NexTech FAS Receives Multiple Product Orders for its Advantage II Extrusion Coating System

Released on: December 5, 2007, 8:09 am

Press Release Author: Mercom Capital Group

Industry: Semiconductors

Press Release Summary: "NexTech FAS" is pleased to announce that a leading organic
light-emitting diode (OLED) process development company has placed multiple orders
for its Advantage II Extrusion Coating system to be integrated into an R&D line for
development of OLED displays.

Press Release Body: AUSTIN, Texas - Dec. 5, 2007 - NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS
Technologies, LLC, doing business jointly as "NexTech FAS" (Pink Sheets: NXSN), are
pleased to announce that a leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) process
development company has placed multiple orders for its Advantage II Extrusion
Coating system to be integrated into an R&D line for development of OLED displays.

NexTech FAS' Advantage Series coating systems offer high performance extrusion
(spinless) coating of liquid materials onto substrates during the manufacture
process of Flat Panel Displays. The systems, which are currently supplied for Gen 2
through Gen 8 panel sizes, are capable of coating a wide variety of process
chemistries, including tough-to-coat OLED materials which are often deposited at
submicron thicknesses with stringent uniformity and environmental requirements.

The customer originally purchased NexTech FAS' equipment line in the third quarter
of 2006 and later placed a follow-up order in the second quarter of 2007. The
Advantage II Extrusion Coating system is designed to work in a fully-automated and
controlled environment and is being implemented in a pilot/R&D line at the
customer's site. The use of these tools enables the customer to further its R&D
objectives and optimize its development process. This order paves the way for
potentially significant future equipment orders used in the process and development
of OLED displays and technology, a rapidly emerging market growing exponentially
from $526 million in 2006 to an estimated $4 billion by 2010, according to
DisplaySearch.

"The technical team at NexTechFAS has worked diligently for several years to
optimize the Advantage Series coaters for the specific requirements of OLED
manufacturing, and we are pleased with the confidence in our technology demonstrated
by these recent orders," stated Greg Gibson, chief technical officer of NexTech FAS.
"We believe that OLED display manufacturing will be a significant market segment for
NexTechFAS, where our high efficiency coating methods provide key cost efficiencies
that are essential to this rapidly growing market."

The Advantage Coating systems can be configured for flexible as well as rigid
substrates and is suitable for R&D or full production applications. Coating
uniformity of better than three percent is routinely achieved with very high
efficiency.

About NexTech Solutions and FAS Technologies

NexTech Solutions, Inc. delivers advanced metrology and automation solutions to the
global semiconductor and flat panel display (FPD) industries. NexTech\'s mission is
to create greater shareholder value through advanced technology development of
products targeted at large, fast-growing markets. The company is headquartered in
Austin, Texas, with facilities in San Mateo, Calif. NexTech's stock is quoted on the
Pink Sheets under the symbol NXSN. For more information, see: http://www.nxts.com.

FAS Technologies, LLC is a Texas Limited Liability Company with offices in Dallas
and Tokyo. FAS Technologies is a pioneering company widely recognized in the
industry for the development of digital fluid dispensing and a patented spinless
coating technology known as \"FAS-Coat,\" which has become the de-facto standard in
the coating processes used in the manufacture of FPDs. The company is engaged in the
design, development, manufacture, integration, sale and servicing of advanced,
high-precision coating systems for the microelectronics and display industries. For
more information, see: http://www.fas.com.

NexTech and FAS have announced plans to combine the two companies in a two-step
transaction. The companies will consolidate operations into a joint venture which
is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2007, subject to closing conditions.
Following necessary approvals of stockholders and regulatory authorities, the
companies will be combined in a merger transaction and reincorporated in Delaware.
NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS Technologies, LLC are jointly doing business under
the name "NexTech FAS".

Forward-Looking Statements

This release includes forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the \"safe
harbor\" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While
these statements are made to convey to the public the company\'s progress, business
opportunities and growth prospects, readers and listeners are cautioned that such
forward-looking statements represent management\'s opinion. Whereas management
believes such representations to be true and accurate based on information and data
available to the company at this time, actual results may differ materially from
those described. The company\'s operations and business prospects are always subject
to risk and uncertainties. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ
are set forth in the company\'s periodic filings with Pink Sheets at
http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/finance.jsp?symbol=NXSN.


Web Site: http://nextechfas.com/

Contact Details: Investor and Public Relations Contact:
Wendy Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group, LLC
1-512-215-4452
nxsn@mercomcapital.com

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