10-07/08 :: July/August 2010

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VD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ: CVV) received over $6.0 million in new orders during

the three (3) months ended June 30, 2010 and approximately $9.3 million in new orders for the six (6) months ended June 30, 2010. This surpasses the $2.8 and $5.5 million of new orders received during the three (3) and six (6) months ended June 30, 2009 by 125% and 70% respectively.

The orders received during this period also excee- ded all January through June periods in the history of CVD. Most of the orders received were with the CVD/FirstNano division for equipment solution offe- rings designed to accelerate the commercialization of tomorrow’s technologies in solar/energy generation, energy saving and nanotechnology fields. Orders re- ceived by the CVD/FN division during the first six (6) months of 2010 increased by 72% when compared to 2009 order levels.

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irst Nano, a division of CVD Equipment Corpora- tion (NASDAQ: CVV) introduced the EasyTube™

101, a new Chemical Vapor Deposition research and development tool platform as part of the gro- wing EasyTube™ family of products. This platform is designed to address the budget limitations and growing safety concerns for the university or indus- trial researcher at the forefront of technology in new processes for Nanotechnology and Energy related materials. The EasyTube™ 101 platform is customer configured and can be upgraded or re-configured in the field for future process needs, thus enhancing its price/performance value. In the coming months, more process support information will be made available on our EasyTube™ product websites, thus providing increased support for our steadily growing worldwide EasyTube™ customer base.

Each EasyTube™ 101 system can be configured for a wide range of processes including ALD, APCVD, LPCVD, RTP, Annealing, Diffusion, etc. http://www.cvdequipment.com

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esearchers at Dow Corning (The Dow Chemical Company, NYSE: DOW) and The University of

Toledo (UT) have signed a memorandum of under- standing to engage in collaborative discussions on photovoltaic (PV) solar research and development efforts to help reduce the cost of solar energy to make it a viable and economically competitive ener- gy option globally.

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http://www.dowcorning.com/solarpolicy http://www.pvic.org http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid428063 60001?bctid=91346195001

Furthermore, The Dow Chemical Company intro- duced ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films, which can enhance efficiencies in photovoltaic (PV) module production and lead to lower conversion costs. The films also can provide greater module