Ms. Shana Chow reports

NANOTECH ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN JEOL EBL LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM

Nanotech Security Corp. has made a significant investment in the acquisition of a JBX 6300FS 100-kilovolt Jeol electron beam lithography system (Jeol EBL). Valued at over $4.4-million, Nanotech was able to acquire the system at a significant discount by being the first private sector company in Canada to make such an investment.

Operated by Nanotech's proprietary algorithms, the Jeol EBL will enable the company to fabricate more advanced nanostructures with even higher resolution and contrast, and has the potential to generate image sizes up to nine times larger with production estimated to be up to 10 times faster than the company's current capabilities.

This investment represents the progression and execution of Nanotech's growth strategy on multiple fronts. It allows the company to enhance its product offering and expand development capabilities with its existing banknote customers as well as opens up a considerable range of offerings in the tax stamp and packaging markets. "The Jeol EBL accelerates and enhances Nanotech's research, development and production in existing and emerging markets," said Nanotech chief executive officer Doug Blakeway. "It establishes Nanotech as the nucleus for excellence in nano-optics for authentication and brand enhancement."

Nanotech's strong relationship with 4D LABS and Simon Fraser University enabled the company to house the Jeol EBL within their 7,500-square-foot state-of-the-art class 100 clean room. "Access to Nanotech's Jeol EBL system establishes us as the first university in Western Canada to have this capability," said 4D LABS director Neil Branda. "It allows us to be seen as a world-class facility with leading-edge program capabilities in advanced nanoscale design and development."

About Nanotech Security Corp.

Nanotech researches, creates and produces nano-optic structures and colour-shifting materials used in authentication and brand enhancement applications across a wide range of markets including banknotes, tax stamps, secure government documents, commercial branding and the pharmaceutical industry.

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