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Press Release April 8, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC Acquires Entegris parts clean line Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC, a subsidiary of Ktech Corporation located in the Sandia Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Peripheral Cleaning Equipment product line of Entegris, Inc. “Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC has been a leader in the semiconductor industry for more than 34 years providing cutting edge high-tech cleaning equipment and chemical delivery systems,” says Curt Mitchke, Poly-Flow’s General Manager. “Now we are moving forward aggressively to gain even more market share.” For the past several years the world’s most advanced semiconductor device (microchip) manufacturing companies have been converting over their fabrication facilities to the larger 300 mm silicon wafers for higher volumes with much lower costs. These 300 mm wafers are transported from process to process in small ultra clean mini environments called FOUPS (Front Opening Unified Pods), and from site to site in vehicles called FOSBS (Front Opening Shipping Boxes). FOUPs and FOSBs protect millions of dollars of product as they pass from one manufacturing step to another, and they must be cleaned down to sub-micron levels so that they do not themselves become a source of contamination. Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC and Entegris, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and industry leader for the manufacturing of FOUPS and FOSBS, concluded an agreement on 4/8/08 for Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC to acquire the assets and certain liabilities related to Entegris’ line of peripheral cleaning equipment. Entegris will continue to provide its global customers with cleaning services for FOUPs and FOSBs and other critical material handling products. Called the “perfect match” by Mr. Mitchke, this acquisition will bring FOUP and FOSB cleaning experience, a large customer base and outstanding engineering resources to Poly-Flow, who already provides high-tech cleaning equipment for the FOUP and FOSB purification process. The combination of Poly-Flow’s customer base, technology and product lines coupled with Entegris’ Peripheral Cleaning Equipment customer base, technology and products will rocket Poly-Flow into a very competitive position world wide. As part of the acquisition, Poly-Flow Engineering will be establishing an engineering office in San Jose, CA that will house the engineers joining Poly-Flow. All other operations related to the acquisition will be handled out of the Poly-Flow headquarters in Albuquerque, NM. In addition, Poly-Flow is mid way through the development of the world’s only fully automated and factory integrated FOUP and FOSB cleaning system. The MS-277-II MultiSpec system will be one of the first ever to feature full automation and factory integration. “We are expecting to have demo unit available for our customers in July of this year,” says Mitchke. “Now with the Entegris line we can offer our customers 6 different models to choose from when it comes to cleaning these critical components.” For further information on the acquisition or product offerings of Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC, please contact sales@polyflow.com or call 505-338-8400.
Press Release Aug. 11, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC Announces Three New Products Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. Poly-Flow is excited to announce that three new products will be coming to market in the next 6 months. Research and development continues on our new MS-277 Automated FOUP and FOSB Purifying System. This world class system features automation/factory integration, non metallic process, high through put and process purity that shatters industry standards for particles and ionic contamination. Presentations for this system will begin in Q4 of this year. A new Stent wet processing bench has been designed and delivered to the medical industry. This engineered system provides a precise Descale and electro-polishing process for Stents utilized in the cardiovascular industry. Later this year an exciting state-of-the-art chemical management, blending and delivery system will be ready for delivery to semiconductor FAB’s says Dan Huard, Director of Sales and Marketing. “These systems are going to change the way high end FABS deliver chemical to the critical production equipment” Huard also says that 2007 will be one of the best years for Poly-Flow in it’s 35 year history. Sales records are going fall says Huard in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Press Release Aug. 30, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	World industry leader PFE captures a new niche in New Mexico’s tech market. Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Today, Albuquerque officially welcomed Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC – a major international technology player – as the newest addition to the state’s robust tech roster. The company, owned by Albuquerque based Ktech Corporation, is the first of its kind in the entire state. (Read More)

Press Release June 6, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC will not exhibit at SEMICON West 2006 Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC will not be exhibiting at SEMICON West 2006 in San Francisco this coming July. A regular exhibitor at SEMICON West and various other SEMICON shows around the world for more than twenty-five years, this year’s show comes at an exciting and very busy time for Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. This past April Poly-Flow relocated to parent company, Ktech Corporation’s home town of Albuquerque, NM. Poly-Flow is in the process of ramping up its new state-of-the-art manufacturing and office facilities. According to Dan Huard, Director of Sales and Marketing, “Everyone has also been working very hard on our ISO registration to be completed by December 15, 2006. We are also concentrating on new product research and development to be able to bring additional value-added equipment to the industry. With all of the exciting activities going on, we felt our efforts were better placed closer to home”. Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC will exhibit at SEMICON West 2007. Please contact Dan Huard (505) 338-8414 for further information and tours of the new facility in Albuquerque, NM.

