Centennial Technologies, Inc. announces record orders received during the second quarter of its fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1997--CENTENNIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (NYSE: CTN) announced today that the Company received orders at a record level during the second quarter of its fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. CENTENNIAL received orders of approximately $44.0 million during the quarter ended December 31, 1996, as compared to approximately $14.0 million for the same quarter of the previous year. For the quarter ended September 30, 1996, CENTENNIAL reported it received orders of approximately $37.0 million.

Mr. Jack McDonald, President of CENTENNIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., stated, "This is the ninth consecutive quarter in which CENTENNIAL has reported record bookings. CENTENNIAL's bookings for the second quarter of fiscal 1997 reflected an increase of approximately 214% compared to the bookings for the same quarter of the previous year." CENTENNIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of PC card-based solutions and provides contract manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers.

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