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Janyes R. Lemons
Simbex LLC
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SIMBEX WINS THE 2006 TIBBETTS AWARD
FROM U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Lebanon, NH - September 27, 2006 - Simbex, a world-renowned research and development company in the field of active life improvement, was awarded the Tibbetts Award for 2006. Richard M. Greenwald, PhD, founder and President of Simbex, accepted the award at a national ceremony on September 26, 2006 in Washington, D.C.

The Tibbetts Award is a national award made annually to small business firms and individuals judged to exemplify distinction in Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) achievement.

"Simbex is honored to be recognized with this prestigious national award," said Dr. Greenwald. "We believe that the SBIR program is a critically important funding mechanism for small business to drive innovation. Simbex's growth and success are directly related to our use of SBIR funding to leverage our patented technologies in the areas of rehabilitation, mobility, and sports injury prevention from concept to market. SBIR enhances commercialization opportunities, as evidenced by our partnership with industry leading helmet manufacturer Riddell for commercialization of Head Impact Telemetry™ (HIT™) System technology in helmeted team sports."

About Simbex LLC
Simbex is a research and product development company whose core expertise is biomechanical feedback systems. The company develops marketable products and solutions from emerging technologies for active life improvement in the areas of prosthetics, sports injury prevention and rehabilitation. The founders are internationally recognized experts in their fields and have decades of experience in the area of functional evaluation and efficacy assessment of complex biomechanical systems for the sporting goods, orthopedic and exercise equipment industries. The research branch of the company is supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense. For further information about Simbex, visit the company's Web site at http://www.simbex.com.


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