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September 26, 2006

PRESS RELEASE

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMERICAN ELEMENTS ANNOUNCES ROD, PELLETS, TABLETS, GRANULES AND OTHER NEW FORMS OF ELEMENTAL METALS FOR NEXT GENERATION DEPOSITION PROCESSES

[ September 26, 2006, Los Angeles , CA ] American Elements announced today that it has expanded the forms in which its elemental metals can be obtained. The new shapes and forms were developed to further enhance the options available to engineers and researchers for use in next generation Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes, including Thermal and Electron Beam (E-Beam) Evaporation, Low Temperature Organic Evaporation, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), and Metallic-Organic and Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD).

The new forms include existing shapes supplied by American Elements and additional dimensions and forms. Effected forms include Rod, Pellets, Pieces, Powder, Tablets, Granules and Powder, as well as, sputtering configurations such as discs, targets and foils. American Elements continues to offer high purity elements in standard Ingot form as well.

The new elements added to this group include:

Aluminum , Calcium , Cerium , Cobalt , Copper , Dysprosium , Erbium , Europium , Gadolinium , Gold , Hafnium , Holmium , Indium , Iridium , Iron , Lanthanum , Lead , Lithium , Lutetium , Magnesium , Manganese , Molybdenum , Neodymium , Nickel , Niobium , Palladium , Platinum , Praseodymium , Rhenium , Rhodium , Ruthenium , Samarium , Scandium , Selenium , Silicon , Silver , Strontium , Tantalum , Terbium , Thulium , Tin , Titanium , Tungsten , Vanadium , Ytterbium , Yttrium , Zinc , Zirconium

Small orders are also available for university and corporate R&D applications.

For further technical and pricing information on Rod, Pellets, Pieces, Tablets, Granules and Powder 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 rare earth and other advanced material products with distribution offices in Europe, Asia and South America .