PRESS RELEASE
(24 July 2002)
Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST) Continues Significant Sales Growth and Expands Development and Production Capacity

Record Sales Growth
AST achieved record sales growth of 51% last year. To meet current customer demand and support continued growth, Nicola Rix has joined the Sales & Marketing team. Nicola has worked in the technology sector for over 15 years and her previous experience includes European Marketing roles at Metrologie, Olivetti and most recently at Entercept Security Technologies.

Increased Production Capacity
To meet increased customer demand, AST has expanded its production capacity, to further improve customer service and order fulfilment lead times. Ray Hawkins has joined as Production Manager. He has over 15 years production management experience and his previous employers include STC and Nortel. AST has also recruited a Production Technician and a Senior Engineer to strengthen resources for both existing products and new technologies and solutions.

New Project Manager for Application Development
As part of AST’s commitment to producing innovative, technically superior products, it has appointed Steve Moody as Project Manager for the Application Development Group. Steve has a wealth of experience in R&D and product development and has worked for several major manufacturers including Lucas Aerospace and GKN. He will oversee product development ensuring AST maintains its reputation for quality and technical excellence, delivering new products under our comprehensive IS09002 program

“AST is experiencing considerable growth. Our ability to recruit and retain highly skilled staff enables us to respond efficiently to customer requirements and market demands across key business sectors,” said Maurice Blanchard, Managing Director of AST. “I’m confident that we’ll continue to achieve impressive sales growth, particularly as we’ve recently patented several new technologies and solutions which we’re launching over the next few months.”

Iain Reid has joined the Commercial team to help implement new systems to shorten order fulfilment lead times and improve customer service levels. Iain has extensive financial and commercial experience including 15 years with Harlow Chemical Company as Group Management Accountant.

About Applied Scintillation Technologies
Applied Scintillation Technology, part of the Levy Hill Group Plc, is a leading provider of advanced imaging and detection solutions using the latest in phosphor and scintillation technology. Our extensive knowledge and expertise enables us to supply a diverse range of application-focused products for both standard and customised solutions in a number of markets including medical and dental imaging, security screening, biosciences, non-destructive testing and scientific instrumentation markets.

AST has received the prestigious SPUR and SMART awards for research projects into high performance x-ray imaging. The SPUR (Support for Products under Review) project focussed on the development of CsI;T1 based fibre optic detectors for x-ray imaging. The SMART (Small Firms Merit Award for Research and Technology) award was issued in 2001 following extensive research into the processes to deposit columnar CsI:T1 on large area active matrix flat panel imagers for high performance digital medical x-ray imaging. The SMART scheme is highly competitive and only provides funding to companies who show outstanding innovation in new products and processes.

AST is also a key member of the EU Fifth Framework, a consortium headed by Professor Ken Smith at Glasgow University, whose focus is to devise and manufacture 3-dimensional x-ray and neutron detectors for imaging.

For more information:
Stuart Quinn
Applied Scintillation Technologies
Tel: 01279 641234
Email: s_quinn@appscintech.com
Web: www.appscintech.com