PENNTECHJOBS.COM SERVES AS RECRUITEMENT SITE FOR ENGINEERS.

PennWell Corporation, Tulsa, Okla., a business-to-business publisher and trade show organizer, has launched a new online employment service - PennTechJOBS. The employment website will serve the recruitment needs of engineers working in the following industries: Communications, Electronics, Photonics, Optoelectronics, Military Aerospace, Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Manufacturing. The website can be accessed at http://www.penntechjobs.com.

PennTechJOBS has officially launched with 2,000 job postings from more than 25 industry employers, including Advanced Micro Devices, AIM Products, Arrow Electronics, ATI, Bechtel, BinOptics, Boeing, Fairchild Semiconductor, ITT, JDS Uniphase, Juki Automation, NanoDynamics, PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, Polatis, SRA, and Texas Instruments. The job postings listed on PennTechJOBS cover both domestic and international positions requiring experienced industry engineers for Assembly, Design, Production, Quality Control, and Research & Development.

"PennTechJOBS is well positioned to attract qualified industry professionals in order to meet the most urgent requirements shared by industry employers, that of finding qualified talent," said PennWell President & CEO Robert F. Biolchini. "By leveraging PennWell's global industry presence through its diverse portfolio of high-tech publications, conferences, websites and electronic newsletters, PennTechJOBS is uniquely positioned to deliver recruitment messaging to the largest job seeker audience of any technology- industry job site."

PennTechJOBS is closely integrated with PennWell's family of technology websites, including Solid State Technology, Military & Aerospace Electronics, Small Times, Laser Focus World, Surface Mount Technology, Lightwave, Portable Design and many others. "The technology industry's immediate and growing need for qualified engineers makes this a timely launch," noted Tom Cintorino, PennWell's senior vice president, digital media. "We have had an amazing response from some of the industry's most prominent employers and intend to work with them closely to serve their recruitment needs."

PennTechJOBS leverages sophisticated job board technology to empower both employers and job seekers with advanced searching and matching capabilities. Users can search the database using search criteria including location, languages spoken, work authorization, security clearance and job category. PennTechJOBS provides users with the ability to create personalized e-mail notifications when new matches are made, and upholds user discretion by offering the ability to post confidentially. PennTechJOBS is the second in a series of industry specific job sites planned by PennWell.

About PennWell Corporation

PennWell Corporation is a diversified business-to-business media and information company that provides quality content and integrated marketing solutions for the following industries: Oil and gas, electric power, water and wastewater, environmental, electronics, semiconductor, contamination control, optoelectronics, fiberoptics, enterprise storage, converting, nanotechnology, fire, emergency services and dental. Founded in 1910, PennWell publishes 75 print and online magazines and newsletters, conducts 60 conferences and exhibitions on six continents, and has an extensive offering of books, maps, web sites, research and database services. In addition to PennWell's headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the company has major offices in Nashua, New Hampshire, Houston, Texas, London, England, Campbell, California, Fairlawn, New Jersey, Moscow, Russia, and Hong Kong, China.

For more information, visit http://www.pennwell.com or call 918/398-8026.