Los Angeles, CA - February 5, 2008 --Material Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: MTTG -News; "MATECH") notes that infrastructure investments are becoming more important as our nation's infrastructure ages, and years of neglect begin to show up.

A recent column in the New York Times by their columnist Bob Herbert addressed the issue of infrastructure investment:

"There is usually not much about infrastructure stories to turn readers or viewers on. But the catastrophe in New Orleans and the bridge collapse in Minneapolis are tragic evidence of the peril that goes hand in hand with neglect of the nation's roads, bridges, levees, transit systems, water treatment facilities and so on. Just two weeks before the Minneapolis bridge collapse, an underground steam pipe in Midtown Manhattan exploded, sending a geyser of filth and asbestos-laden debris into the air. A woman fleeing the scene died of a heart attack, and the area suffered millions of dollars in economic damage ...

"The need for investment on a large scale -- and for the long term -- is undeniable. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, in a study that should have gotten much more attention when it was released in 2005, it would take more than a trillion and a half dollars over a five-year period to bring the U.S. infrastructure into reasonably decent shape ... "

In response to this column a letter was published, signed by the governors of Pennsylvania and California, and the mayor of New York City, that said in part:

"As state and local leaders, we are intimately aware of how critical infrastructure is to ensure our nation's economic health, keep our families safe, and create vibrant and sustainable communities. Yet while states and cities have significantly increased infrastructure spending in recent years, federal spending has been flat. Three out of every four infrastructure dollars now come from states and cities ... "

It is especially significant now that President Bush has submitted his budget plan for next year. The importance of using whatever infrastructure maintenance funds as efficiently as possible cannot be overemphasized. MATECH has such a technology that can save tremendous repair and rehabilitation dollars by prioritizing those repairs in steel bridges and similar structures and by verifying the effectiveness of such repairs.

MATECH's Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) is the only nondestructive field-testing device able to find growing cracks in bridge structural members, cracks as small as 0.01 inches in length. This is critical information that allows structural engineers to isolate problems and repair steel bridges, long before damage gets out of hand, saving significant funds for bridge owners. EFS also allows a bridge owner to immediately know whether a repair has been successful or not in halting further fatigue damage: if the crack is found to be actively growing with the EFS, the repair has not been successful and a new repair scheme must be designed. More than twenty highway and railroad bridges around the U. S. have been inspected using EFS to date.

About Material Technologies (MTTG.OB)

MATECH is an engineering, research and development company specializing in technologies to measure microscopic fractures and flaws in metal structures and monitor metal fatigue in real time. The company's leading edge metal fatigue detection, measurement and monitoring solutions can accurately test the integrity of metal structures and equipment including bridges, railroads, airplanes, ships, cranes, power plants, mining equipment, piping systems and heavy iron.

MATECH owns the only nondestructive testing technology able to find growing cracks as minute as 0.01 inches. MATECH has exclusive rights to seven patents along with $8.3 million in already completed contracts from the US Government for research, testing and validation of its innovative solutions.

To hear more about MTTG from CEO/President Robert M. Bernstein go to: http://www.publiccoreport.net/featured/MTNA/company.asp

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Contact:

Robert M. Bernstein, President
Material Technologies, Inc.
11661 San Vicente Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
1.310.208.5589
matech@matechcorp.com