Boehringer Ingelheim Signs Multi-Year Contract with Triangle Analytical, Inc.

Cary, NC December 30, 2002 — Triangle Analytical, Inc. announces the signing of a multi-year contract providing magnet cryogen servicing for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical, located in Connecticut, USA.

"A multi-year contract such as this demonstrates the confidence that spectroscopists and technical managers have in our company and the technical expertise we posses to fulfill long term contractual obligations for mission-critical research labs," Jerry Hatvany, President and founder said.

The Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies, headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, is one of the 20 leading pharmaceutical corporations in the world. Its core businesses are human pharmaceuticals and animal health. Since Boehringer Ingelheim first commenced its activities in the animal health area in 1954, the company has grown by introducing new products and product concepts for the treatment and prevention of food animal and companion animal diseases with therapeutic specialties, biologicals, anti-infectives, and non-pharmaceuticals.

Triangle Analytical, Inc. is an aftermarket NMR service and support company. Triangle Analytical was founded in 2002 on the principal of offering quality, reliable, honest service and support to the rapidly expanding nuclear magnetic resonance community. Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, Triangle Analytical, Inc. is conveniently located within a seven mile radius of the Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham International airport, housing a new state of the art facility with the capabilities to refurbish, test, and install any spectrometer or magnet up to 600 MHz. Triangle Analytical has a combined 80 years of NMR service experience with engineers located in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey and Missouri.

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12/30/02