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April 22, 2008

PRESS RELEASE

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMERICAN ELEMENTS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF ADVANCED METAL AND HIGH PURITY TUBES

[ April 22, 2008, Los Angeles, CA ] Los Angeles-based American Elements announced today the introduction to its new metal tube product group, a complete line of fully characterized round, oval, rectangular and square seamless tubing in diameters from 0.2 to 6.0 inches and wall thicknesses from 0.003 to 0.500 inches produced from advanced and high purity metals for use in industrial and research applications in the fields of electronics, energy, medical devices among many others. Tubing can be further processed at the customer's request to rings, washers, sleeves and sheaths.

Marketed under the tradename AE Tubes™, the new unit is designed to supply commercial volumes of tubing produced from most metals including: Aluminum, Bismuth, Carbon, Cerium (as well as most other rare earths), Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Erbium, Germanium, Gold, Indium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Neodymium, Nickel, Niobium, Ruthenium, Silicon, Silver, Tin, Titanium, Tungsten, Vanadium, Yttrium, Zinc, and Zirconium.

For further technical and pricing information on American Elements’ full line of advanced ceramic, electronic, glass and structural advanced materials products, please contact your local American Elements distributor or American Elements U.S. corporate headquarters at (1)310-208-0551, FAX (1)310-208-0351 or customerservice@americanelements.com. American Elements is America’s leading manufacturer and supplier of engineered and other advanced material products with distribution offices in Europe, Asia and South America.