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Photon Control Enters Worldwide Agreement for First Analytical Instrument

Burnaby, B.C. February 27, 2008 ~ Photon Control Inc. (“Photon”) (TSX V: PHO) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement with a leading international marketing,manufacturing and service company for private label sale of Photon’s ‘Total Sulfur Analyzer’.

Photon’s device will be the only portable analytical instrument on the market capable of detecting sulfur content in liquid hydrocarbons in ‘parts per million’ (ppm). Measurement of sulfur below the ppm level is mandatory now according to recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting the total amount of sulfur in gasoline and diesel used for transportation. In the distribution chain, measurement is required at every step from production of the fuel, to distribution, as well as at the retail level. Photon believes that there will be an international market for this device as well, particularly in Russia, China and India.

“The completion of this instrument represents a very significant accomplishment for our team, as it is the first analytical product developed by Photon,” comments Ivan Melnyk, Photon’s Chief Operating Officer.“We are very pleased to have access to a worldwide market with this Agreement. Our partner, headquartered in Houston, has exceptional worldwide distribution services and leads in analytical instrumentation for petrochemical, food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries and is part of a multibillion dollar conglomerate. They have distributors and representatives in more than 100 countries. Immediate access to the worldwide market was a principal reason for choosing this partner.”

Mr. Melnyk adds, “There is a large market for this device in a variety of transportation and distribution facilities which neither have specially trained personnel, nor conditions for using the fragile analytical equipment available on the market now for sulfur analysis. Where refineries have well-established laboratories to conduct the necessary analysis of sulfur content in fuel, these other customers will benefit from our analyzer’s fast response, portability and extreme robustness.”

Photon’s technology has another unique capability; it is able to measure sulfur in both liquids and gases. Controlling sulfur compounds in natural gas is another large market. Photon’s sulfur analyzer is particularly suitable for control of bio-gas production, where users are often individual farm operators who are in need of a cost-efficient and user-friendly instrument.

Based on the pulse-UV (ultra violet) fluorescence principle, the total sulfur analyzer provides measurement of total sulfur content without the need for purified gases which are required in large laboratory-type analyzers. Photon’s analyzer weighs only a fraction of its known counterparts and can be easily transported from one location to another.

The agreement establishes pricing and minimum annual purchase quantities of 20 units in the first year and 30 units per annum for the remainder of the term for sale of both the instrument and the parts consumed through its operation. The agreement is for an initial term of 5 years but can be extended to a total of 10 years. The total sulfur analyzer will be manufactured in Burnaby by Photon and sold under Photon’s partner’s private label.