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Plextronics Media Contact:
Lori Lecker
Phone: 412-423-2030, ext. 111
E-mail: llecker@plextronics.com

Pittsburgh, PA, April 21, 2009 – Plextronics, Inc. was profiled in a video about the remaking of Pittsburgh. Called Rust to Renewal: Pittsburgh’s Green Economy, the piece was produced by the U.S. Department of State to engage international audiences in a discussion of renewal and the new green economy in America. Pittsburgh is featured as a city that has reinvented itself from the old days of the steel industry to an inventive and emerging city that’s on the cutting edge of the new, green economy. Click here for a link to the video on YouTube.

When interviewed for the video, Plextronics CEO Andy Hannah was asked about the perspective people have, or should have, of Pittsburgh. Hannah told the audience, “When you hear Pittsburgh, the first thing you should think of is innovation.”

Hannah went on to talk about the technology that’s being developed at Plextronics: “With our technology you can print inks that allow you to print solar cells so you can imagine solar cells anywhere. Our product can generate, ultimately, the lowest cost solar on the planet.”

The State Department creates videos such as this one for distribution to embassies and online video sites around the world to share positive news on life, culture and events happening in America. Its main site, America.gov, gets upwards of 1.5 million hits a month.

About Plextronics, Inc.
Plextronics, Inc. is an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company's focus is on organic solar cell and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications.

With a company vision of enabling 15 billion printed electronic devices by 2015, Plextronics is creating technology capable of commercial-scale manufacturability and performance. The company's device design, process technology and Plexcore® branded inks enable the formation of active electrical layers — the key drivers of printed electronics.

The privately held company was founded in 2002 as a spinout from Carnegie Mellon University, based upon conductive polymer technology developed by Dr. Richard McCullough. Over the past seven years, Plextronics scientists have refined and further developed this technology to deliver exceptional performance for printed electronics.

For more information about Plextronics, visit www.plextronics.com.