     Rockwell International, Lucent Technologies and Newark Electronics.

     Commenting on the acquisition, Michael Foster, WPI's Chairman and CEO said:
     "We welcome ANG Instruments and its employees to the WPI Group family of
     companies. This acquisition moves WPI into the electronic instrument and
     sensor markets for the first time. These products present us with new
     opportunities in the aerospace and instrumentation industries where WPI
     presently has a minor participation. We intend to support ANG's growth with
     our financial and technical resources and to look for opportunities to sell
     existing WPI products into these new markets. In particular, WPI can
     provide access to European markets where ANG does not presently compete.
     ANG, under the leadership of John Allard and Carlo 

 
     Carluccio, has demonstrated an ability to deliver rapid profitable growth
     through a combination of internal product development and acquisitions."

     John Allard, Chairman of ANG Instruments said: "The combination of ANG with
     WPI will make available the financial, technical and managerial resources
     that ANG will need to accomplish our growth plans. As a neighboring company
     in Manchester, NH, we are very familiar with how WPI has grown its
     operations and we look forward to contributing to its future growth."
     Allard, 33 years old, joins WPI as a member of the Board of Directors and
     as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Under his leadership, ANG
     Instruments' revenues tripled over the course of four years to the current
     $20 million mark.  Carluccio, formerly General Manager of ANG Instruments,
     now becomes President. ANG Instruments will be renamed WPI Instruments,
     Inc., and become part of the WPI Industrial Technology Group -- formerly
     known as the WPI Power Solutions Group.

     WPI Group, Inc. (WPIC: NASDAQ) manufactures and markets high value-added
     products used in mission critical systems through two operating groups:
     Information Solutions and Industrial Technology. Information Solutions
     offers the world's broadest range of rugged, handheld terminals, PCs and
     notebook computers designed for use in harsh environments across a wide
     array of industries and it supplies applications software in selected
     vertical markets. The Industrial Technology Group manufactures avionics
     components and subsystems, inertial sensors, panel meters, industrial power
     conversion systems, electronic ballasts and precision solenoids for a
     variety of industrial and consumer products.

     THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS RELEASE CONCERNING THE COMPANY'S GOALS,
     STRATEGIES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RESULTS ARE
     "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS" BASED ON CURRENT EXPECTATIONS. NO ASSURANCES
     CAN BE GIVEN THAT THE RESULTS IN ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WILL BE
     ACHIEVED AND ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY. PLEASE REVIEW THE
     REPORTS THAT THE COMPANY FILES WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FACTORS WHICH COULD AFFECT THE COMPANY'S
     BUSINESS.

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