MKS supports customers worldwide with offices acrossNorth America Europe and Asia

MKS supports customers worldwide with offices acrossNorth America, Europe and Asia. For more information about MKS, visit ourWeb site at http:// About MKS IntegrityMKS Integrity is an enterprise application lifecycle management platformthat coordinates and manages all activities and artifacts associated withsoftware development including Requirements Management, System Design,Software Configuration Management, Change Management, Test Management,Defect Management, Release Management and Portfolio Management for custombuilt and packaged applicationsMKS Integrity provides consistent capabilities across all disciplines ofthe application lifecycle by defining hierarchies, relationships andchange management processes for numerous user defined applicationartifacts. Unlike other ALM offerings that have been assembled byacquisition, our unified platform provides enterprise class scalabilityand multi-platform capability to support large scale software reuseinitiatives, workflow-based collaboration and rich mining of applicationactivity data to deliver higher team productivity, visibility andcompliance for software engineering and IT organizations.CopyrightCopyright 2009 MKS Inc. MKS and MKS Integrity are trademarks of MKS Inc.All other trademarks mentioned in this release are the property of theirrespective owners.This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risksand uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materiallyfrom the statements made. When used in this document, the words "may","would", "could", "will", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe","estimate", "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identifyforward-looking statements. Such statements reflect MKS's current viewswith respect to future events and are subject to such risks anduncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual results to differmaterially from the statements made including those factors detailed fromtime to time in filings made by MKS with Canadian securities regulatoryauthorities.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertaintiesmaterialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward lookingstatements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from thosedescribed herein as intended, planned, anticipated or expected. AlthoughMKS believes the expectations represented by such forward lookingstatements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that thoseexpectations will prove to be correct. MKS does not intend and does notassume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.Contacts:US and Canada Media Contact:MKS Inc.Scott O'Neill(519) Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Exponential Growth(TM) Appoints Chuck Morales as Vice President of BusinessDevelopmentSAN CLEMENTE, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Exponential Growth(TM) creator ofa revolutionary new social networking platform for private investing, hasappointed Chuck Morales to the position of Vice President, BusinessDevelopment, where he will oversee the ongoing development of the webcommunity platform and sales strategy.

"Chuck is a master of business development, he comes to us from EagleEnterprises where he served as Vice President of Sales, and team leader," saidJoel Craft, Jr., Founder and Chief Executive Officer."Chuck is aresults-oriented leader with a diverse background in sales and marketing, hewill strengthen our senior management team by focusing on mentoring salesassociates and improving client relationships. He understands the challengingand unique opportunities that exist in today's financial marketplace, and therole that Exponential Growth(TM) will fulfill.""Having been involved in real estate development opportunities and workingwith investors over an 18 year period, I made the decision to join ExponentialGrowth because I believe that with today's breakthrough technologies and theinternet, investors can now have pure transparency on a compliant platform inreal time," said Chuck Morales."I am very excited to be a part of thisparadigm shift that will empower investors and re-ignite the entrepreneurialspirit that has built this great country."Chuck Morales has enjoyed a distinguished career spanning over 20 years inmanagement and training for sales, marketing and business development. As atop trainer and manager in the financial services sector (EDC, EFT and POSplatforms), Chuck had the privilege of starring in a nationwide instructionalvideo program. As Vice President for Alexander Development, he implementedmarketing strategies that increased total gross revenue from $20 million to$50 million and established the company as a leader in the design and buildingof Automotive Dealerships throughout Southern California.About Exponential Growth(TM) ExponentialGrowth was founded in 2008 and is a financial complianceinternet platform for the private equity marketplace. Exponential Growth'sobjective is to engage individual investors and to match their needs withinterested alternative and private equity opportunities. TheExponentialGrowth subscription platform is intended to be approachable byeveryday investors and to serve as an educational and research source. http:// has made a strategic investment in theprivate equity sector; a sector ExponentialGrowth believes representsconsiderable growth and investor value.This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by Send2Press(R),a unit of Neotrope(R).

http:// GrowthRichard Floyd of Exponential Growth, 1-877-397-4769, . To learn more about Building SafetyWeek and see the growing list of supporting leaders, individuals andcountries, visit International Code Council Foundation is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 subsidiaryof the International Code Council.The International Code Council, amembership association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention,develops the codes used to construct residential and commercial buildings,including homes and schools.Most U.S. cities, counties and states that adoptcodes choose the International Codes developed by the International CodeCouncil. Code Council FoundationSteve Daggers of International Code Council Foundation, +1-888-422-7233, Ext.4212, or +1-708-351-8880, . GREENWICH, CT, May 08 (MARKET WIRE) -- Presstek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRST) today reported a loss from continuingoperations for the first quarter of 2009 of $1.1 million, or $0.03 pershare, versus income from continuing operations of $0.9 million, or $0.03per share in the first quarter of 2008. Revenues for the quarter were$34.5 million, a decline of $16.3 million or 32% when compared to thesame quarter in 2008.

The company reported a loss from operations in thefirst quarter of 2009 of $1.8 million, a decline of $3.6 million from theprior year. Continued improvements in operating expense levels, driven inlarge part by the successful implementation of the company's BusinessImprovement Plan as well as continued restructuring actions in late 2008,partially offset the negative impact of reduced sales resulting fromongoing global economic pressures. The company's debt net of cash was$9.7 million at the end of the quarter, a reduction of $12.6 million or57% from the first quarter of 2008. Including discontinued operations,the company reported a net loss of $1.2 million for the first quarter of2009, versus net income of $0.2 million in the first quarter of 2008.Results from continuing operations exclude the company's Lasertelaffiliate which is currently being marketed for sale. Lasertel willcontinue to operate as a separate business during this process, and willremain focused on growing its position in the laser diode market.