July 9, 2005 -- Oxford Performance Materials, Inc., (OPM) has signed an exclusive agreement with the German POLYTRON Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG, (Polytron) to distribute OXPEKK® stock shapes into the European marketplace. Stock shapes will be available in bar, slab and injection molded forms and will be marketed under OPM’s OXPEKK® brand name.

"It has long been clear to us that a strong position in the stock shape market is critical to growing our business. It is also very desirable for us to put our brand directly at the final customer to better understand emerging customer requirements” said Scott DeFelice, President of OPM. “This agreement with Polytron gives us a strong and experienced partner in Europe who has the capability to distribute our products, machine finished components and supply them into key target markets. This type of arrangement with value-added, highly technical distribution is a model we find very desirable and will be duplicated on a global basis. Products covered under this agreement are OPM’s technical and non-implant medical grades. Currently OXPEKK® stock shapes are available directly from OPM in North America.

“At Polytron we excel at working closely with OEM’s and developing highly engineered polymeric components that are typically machined from stock shapes. It is clear to us that markets exist for the OXPEKK® materials that are currently not being serviced by other polymers. OPM has clearly demonstrated a strong commitment to building a global polyketone polymer brand and we are very pleased to partner with them in this effort“, said Fred Arnulf Busen, General Manager of Polytron.

Polytron was founded in 1999, but has more than 40 years experience in the thermoplastic materials business. As the successor organization of the German Polypenco machine shop located at Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne, the firm has had a leading position in applications development and design of plastic engineered components, including an extensive background of machining fluor- and high performance plastic materials. Today Polytron is one of the leading companies for engineering components in special and high performance plastics in Europe. For additional information, please visit www.polytron-gmbh.de.

Founded in March 2000, OPM has rapidly become an industry leader in the ultra-high performance thermoplastic polymers market. The firm's versatile OXPEKK® polymers are currently being used in space and defense, medical, semiconductor, and industrial markets worldwide. For additional information, please visit www.oxfordpm.com.