TechPrecision Corporation's WCMC Division Signs New Tier-1 Customer

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) ("TechPrecision", or "the Company"), an industry leading manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems with customers in the alternative energy, cleantech, medical, nuclear, defense, aerospace and other commercial industries, today announced that it has received a purchase order from a new, European Tier-1 customer for its Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd., subsidiary to produce high temperature vacuum chambers using advanced mono-crystalline cast technology.

Initial units from the purchase order will ship from the WCMC division in China during the fourth calendar quarter of 2011. High-volume production is forecasted to begin in first-half calendar 2012. The mono-cast process is leading-edge technology to compete against conventional CZ methods.

"We are excited to add production of high temperature vacuum chambers for mono-cast technology to our portfolio to support the solar and Sapphire market," commented James Molinaro, CEO of TechPrecision Corporation. "We envision mono-cast technology as having the ability to provide lower-cost mono wafers to the solar market and are pleased to be a part of this accelerating trend with our WCMC division. Our domestic and China teams continue to provide the optimal global solution for producing consistent quality and value-priced products for the Asia market. In addition, we are extremely pleased to add another Tier-1 customer to our roster of blue-chip companies whom we support with our exceptional manufacturing expertise."

About TechPrecision Corporation

TechPrecision Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ranor, Inc., and Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd., is an industry leading, global manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems. These products are used in a variety of markets including: renewable energy (solar and wind), medical, nuclear, defense, industrial, and aerospace. TechPrecision's mission is to be the leading end-to-end global service provider to its markets by furnishing custom, fully integrated "turn-key" solutions for complete products that require custom fabrication, precision machining, assembly, integration, inspection, non-destructive evaluation and testing. To learn more about the Company, please visit the corporate website at http://www.techprecision.com. Information on the Company's website or any other website does not constitute a part of this press release.

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SOURCE TechPrecision Corporation

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