PRESS RELEASE
(June 2003)
Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST) Announces New Board Appointments

AST has appointed Ray Hawkins as Manufacturing Director and Iain Reid as Finance Director.

Since joining AST in 2002, as Production Manager, Ray Hawkins has significantly improved the operational effectiveness of the production unit resulting in improved customer service. He has over 15 years production management experience and his previous employers include STC and Nortel.

Iain Reid, as well as being a qualified chemist, has extensive financial and commercial experience including 15 years with Harlow Chemical Company as Group Management Accountant.

Maurice Blanchard, Managing Director says, " The addition of Ray and Iain to the AST Board will give us a multi-disciplinary team of “hands on” professionals to meet our future business growth".

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