SAN FRANCISCO‹ October 11, 2005 ­ At a time when demand is growing for clean technology and nanotechnology is moving from the lab into practical applications, Antenna Group, Inc. has added six clients to its growing New Industrials practice, embracing emerging technology companies in nanotech, cleantech, advanced materials and energy. The additions are Ecology Coatings, the Foresight Nanotech Institute, HelioVolt, NanoDynamics, Renewable Ventures and SiGNa Chemistry. All are promising ventures in what Antenna founder Melody Haller foresees as a technology trend likely to dominate the next few decades.

As a member of the State of California¹s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotechnology, Haller is seeing traditional industries being reinvented, powered by advances in tools, information and materials science, and responding to a business environment of increasingly constrained resources.
The excitement about both nanotech and cleantech are part of this larger transformation.

³Melody has been doing a fantastic job educating the media and the public about the emergence of entrepreneurial firms who are at the forefront of nanotech and cleantech, ³said former Clinton technology adviser Tom Kalil.
³The rise of these new industrials is critical to economic prosperity and sustainable development, and Melody has been telling their story in a compelling but responsible way.²

Charlie Harris, CEO of Harris and Harris, the only publicly held VC fund focused on ³ tiny tech,² has watched several start-ups partner with Antenna Group.

³There seems to be a correlation between companies getting commercial traction and becoming clients of Antenna Group.² Harris said.

³It¹s rewarding to see our strategic early investment grow into a dynamic practice,² said Haller. ³Each of these companies is pioneering advances to industry and will contribute to society in innovative ways.²

Ecology Coatings -- Ecology Coatings is a world leader in the development of nano-engineered, ultra-violet curable coatings. Driving manufacturing efficiencies and new coating applications, Ecology Coatings¹ material requires no toxic solvents, cures in a few seconds without heat, and adheres well to metal, polymers and composites. Ecology Coatings is based in Akron, Ohio. www.ecologycoatings.com <http://www.ecologycoatings.com/>

Foresight Nanotech Institute -- Foresight Nanotech Institute, based in Palo Alto, Calif., is the world¹s premier think tank and public interest organization focused on nanotechnology. Foresight is actively engaging visionaries, technologists, industrialists and public-interest groups in the effort to craft a technology roadmap for employing nanotechnology to address the challenges facing humanity. www.foresight.org <http://www.foresight.org/>

HelioVolt Corporation -- HelioVolt Corporation was founded to realize the production of a new generation of highly efficient and long-lasting, thin-film photovoltaic solar-power conversion devices for the power-buildings market. HelioVolt is based in Austin, Texas.
www.heliovolt.com

NanoDynamics Inc. -- NanoDynamics¹ high-quality nanomaterials and innovative technologies are already making possible revolutionary advances in a wide range of products and industries, including electronics, semiconductors, fuel cells, transportation, energy, biotechnology and consumer products.
www.nanodynamics.com

Renewable Ventures LLC. -- Renewable Ventures fills an innovative niche as a clean energy project VC, offering clients a set of third party financing, management and operational services for photovoltaics and other on-site renewable energy installations. With a superior understanding of renewable energy incentives, clean technologies and the utility business, San Francisco-based Renewable Ventures is the preferred financier for forward-looking business and government facilities.
www.renewableventures.com

SiGNa Chemistry, LLC. -- SiGNa Chemistry is an early stage company developing unique solutions to compelling chemistry problems. Stage 1 of the company¹s new material stabilizes otherwise dangerously volatile alkali metals, saving work-around steps and reducing risks for the pharmaceutical and other industries. It appears to also be useful for environmental remediation, for example, cleaning up oil spills and leaving only benign byproducts. Based in New York, SiGNa Chem¹s product can also be used in supplying hydrogen for hydrogen micro fuel cells. www.signachem.com <http://www.signachem.com/>

Antenna Group, Inc. is an independent agency specializing in the full range of public relations services for innovative technology companies. New Industrials clients, in addition to those noted, include AgraQuest, Cambrios Technologies and Solaicx. Antenna also has a strong practice in information technology and business-to-business services. IT clients include Arena Solutions, Azaleos, Eloqua, Commission Junction, the Internet Archive, New Boundary Technologies, Quova, Inc., Nielsen Norman Group and Voxify. WebEx Communications, Inc., the number one provider of software as a service via the Internet, continues as a client since 1998. Based in San Francisco, Antenna Group was founded in 1996 by Melody Kean Haller.www.antennagroup.com

Nathan Tinker Joins Antenna Group Public Relations

NanoBusiness Alliance co-Founder named Director of new New York office

San Francisco and New York (October 11, 2005)‹High-tech public relations agency Antenna Group, Inc., announced today that NanoBusiness Alliance co-founder Nathan Tinker, PhD, has joined the company as director of Antenna¹s newly formed New York office. In this role, Dr. Tinker will lead the company¹s East Coast office and direct the New Industrial Technologies practice, which includes nanotechnology, cleantech, advanced materials and energy.

³Nathan is a tremendous addition to our team,² said Antenna Group president and principal, Melody Haller. ³His strategic expertise is a great fit and this new location will be convenient for our Eastern-US new-industrial clients.²

Dr. Tinker brings more than a decade of experience working with the leading nanotechnology companies and organizations. In 2001, Dr. Tinker co-founded the NanoBusiness Alliance, the trade association of the nanotechnology industry, where he oversaw all communications, public relations and industry development initiatives. Prior to founding the Alliance, Dr. Tinker was director, Business Intelligence Bureau, at Niehaus Ryan Wong Public Relations. He is author of more than two dozen reports and articles on the nanotechnology marketplace for public and private sector clients around the globe, including the governments of Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Canada and the US, and has frequently been quoted as an industry expert by Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Small Times, Red Herring, and other leading publications. He holds a PhD from Fordham University in New York City.

³Antenna Group recognized the nanotechnology opportunity years earlier than most other public relations firms,² said Nathan Tinker, ³and I am proud to be a part of the company¹s expansion. Fundamentally redesigned industrial technologies will be the cornerstone of the next manufacturing wave, and I look forward to working with Antenna clients in this emerging field.²

About Antenna Group
Antenna Group is a top-tier public relations firm specializing in media and analyst relations for technology innovators. Clients include business-to-business companies that focus on new materials and nanotechnology, energy and clean technologies, Internet services, web and wireless communications, electronics and hardware, and IT services. The group¹s widely praised approach to media relations does more than build brand awareness‹it builds understanding, buy-in and loyalty among the audiences that determine our clients¹ success. www.antennagroup.com <http://www.antennagroup.com/>

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Caroline Venza, Antenna Group Inc., 415-977-1939, Caroline@antennagroup.com