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Plextronics Media Contact:
Lori Lecker
412-423-2030 x 111
llecker@plextronics.com

Pittsburgh, PA, August 26, 2008 -  At an awards ceremony last week hosted by the Pittsburgh Business Times, Plextronics, Inc. was named the fastest-growing manufacturing company in Pittsburgh and the sixth-fastest-growing company citywide. The company's materials and inks, which are developed at its headquarters in Hamarville, PA, enable the mass production of printed devices, such as low-cost organic solar cells and high-efficiency lighting.

An accompanying Pittsburgh Business Times article on Plextronics credited the company for its work in solar cell and organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology, and noted that its 2005 to 2007 revenue grew by 393 percent.

When asked how important the employees of Plextronics are to the company's growth, CEO Andy Hannah had this to say: "We work very hard at the kind of culture we want to have. We hire the brightest people in the world who have a lot of intellectual curiosity about how things work, and they have to be very competitive so that we can get this technology into the market. And, they have to be good people, too."

Hannah also was quoted in the article about what's next on the horizon for Plextronics. "The big  blockbuster product we have is the solar cell. … Early customers are giving back data that exceeds what we promised it would deliver," he said.

About Plextronics
Plextronics, Inc. is an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA., the company's focus is on organic solar cell and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications.

With a company vision of enabling 15 billion printed electronic devices by 2015, Plextronics is creating technology capable of commercial-scale manufacturability and performance. The company's device design, process technology and Plexcore® branded inks enable the formation of active electrical layers — the key drivers of printed electronics.

The privately held company was founded in 2002 as a spinout from Carnegie Mellon University, based upon conductive polymer technology developed by Dr. Richard McCullough. Over the past six years, Plextronics scientists have refined and further developed this technology to deliver exceptional performance for printed electronics.

For more information about Plextronics, visit www.plextronics.com.

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