West Chester PA, January 1, 2007
Hypercat ACP Announces Joint Venture with Nanostellar® to Produce Advanced Catalyst Material
Hypercat ACP, a manufacturer of catalytic devices (and a division of Totalcat Group Inc) announced the start of regular production of highly efficient catalyst material by its joint venture with Nanostellar, Inc. in September 2006. After initial introduction into he marketplace, a surge of interest for nano materials and coated catalyst devices has resulted in significant scale-up of production in a three-month time period.

The joint venture, called Advanced Nano-Catalyst Materials, LLC, combines Hypercat's manufacturing prowess and Nanostellars's extensive development expertise of advanced catalyst material. "This is a key step in implementation of Nanostellar business model whereby Nanostellar focuses on material development while partnering with manufacturing companies for production of this material," said Pankaj Dhingra, President and CEO of Nanostellar, Inc.

"This exciting joint venture allows for the production of better performing and more cost-effective emission control devices. This is a win-win solution for our customers," said Gerry Smith, President of Hypercat ACP.

The pat opened with the capacity to produce 250kg per month of Nanostellar's advanced catalyst material. The facility, located at Hypercat's West Chester, PA site, was completed in mid-August of 2006 and produced a 50kg trial batch the performance of which was matched Nanostellar's laboratory produced materials.

The joint venture will sell the output to Nanostellar which, in turn, will sell the material to catalyst devices for aftermarket, retrofit, and niche emissions control markets such as small engines and stationary applications. Nanostellar plans for the facility also to serve as the foundation to help OEMs and coaters meet first-fit emissions challenges.

About Nanostellar
Nanostellar, Inc is a California based application-specific nano materials company that uses quantum mechanics principles and sophisticated simulation technology to design nano-alloys and materials. This process dramatically reduces the material design cycle time as most of the material is accomplished computationally. In other words, Nanostellar technology transforms the conventional "make and test" model of material design to "design, selectively make and verify."

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