Leading channel experts Adam J.D.com/ud_public.
The two companies also agreed to joint development and marketing in
support of the deal.J.
For additional information, please visit http://www.com. To weave a fabric, Konarka and EPFL will optimize the strength ,
thickness and electrical performance of the photovoltaic fiber., with research and development subsidiaries in Austria,
Germany and Switzerland.

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or contact Tracy Wemett , BroadPR, at 617-868-5031 or
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Honeywell produces films and resins in Pottsville, Penn. "We'll be able to offer to the marketplace practical
new products, such as wearable power generation for mobile electronics
made from the solar fabric.

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Adam J. Product and services of the company cover
customers in Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia. More information on Honeywell Specialty Films can be
found at http: //www. Konarka Technologies is headquartered in Lowell,
Mass.

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Pembroke Consulting helps senior executives from manufacturing, wholesale
distribution and B2B technology companies build and sustain market leadership.com/ud_public.prnewswire.
In addition to Capran(R) Medallion(TM), Honeywell manufactures Capran(R)
Emblem(TM) BOPA film; Capran(R) heat stabilized nylon films; Aclar(R)
fluoropolymer film, one of the world's best transparent, moisture barrier
films; Aclon(TM) fluoropolymer resins , which provide the highest moisture
barrier of any clear thermoplastic resins; Clarus(R) films for high
performance industrial applications; and PMP (polymethylpentene) film used in
aerospace and rubber manufacturing., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London, Chicago and
Pacific Stock Exchanges., is a global
leader in providing customers with high-performance specialty materials ,
including fluorocarbons, specialty films and additives, advanced fibers and
composites, customized research chemicals, and electronic materials and
chemicals.
"This unique solar fabric represents a leap forward for
photovoltaic technology," said Dr.
This new endeavor further deepens Konarka 's close relationship
with the university. Nobel Laureate Professor Alan Heeger (UC
Santa Barbara ) is the chief scientist for Konarka, and Dr.

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Honeywell Signs Licensing Distribution and Development Agreement for Specialty Films with Sigdopack

Honeywell Specialty Materials , based in Morristown, N.J., an innovator in developing and commercializing
power plastics that convert light to energy, today announced it is
developing photovoltaic fabric with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne (EPFL).

About Konarka Technologies, Inc. Konarka
has a broad portfolio of patents , technology licenses and an
accomplished technical team.

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The Photovoltaic Fibers and Textiles Based on
Nanotechnology program is expected to yield the first fully integrated
woven photovoltaic material .

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Under terms of the deal, Honeywell has licensed its Capran(R)
Medallion(TM) and OxyShield(R) film technology and trademarks to Sigdopack for
Central and South America. "It will enable power
generation capabilities to be woven in rather than applied. The
undertaking is expected to last one year and is funded by the Swiss
Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI). For more information, visit www.

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http://profnet.honeywell.

Konarka to Develop Photovoltaic Fabric With Leading Swiss University; New Collaboration Expands Relationship With Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

The goal is to produce a fabric sample with at least a four
percent efficiency rating.

There are thousands of companies that manufacture products from fibers without utilizing any weaving, knitting or moulding technologies, which is why those products cannot be called textiles, plastics or papers.

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and Mark Dancer of Pembroke
Consulting will present and facilitate the meeting. Their presentation
remarks will draw from their major distribution research study titled "Facing
the Forces of Change: The Road to Opportunity," published by the National
Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, and available for purchase at
http://www.
The program provides executives with information about evolving
distribution models and their impact from a broad range of customer groups and
channel partners. To learn more visit
http://www. OxyShield(R) is
an oxygen barrier film used in applications including packaging oxygen-
sensitive, shelf-stable foods for human consumption or pet foods that need
packaging that is resistant to odors, aromas, oils and greases.
Also under the deal, Honeywell also becomes an exclusive distributor for
Sigdopack 's BOPA films in the United States and Canada as well as a
distributor of Sigdopack's biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP)."

Sigdopack is a leading South American producer of BOPP films, with a
production capacity of 30,000 tons per year, and is currently building the
world's largest BOPA production line scheduled to start up in the fourth
quarter of 2005.

Since
then, Dr .
Konarka's photovoltaic nanotechnology is focused on delivering
lightweight, flexible, scalable and manufacturable products., U.konarka.com

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PHILADELPHIA, Pembroke Consulting and the
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) will host an all new sales
channel management seminar titled "The Sales Channel Management Forum,"
April 5 - 6, 2005, at the Westin La Paloma Hotel in Tucson, Arizona. Fein, Ph.honeywell.htm. Such
forward -looking statements involve risks and uncertainties inherent in
business forecasts as further described in our filings under the Securities
Exchange Act.----Konarka
Technologies, Inc."
The EPFL team is led by Dr.

