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BluGlass Limited

17 November 2009

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Australian Stock Exchange Limited

LED EXPERT, ALAN LI JOINS THE BLUGLASS BOARD

BluGlass Limited (ASX : BLG) has announced today that Dr. Alan Li joins the BluGlass board as a Non Executive Director.

"We are delighted to welcome Alan to our board. His vast industry, commercial and academic experience will be of significant value to our team", BluGlass Chairman, Dr. Mike Taverner said today. "Alan will immediately become an important part in directing the development and commercialisation of our technology, with his keen interest in low temperature nitride growth".

Dr. Li has 15 years experience in the LED industry holding a number of senior positions in semiconductor lighting and optoelectronics materials in China and Taiwan. He is currently the General Manager and CTO of Rainbow Optoelectronics Materials (Shanghai) Co., Ltd and is a co-inventor of more than 37 optoelectronics patents. Dr Li has also been a board member of FangDa Guoke Optronics, part of the FangDa Group Co., Ltd, a Chinese listed company and is a member of the Solid State Lighting and Energy Centre (SSLEC) Advisory Board at UCSB of USA.

I am greatly honoured to be part of BluGlass. The company has developed cutting edge technology which has huge market potential in both the solid state lighting and solar cell industries. I am looking forward to working with the BluGlass board and staff to help expedite the research and commercialisation to deliver value to the investors "said Dr. Li today of his recent appointment.

Dr. Li completed his PhD studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He is both an accomplished scientist and executive manager in the industry having been awarded an Innovation Award by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2006 in China, the ShenZhen Innovation Award of Science and Technology for 'the Key Technology for Fabrication of High Power LED Chips' in 2007 and GuangDong Science and Technology Award for 'the Key Technology for Fabrication of High Power LED Chips' in 2008. He is also the Principle Researcher in an ongoing R&D project to design new MOCVD reactors partly funded by the Scientific Board of Shanghai City.

About BluGlass: BluGlass Limited is an Australian green technology company developed to commercialise a breakthrough in the Semiconductor Industry. BluGlass has invented a new process using Remote Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (RPCVD) to grow semiconductor materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) and indium gallium nitride (InGaN), crucial to the production of high efficiency devices such as next generation lighting technology Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) with significant low cost potential. BluGlass, through its subsidiary, BluSolar is now exploring the process' viability in photovoltaic (solar) applications. The BluGlass process is a low temperature and low cost technology with the potential for inherent scalability.

Contact: Stefanie Winwood 02 9334 2302, 0433 307 853 swinwood@bluglass.com.au


Source: BluGlass Limited
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