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Evans Analytical Group LLC
Completes Acquisition of
Accurel Systems International Corporation
Creates Silicon Valley Center for Failure Analysis,
Electron Microscopy and Focused Ion Beam Circuit Edit Services

Sunnyvale, CA — 3 May 2007 — Evans Analytical Group LLC (EAG), the leading global provider of materials characterization services, announced today that it has acquired the operations and assets of Accurel Systems International Corporation (Accurel) from Implant Sciences Corporation (IMX) of Wakefield, MA. Accurel is a leading provider of advanced Failure Analysis (FA), Microscopy, and Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Circuit Edit Services based in Silicon Valley .

“We have made great strides in the past 18 months in executing our strategy to redefine the materials characterization services model. EAG today is the only true global and independent alternative for high-technology materials characterization services, delivering a comprehensive suite of more than thirty analytical techniques and services via fifteen lab locations throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia,” said Tom Pfeil , EAG's Chief Executive Officer. “We view failure analysis, electron microscopy and circuit edit services as complementary to our traditional services. The Accurel purchase, along with the acquisition of Advanced Materials Engineering Research, Inc. (AMER) in late 2006, enables us to bring together best in class capabilities to form a one-of-a-kind Silicon Valley based center of excellence in California to complement to our advanced microscopy lab in Raleigh, North Carolina. We are committed to setting the standard for customer service excellence and will continue to look for opportunities to expand our testing service offerings.”

Silicon Valley Center for Failure Analysis, Electron Microscopy
and FIB Circuit Edit

With the acquisition of Accurel, EAG now offers convenient access to advanced microscopy on both the East and West coasts through its highly respected advanced microscopy lab in Raleigh, North Carolina and the Sunnyvale, California center. By establishing a comprehensive Silicon Valley center for failure analysis, electron microscopy and FIB circuit edit, EAG has substantially expanded its resources and capabilities, and extended its reputation as the most respected and recognized commercial analytical lab in surface analysis and materials characterization.

About Accurel

For over ten years, Accurel has been a respected commercial services laboratory with operations in Sunnyvale, California and Austin, Texas. Accurel specializes in failure analysis (FA), focused ion beam circuit repair (FIB) and advanced microscopy services.

About Evans Analytical Group

Founded in 1978, Evans Analytical Group (EAG) is the world's leading, fully integrated and independent materials characterization services company delivering a comprehensive suite of testing services and expertise in surface analysis, trace elemental analysis, electron microscopy, failure analysis and circuit edit. EAG's services are a critical enabling component in research and development, manufacturing, and sales support functions, and are used broadly in developing new processes or materials and transferring them to production, developing and qualifying new production tools, and solving manufacturing yield problems. EAG has more than 2,600 customers in the semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, electronics, biomedical, biotech, aerospace and other industries. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, EAG also has facilities in Arizona, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Texas, China, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom as well as sales/support offices in Korea, and Singapore. (www.eaglabs.com)

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