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The program offers a powerful analysis of the changes
taking place in supply chain and marketing channels and will help executives
in the light equipment industry make better sales channel decisions for the
future. Sigdopack also becomes the exclusive distributor in
Central and South America of Honeywell's BOPA products. "We are delighted to have Sigdopack as
our partner in South America. Using the fiber, the
tent's base material becomes photovoltaic. CTI promotes the rapid
conversion of state-of-the-art laboratory findings to marketable
products through cooperation between educational institutions and
industry. In 2002, Konarka became the first company in the
United States to license Dr.

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D. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.

Sigdo Koppers is a leading business group in Chile, with subsidiaries in
Argentina and Peru. For additional
information, visit http://www . In
addition, the team will work to interweave fibers so as to maximize
the performance of the textile without compromising the fibers'
integrity.

They use one or another, or a mixture of several nonwoven technologies, and they are making nonwoven products.

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asp or call
Wanda Larsen from AEM at 414-298-4135.prnewswire. Capran(R) Medallion(TM) and OxyShield(R) are
biaxially oriented nylon 6 films, commonly known as biaxially oriented
polyamide, or BOPA.
Capran(R) Medallion(TM) is used in the packaging of goods ranging from
processed meats and cheeses to pet foods to liquid cleaners .sigdopack. Jan-Anders Manson, the director of the
Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology , who is well known for
his work as the scientific coordinator for the EPFL-Alinghi Project,
which designed the yacht that won the 2003 Americas Cup. Michael
Gratzel (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) is a senior
scientific advisor.

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PembrokeConsulting.com., Geismar, La. Such material will allow for tighter
integration of power generation capabilities into devices, systems and
structures beyond what is possible with plastic film. For
example, we're able to incorporate our light-activated power plastic
onto tenting materials, such as canvas or nylon.

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"This agreement broadens Honeywell's global access to markets for
specialty films, will further the adoption of BOPA films, and ensures our
ability to serve our customers around the world," said Rich Daniels, segment
leader for Honeywell Specialty Films.com /sites/sm/specialty_films.

This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about future
business operations, financial performance and market conditions.
Konarka is the leading developer of polymer photovoltaic products that
provide a source of renewable power in a variety of form factors for
commercial , industrial, government and consumer applications.

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Mark Dancer
http://profnet . BOPP films
are general-purpose films used in a variety of consumer and industrial
packaging solutions such as wrapping and labeling for food, drinks, toys and
other products."
As part of its ongoing research and development activities,
Konarka has already demonstrated it can produce a working photovoltaic
fiber. Russell Gaudiana, Konarka's vice
president of research and development.A.

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To learn more about the firm and its services visit
http://www.
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is the international
trade and business development resource for companies that manufacture
equipment, products and services used worldwide in the construction,
agricultural, mining, forestry , and utility fields.jsp?userid=101381

J. Both
Oxyshield(R) and Capran(R) Medallion(TM ) have excellent strength and barrier
properties.

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More information on Sigdopack can be found at
http: //www.cl. Based in Morris Township,
N. Michael Gratzel's dye-sensitized solar
cell technology, which augmented its own intellectual property.

Konarka builds products that convert light to energy - anywhere.

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Gratzel has served as a senior scientific advisor to the
Company, helping it to commercialize its light-activated plastic
power.

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com., Honeywell (NYSE: HON)
today announced it has signed a licensing, distribution and development
agreement for specialty films with Sigdopack , a unit of Chilean holding group
Sigdo Koppers.S.

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It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones
Industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard + Poor's 500 Index.

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sigdopack .
"Photovoltaic textiles could positively increase the number of
applications available to solar technology by extending integration to
objects made from fabrics, such as garments, tents or coverings ," said
Daniel Patrick McGahn, executive vice president and chief marketing
officer, Konarka.

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To
register visit: http://www. Its widely diversified businesses are related to
engineering and construction; manufacture of explosives for mining;
manufacture of small and large appliances; railroads; mechanized ports;
representations of automobiles, machinery and equipment; and manufacture of
films for flexible packaging.,
and Dangjin, South Korea.

Honeywell International is a $26 billion diversified technology and
manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and
services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive
products; turbochargers; and specialty materials.

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