10-04 :: April 2010

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Solazyme is recognized as being the top technology supplier that is improving the efficiency and sustaina- bility of biofuels production.

Solazyme, Inc. is a renewable oil and bioproducts company and the leader in algal biotechnology. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in South San Francisco, Solazyme’s unique technology allows algae to produce oil and biomaterials in standard fermentation facilities quickly, efficiently and at large scale. These oils and biomaterials are tailored not only for biofuel production, but also as replacements for fossil petroleum and plant oils in a diverse range of products running from clean fuels and chemicals to cosmetics and foods.

http://www.solazyme.com

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pire Corporation (NASDAQ: SPIR) has entered into a contract with Solartech Renewables, LLC

(Solartech) to provide a turnkey PV module manuf- acturing line. The Solartech factory will be located in New York State and will create up to 100 jobs. The line will include Spire‘s state-of-the-art equipment, process knowledge, training and module certifica- tion assistance. Solartech will begin production using Spire‘s 60 cell, 220 watt module design. “Solartech is responding to the need for more U.S. based manufacturing for PV modules,” said Roger Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. “With the federal and state incentives for PV systems now in place, the U.S. market has become the fastest growing in the world. It is projected to be more than two gigawatts by 2011, with as much as a one giga- watt shortfall of U.S. based manufacturing.” Furthermore Spire Solar Systems business has com- pleted construction of PV systems at two separate BJ‘s Wholesale Club (BJ‘s) locations in Massachusetts

(MA, USA) and began construction on two additional stores located in New Jersey (NJ, USA).

http://www.spirecorp.com/

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ymyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) announced the release of Symyx Isentris for

SharePoint, a collection of Microsoft SharePoint Web parts that improves project team knowledge sharing and collaboration in an information-driven R&D en- vironment. Integrating Symyx Isentris search/browse and data analysis tools with the SharePoint platform gives scientists access to real-time project information and critical decision-support capabilities within the context of a well- known enterprise collaboration portal.

http://www.symyx.com/micro/isentris31

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egal Corporation, (NASDAQ: TGAL) an innovator of specialized production solutions for the fabri-

cation of advanced MEMS, power ICs and optoelec- tronic devices, has appointed veonis Technologies GmbH, Puchheim, Germany, as its agent for silicon DRIE and dielectric DRIE products in Germany. The veonis Technologies group is a pan-European supplier of equipment, materials and services to the semiconductor and related industries. The company was founded in 1972 as a subsidiary of ITS: Intertra- de Scientific Inc. In 1999 the company was acquired by two experienced local managers of the business, Mrs. Gabriele Reichenberger and Mr. Manfred Schwarz. Today veonis Technologies focuses on metrology equipment and systems for wafer handling and automation.

http://www.veonis.com http://www.tegal.com

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