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eMagin Grows Second Quarter Revenue 153%.


Margin Improvements Outpace Revenue Gains

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- eMagin Corporation (OTC OTC

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:EMAN), the leader in OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts.  microdisplay and personal imaging technologies, has issued preliminary financial results for its second quarter ending June 30, 2007. The results show record revenues with year-over-year revenues improving by 153% for the quarter and 137% for the first six months of 2007.

Financial Summary

* Revenue for the three and six months ending June 30, 2007, of $4.2 million and $7.8 million represent increases of 153% and 137% from $1.7 million and $3.3 million in 2006. Once again, increases in microdisplay demand fueled the reported growth and eMagin's eighth consecutive quarter of revenue increases.

* Gross margins in 2007 grew to 30% of revenue or $1.3 million for the quarter and 23% or $1.8 million for the six-month period as compared to gross losses of $1.3 million (77%) of revenue and $2.7 million (81%) of revenue in 2006. These results reflect improvements of $2.6 million and $4.5 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007 as compared to 2006.

* Operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 declined 32% and 25% from $2.4 million and $5.5 million for the three and six month periods ending June 30, 2007, as compared to $3.6 million and $7.4 million in 2006.

* Operating loss operating loss

The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income.
 declined 76% for the three months ending June 30, 2007, to $1.1 million from $4.8 million in 2006. Excluding $384,000 of non-cash expenses, the operating losses for the quarter totaled $760,000. For the six-month period, losses were $3.7 million in 2007 down 63% or $6.3 million from $10.1 million in 2006.

* Net losses for the three and six month periods ending June 2007 were $1.7 million or $0.15 per share and $4.7 million or $0.42 per share as compared to a net loss of $4.8 million or $0.48 per share and $10.0 million or $1.00 per share for the periods in 2006.

eMagin anticipates revenues to exceed $16 million for the full year, ending December 31, 2007. "Built on our pioneering work in OLED microdisplay technology and on-going customer development and support, our combination of manufacturing and financial discipline with marketing focus has enabled us to improve the business substantially during the first half of 2007," said K.C. Park, interim CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and president, eMagin Corporation. "With this solid footing established we're excited about our opportunities and look forward to continuing our growth."

Full results will be available in the company's 10Q report for the quarter ending June 30, 2007, to be filed with the SEC.

Business Highlights

* At the Society for Information Display Conference, eMagin demonstrated its new prototype SVGA-3DS microdisplay, which offers both analog and digital signal processing See DSP.

Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled).
 in a compact display (0.44-inch) with greater power efficiency. The world's finest World's Finest may refer to:
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 pixel pitch See dot pitch.  (11.1 microns) device would eliminate the need for extra circuitry and components while allowing for a smaller display module design with increased functionality, with no increase in power consumption.

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 chose eMagin microdisplays for its innovative ThermaCAM P640 thermal video camera. Ideal for top-level thermography thermography (thûr'mŏg`rəfē), contact photocopying process that produces a direct positive image and in which infrared rays are used to expose the copy paper. , the P640 can resolve greater detail with smaller targets, yielding more informative and higher quality thermal images.

* eMagin completed a restructuring of $6.0 million of notes payable extending their maturity dates to December 2008.

About eMagin Corporation

A leader in OLED microdisplay technology, eMagin integrates high-resolution OLED microdisplays with magnifying optics to deliver virtual images comparable to large-screen computer and television displays in portable, low-power, lightweight personal displays. eMagin microdisplays provide near-eye imagery in a variety of products from military, industrial, medical and consumer OEMs. The company's own Z800 3DVisor provides 3D stereovision ster·e·o·vi·sion  
n.
Visual perception of or exhibition in three dimensions.
 and headtracking for PC gaming, training and simulation, immersion therapy Immersion therapy is a psychological technique which allows a patient to overcome fears (phobias).

First a fear-hierarchy is created: the patient is asked a series of questions to determine in the level of discomfort the fear causes in various conditions; Can the patient
, and other applications. eMagin's microdisplay manufacturing and R&D operations are co-located with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  on its campus in East Fishkill, New York East Fishkill is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 25,589 at the 2000 census. The town name is derived from its formation from Fishkill, NY.

The Town of East Fishkill is on the south border of the county.
. System design facilities and sales and marketing are located in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. . More information about eMagin and its products is available at www.emagin.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including those regarding eMagin Corporation and its subsidiaries' expectations, intentions, strategies and beliefs pertaining to future events or future financial performance. All statements contained herein are based upon information available to eMagin's management as of the date hereof, and actual results may vary based upon future events, both within and without eMagin management's control. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or "continue," the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those described in the Company's most recent filings with the SEC. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company, or any other person, that such forward-looking statements will be achieved. The business and operations of the Company are subject to substantial risks which increase the uncertainty inherent in forward-looking statements. We undertake no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of the foregoing, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

Note: eMagin is a trademark of eMagin Corporation.
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