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Atomate Welcomes Jim Hartman as VP of Process Engineering

Simi Valley, CA – June 11, 2007 – Atomate Corporation announced that Jim Hartman has been appointed as Vice President of Process Engineering. Jim is responsible for the process optimization and scaling for production of carbon nanotube and nanowire based electronics at wafer levels.

Jim Hartman has nearly 25 years of experience in developing semiconductor devices from R&D to full scale production with responsibilities for process transfer, process integration, and supplier qualifications. He has implemented rigorous process control and defect reduction plans to improve yields for high volume production in large and small semiconductor companies. Prior to Atomate, Jim was the Director of Process Integration and Yield Enhancement at International Rectifier. He has also served as the Vice President of Manufacturing Operations at Optical Micro-Machines, Vice President of Manufacturing at LinFinity Microelectronics (acquired by Microsemi Corporation) where he was responsible for the operations and engineering. Jim has also worked at Lam Research Corporation and Unisys Corporation in developing processes for CVD based product lines. Jim earned his M.S. & B.S. in Chemistry from San Diego State University.

"Atomate is incredibly fortunate to have Jim as our VP of Process Engineering," said Brian Lim, CEO of Atomate. "Now that there are real production initiatives with our customers, the need to optimize and scale the growth of ultra high quality carbon nanotubes, repeatably and uniformly over 100 to 200mm wafers, has become a very high priority. We are currently working with a couple of Fortune 100 companies to achieve this. With experience at both large and startup semiconductor companies and hands on experience in process optimization with cutting edge CVD fab tools, Jim is the ideal person to make this happen!”

About Atomate Corporation:

Atomate Corporation develops complete systems, components, materials, and processes optimized for the synthesis of nanowires and nanotubes. The Atomate team is committed to working closely with customers to supply products that solve problems efficiently and economically. Atomate has solutions for research (complete systems and components to enhance existing systems) and production (complete systems with process development support). Atomate's mission is to develop products that enable the customer to focus their efforts on the science and manufacturing, not on the engineering or reliability of equipment. Additional information on Atomate can be found at http://www.atomate.com.