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Iomega Consolidates Manufacturing Operations in Malaysia

Media please contact:
Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation, (858)795-7148 romoser@iomega.com

Analyst/Investors, please contact:
Jim Recob, Iomega Corporation, (801)332-4430 recob@iomega.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ROY, Utah, June 13, 2001 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data management solutions, today announced that it is consolidating manufacturing operations for its products at the Company's Penang, Malaysia, manufacturing facility.

Iomega also announced that effective immediately, its Roy, Utah, manufacturing facility will shift from prototyping and low-volume production of Iomega drives and removable disks to prototyping and engineering support. As a result of this shift, the Company announced a workforce reduction of approximately 110 workers at the Roy manufacturing facility.

"Our goal in this challenging economic atmosphere is to consolidate our manufacturing capability to improve efficiency and lower costs," said John Conely, senior vice president operations, Iomega Corporation. "While we recognize the impact on our employees, this move better positions our company for future operations."

Since 1997, the Penang manufacturing facility, which is owned by Iomega, has functioned as Iomega's principal manufacturing center.

About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets the award-winning Zip®, Jaz®, PocketZipTM and PeerlessTM drives and disks, the HipZipTM digital audio player, the FotoShowTM digital image center, LifeWorksTM software, and Iomega QuikSyncTM software; Iomega also markets Iomega CD-RW drives, CompactFlashTM and SmartMediaTM memory cards, DataSafeTM network attached storage (NAS) servers and the Iomega MicrodriveTM miniature hard drive. Iomega's products help people to save, share, manage and create important information such as Internet downloads, audio files, personal photographs, spreadsheets, and slides, while protecting that content from viruses and hackers. Used in homes, businesses, government and educational facilities and by creative professionals everywhere, Iomega storage solutions are the enabling technologies preferred by millions. The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.

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