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www.surfacetechnology.com

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CONTACT:     Teresa Loretangeli, Surface Technology, Inc.
                         609-259-0099, Terri@surfacetechnology.com

McMaster-Carr Catalog Features Composite Diamond Coating®

Surface Technology, Inc.'s Composite Diamond Coating® is included in the McMaster-Carr catalog

TRENTON, NJ, February 6, 2003 -- In response to popular demand, the McMaster-Carr catalog now includes Composite Diamond Coating®.  Steel rods and bar stock treated with Composite Diamond Coating® are now available in the McMaster-Carr 2003 catalog number 109 (page 3359) and online at www.mcmaster.com.  See below for a chart of the standard product available from McMaster-Carr.  Application of this proprietary coating onto specific parts can still be obtained from Surface Technology Inc.'s facility in Trenton, NJ.

The McMaster-Carr catalog is a legendary and vital source of products.  The catalog's 3552 pages contain more than 390,000 items.  98 percent of all items are shipped from stock from one of McMaster-Carr Supply Company's five locations.

Composite Diamond Coating® is a patented proprietary process and composition of fine diamond particles in a hard electroless nickel matrix.  This innovative coating features:

• Exceptional wear resistance
• Excellent hardness
• Enhanced thermal transfer
• Corrosion resistance
• Applicability to all metals/alloys
• Conformity to all shapes and sizes including non-line of sight applications
• Coverage of entire surfaces or selected critical are

Composite Diamond Coating® is covered by one or more of the following US Patents, owned by Surface Technology, Inc.; 4,997,686, 5,145,517, 5,300,330, 5,863,616, and 6,306,466 B1

Surface Technology, Inc. offers a full line of proprietary electroless nickel plating solutions and coating services.  These solutions and coating services are sold to end users and distributors around the world.  The company holds more than ninety US and foreign patents, which have helped establish its reputation as an innovative leader in the metal finishing industry.  This strength has resulted in over forty license agreements with companies around the world including: Allied-Kelite; Atotech; Cloeren Inc., Electrochemicals; Enthone-OMI; OMG Fidelity Chemical; Hitachi; IBM; Kanigen-Japan, Lea Ronal; MacDermid; Olin Hunt; Roehlen Industries; Schering; Shipley, Sirius Technology, and Uyemura.