Press Release Jan. 22, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		Busy year for Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC in 2006 Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. Business Projections In recent weeks Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC has experienced an increase in capital equipment orders, and the projections for 2006 look very good. New products and product improvements which were developed in 2005 are now ready for delivery to our customers, and this all adds up to a very good 2006 business outlook. Moving to Albuquerque, NM Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC will relocate to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2006 very near our parent company Ktech Corporation in the Sandia Science and Technology Park. Our new “state of the art” manufacturing site is about 75% completed, and Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC will be moving new manufacturing equipment into the production area beginning in March of this year. As manufacturing ramps up in the new facility beginning in April, Poly-Flow will slowly ramp down its Sylmar, CA operation. The Sylmar site is scheduled to shut down no later than the end of June 2006. Reducing costs, our commitment to our customers Operating costs in New Mexico will be lower than in California, which was a major factor in our decision to relocate Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC to Albuquerque. In addition, as part of our move, we will be continuing our implementation of “Lean Manufacturing Techniques” to further lower our costs so that we can be competitive in our markets. We are committed to keep costs in check, while providing world class equipment and customer support. ISO Registration In our efforts to improve our commitment to the world’s technology sector, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC is in the process of putting quality and business systems in place so that ISO Registration can be achieved in 2006. Our aggressive schedule includes registration in December 2006, and according to our General Manager (Don Allen); “missing this schedule is not an option.”

Press Release Aug. 12, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		Poly-Flow announces ground breaking at new manufacturing site Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. Construction began on 8/1/05 for the new manufacturing site for Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. near the existing Ktech Corporation headquarters in the Sandia Science and Technology Park. The new manufacturing site will include 93,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space, and will include two large clean rooms for equipment final test and packaging. New production and support equipment is planned for a cleaner, more efficient manufacturing operation. With an aggressive build plan, the new site is scheduled to be completed in Q1 of 2006, with the move planned for May time frame. All Poly-Flow employees have been invited to make the move, and the response has been outstanding! Many key employees have agreed to relocate. Outstanding "stay to the move" incentive programs have been offered to those who decide not to relocate, and comprehensive training is being implemented for any replacements needed. The combination of detailed manufacturing procedures, new manufacturing equipment, parallel site operation, and the transfer of experienced team members will greatly reduce down time during the move, and will make the move seamless for our customers. Little or no downtime will occur for equipment orders, and/or customer support. In the next few months, we will be making direct contact with you to discuss the details, and how we may support your organization's requirements throughout the remainder of 2005 and early 2006. In the mean time, please contact us if you have any questions. Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC is pleased to announce that the “final touches” are being put on the most advanced FOUP and FOSB cleaning system in the world. Our MS-277 FOUP and FOSB Purifying System is nearly completed and will be ready for customer demonstrations in Sylmar, CA says Poly-Flow’s General Manager Don Allen.

Press Release July 7, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		Poly-Flow announces new state-of-the-art automated FOUP & FOSB Purifying System Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. FOUPs (Front Opening Unified Pods) are used in the most advanced semiconductor FABs around the world. These FOUPS are the vehicles that transport the 300 mm wafers from process station to process station in the very complex manufacturing cycle needed to produce advanced devices like microprocessors and memory chips. During the manufacturing cycle, the 300 mm wafers must be transported in an ultra pure environment tested/measured down to sub-micron levels. After a production cycle, these FOUPs must be cleaned and dried automatically with ultra pure wet/dry process technology. The FOSB (Front Opening Shipping Box), is utilized for transporting wafers around the world (for back end processing of the devices) and must also be cleaned after a shipping cycle. Handling of these wafer vehicles can be a serious ergonomics issue for our customers. We have developed a fully automated system that can be integrated into our customers’ process stream without human intervention. Utilizing very advanced robot and software technology, we will be providing our customers with a “turn key” fully automated/factory integrated system. “We have our competition on the run as we are offering almost twice the standard throughput, cleaner technology, better reliability and a lower cost of ownership; all for a very competitive price, says Dan Huard, Poly-Flow’s Director of Sales and Marketing. The MS-277 will be a key product for Poly-Flow in 2006 and beyond. The Poly-Flow sales team is currently in technical and commercial negotiations with several large device manufacturers for this exciting new system. Some of these customers will be visiting Poly-Flow in the coming weeks for a full demonstration and specification reviews.

Press Release Apr. 24, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		Poly-Flow Engineering LLC announces relocation plans Contact: Dan Huard, Director Sales and Marketing, Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC. In line with our 2005 plans to take Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC to a new level of "world class", Ktech Corporation and Poly-Flow Engineering, LLC (a subsidiary of Ktech Corporation), are excited to announce the plan for Poly-Flow Engineering Subsidiary to be relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Upon final approval of the Industrial Revenue Bonds, ground breaking for a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will begin almost immediately near the existing Ktech Corporation headquarters in the Sandia Science and Technology Park. The new manufacturing site will include 93,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space, and will include two large clean rooms for equipment final test and packaging. New production and support equipment is planned for a cleaner, more efficient manufacturing operation. With an aggressive build plan, the new site is scheduled to be completed in Q4 of 2005, with the move planned for the November to December time frame. All Poly-Flow employees have been invited to make the move, and the response has been outstanding! The majority of employees have agreed to relocate. Outstanding "stay to the move" incentive programs have been offered to those who decide not to relocate, and comprehensive training is being implemented for any replacements needed. The combination of detailed manufacturing procedures, new manufacturing equipment, parallel site operation, and the transfer of experienced team members will greatly reduce down time during the move, and will make the move seamless for our customers. Little or no downtime will occur for equipment orders, and/or customer support. In the next few months, we will be making direct contact with you to discuss the details, and how we may support your organization's requirements throughout the remainder of 2005. In the mean time, please contact us if you have any questions.