Startup Supplier of High-Tech Seals Signs First Distributor in Israel

Companies Partner to Help Customers in Semiconductor, Chemical, Biotechnology,
Ink Jet and Solar Markets Maximize Manufacturing Uptime and Profitability

NEWARK, Calif., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Seals North America, Inc., an
international supplier of durable elastomeric sealing products used in
manufacturing semiconductors, solar cells and pharmaceutical products, has
signed BTS Baruch & Co. Technologies & Supplies Ltd. to provide distribution,
local engineering support, and some final testing of Applied Seals' products
for customers throughout Israel's high-technology industries.

Headquartered in the city of Herzliya, BTS has a dozen customer service
professionals in Israel. The company maintains local product inventories in
several locations, enabling fast delivery and service calls.

BTS is a member of the Hirshberg Brothers Group, one of Israel's largest
suppliers of raw and process materials, process equipment, and medical and
scientific instruments. In addition to having its own technical staff, BTS has
access to the group's technologists who contribute their broad expertise in
process technologies, quality assurance and logistics. The Hirshberg group of
companies was established in 1925 and employs more than 150 people.

"Leveraging its more than 25 years of experience in the semiconductor
industry, BTS has already begun working to educate the region's
microelectronics companies about sealing products' wide range of compositions,
performance specifications and product lifetimes," said Dalia Vernikovsky,
president and general manager of Applied Seals North America. "Through our
partnership, we also are working together to address the needs of customers in
the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, ink jet, and solar markets."

Applied Seals' products are manufactured by GMORS, the largest producer of
sealing products in Taiwan and parent company of both Applied Seals North
America and its sister company Applied Seals Co., Ltd., which is based in
Taiwan. In addition to supplying the microelectronics, biomedical and chemical
processing industries, GMORS provides sealing products for every major
automobile manufacturer in the world.

BTS can be contacted at 18 Galgalei Haplada Street, Herzliya, 46103, Israel.
Telephone: 972-9-9543525 / 9543368. Email: btstec@hb.co.il

About Applied Seals North America
Applied Seals sells and supports a range of sealing products used to create
and maintain the integrity of ultraclean manufacturing environments. Seals are
used within virtually all production equipment used in processing
semiconductors, solar panels, pharmaceuticals, ultrapure chemicals and other
high-technology products. Prescribing the optimal seal for each application
has been shown to increase manufacturing uptime, boosting production
capacities without the expense of adding capital equipment. More information
is available at www.appliedsealsna.com

SOURCE Applied Seals North America, Inc.

Dalia Vernikovsky of Applied Seals North America, +1-408-981-7194,
dalia@appliedsealsna.com; or Bruce Hokanson, +1-360-258-1260,
brucehokanson@comcast.net, for Applied Seals North America, Inc.