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

Pittsburgh, PA, May 15, 2009 – Andy Hannah, President and CEO of Plextronics, Inc., was honored last night by the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz School of Business as one of its 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award winners. Hannah and four other individuals were recognized for their outstanding business leadership as well as the contributions they have made in community service.

Jim Waite, Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations at the University of Pittsburgh, said, “Other alumni have told me that when Andy was a student, everyone knew he was going to be successful in whatever he chose to do.  The selection committee was impressed with how much Andy accomplished in a short amount of time since graduating from Katz in 1992.” 

“I’m honored and humbled by this recognition” said Hannah. “I’ve been fortunate to have had tremendous support throughout my career  and I’m tremendously grateful to all of people who have helped guide and encourage me over the years.  I feel like I am only at the beginning of my career and accept this award as an obligation of achieving great things over the next couple of decades to make the Katz School proud.”

The awards program held last evening at the Heinz History Center honored three Distinguished Alumni, two Distinguished Service Award winners and one company.  More than 160 alumni, faculty, staff and students celebrated the award winners’ achievements. 

About Andy Hannah

Andrew W. Hannah is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Plextronics, Inc. Active in the printed electronics industry and other entrepreneurial organizations, Andy is the Vice Chairman of the Organic Electronics Association (a global organization focused on the commercialization of printed electronics) and a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University (on leave of absence beginning in 2009). He is also a member of the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Solar Technology Review Panel (TRP).

Andy spent the first six years of his professional career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, a global consulting and accounting firm, working with technology and middle market manufacturing organizations. Driven by his passion for entrepreneurial ventures, Andy spent the next seven years in senior management positions with three early stage companies in Boston and Pittsburgh: ISI Emerging Markets, STORM, LLC and Internet Venture Works, Inc.

He has been involved in a series of community-building activities for many years and was recognized for his achievements by Penn State in 2003 as a Pittsburgh Fast Tracker and was awarded the 2001 Smeal College of Business Emerging Professional Award.

Andy earned his MBA in 1992 from the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz School of Business with an emphasis in marketing and finance, and received his BS in Accounting from Penn State in 1987.

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.

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