Plastic Logic Places Multimillion Dollar Product Order from NexTech Solutions

Released on: December 5, 2007, 9:08 am

Press Release Author: Mercom Capital Group

Industry: Semiconductors

Press Release Summary: Plastic Logic Limited has placed an order with NexTech
Solutions for the FAS Advantage IV Extrusion Coater Line.

Press Release Body: AUSTIN, Texas - Dec. 3, 2007 - Plastic Logic Limited and NexTech
Solutions (Pink Sheets: NXSN), are pleased to announce that plastic electronics
leader, Plastic Logic Limited, has placed an order with NexTech Solutions for the
FAS Advantage IV Extrusion Coater Line, a fully-automated and integrated coating
line that will be incorporated into Plastic Logic's manufacturing line of flexible
organic active matrix displays. Plastic Logic selected NexTech Solutions over top
industry competitors because of its proven and technologically superior product
performance.

The Advantage IV Coating Solution is a fully-automated, integrated coating line
designed to meet the unique requirements of Plastic Logic's manufacturing process.
The integrated coating line uses FAS' patented FASCoatT technology, a
high-performance extrusion coating method used in the development of flat panel
displays. FAS Advantage Coaters are sold as an integrated solution in a full-track
system or as a stand-alone solution for R&D applications.

President of NexTech Solutions, Mr. Tony Di Napoli, stated, "Efficient handling and
coating is critical for manufacturers of flexible organic active matrix displays.
After conducting extensive trials of the FAS Advantage IV, Plastic Logic's selection
of our coating solution validates our technological superiority. We are very
pleased to be working with an industry leader like Plastic Logic, and to be able to
meet their high-quality standards."

About Plastic Logic

Plastic Logic is a leading developer of plastic electronics - a new technology for
manufacturing (or printing) electronics. The Plastic Logic approach solves the
critical issues in manufacturing high resolution transistor arrays on flexible
plastic substrates by using a low temperature process without mask alignment that is
scaleable for large area, high volume and low cost.
This enables radical new product concepts in a wide range of applications including
flexible displays and sensors. Independent experts from IDTechEx forecast plastic
electronics will be a $30 billion industry by 2015, and could reach as much as $250
billion by 2025.

Plastic Logic was spun out of Cambridge University in 2000 to build on 10 years of
research and has a team of more than 90 employees. The company has now raised equity
and venture finance from financial and industrial investors including Amadeus
Capital Partners (UK), BASF (Germany), Bank of America (US), Dow Chemical (US),
Intel Capital (US), Morningside (Hong Kong), Merifin Capital (Belgium), Nanotech
Partners (an international nanotechnology fund established principally by Mitsubishi
Corporation of Japan), Oak Investment Partners (US), PolyTechnos Venture-Partners
(Germany), Siemens (Germany), Tudor Investment Corporation (US) and Yasuda
Enterprise Development (Japan). Other shareholders include Cambridge Display
Technology, Seiko Epson and the University of Cambridge. Venture finance has been
provided by European Technology Ventures and European Venture Partners.

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 a patented spinless coating
technology known as \"FAS-Coat,\" which has become the de-facto standard in the
coating process of FPD substrates during manufacture. The company is engaged in the
design, development, manufacture, integration, sale and servicing of advanced,
high-precision coating systems for the microelectronics industry. 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.

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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