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HOHENBRUNN/MUNICH, Germany, Feb 16, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nanopierce Card
Technologies GmbH, a subsidiary of Nanopierce Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NPCT),
and Nanopierce Technologies Inc. of Denver and Colorado Springs have added key
personnel in the areas of administration and application development.

Following completion of the production system in Colorado Springs for
manufacturing NCS material (see February 1, 2001 press release), Nanopierce's
fully equipped laboratory in Hohenbrunn is now primed to push forward
developments in the use of NCS for industrial applications. During the next few
months, Nanopierce's efforts will focus on introducing NCS for use in smart
cards, LEDs and smart labels. For this purpose, Nanopierce has established
cooperative partnerships in each of these application areas with the companies
ORGA, ELCOS and SIMOTEC. In order to expedite the development of NCS, two
outstanding specialists have been added to the laboratory team headed by Michael
Kober.

Stefan Mieslinger joined Nanopierce on February 1, 2001 and has since been
testing the application of NCS in the production of LEDs. Mieslinger is a senior
at Munich Industrial College, where he is majoring in applied physics with an
emphasis on microsystems technology. Despite his relative youth, Mieslinger is a
proven microelectronics expert. His senior dissertation will be based upon
research being conducted at Nanopierce Card Technologies.

Werner Steinberg has been hired to join the laboratory team as of April 1, 2001.
A qualified engineer in the fields of electrical engineering and automation
technology, Steinberg brings with him over 20 years of experience in
instrumental analysis and data systems gained during his employment at PERKIN
ELMER. In addition to maintaining the highly sensitive laboratory equipment, Mr.
Steinberg will be spearheading the development of NCS for use with smart cards.

The company also announced the appointment of Kathrin Demel, effective
immediately, to the position of Administrative Assistant. Ms. Demel will be
providing vital administrative support to the entire technical and marketing
staff, in particular to Dr. Michael Wernle.

Michael Kober, Manager of Process Applications, commented, "Mr. Mieslinger and
Mr. Steinberg are both first-rate specialists. It was absolutely essential that
our state-of-the-art laboratory be staffed by highly qualified personnel so that
our application developments can progress rapidly and we can introduce NCS into
the target markets of Nanopierce Technologies. I am extremely pleased that we
succeeded in finding and hiring such good people. Working along with the
laboratory team in Colorado, I am confident that we will soon be able to achieve
the expected results in all of our ongoing projects."

Dr. Michael E. Wernle, President and CEO of Nanopierce Card Technologies GmbH,
affirmed: "Our new employees are definite assets to the Nanopierce team.
Supported by this well-qualified, highly motivated staff, we can now turn our
concentrated efforts toward making NCS what we expect it to be: a global player
in the electronics industry."

Nanopierce Card Technologies GmbH is a 100% subsidiary of Nanopierce
Technologies, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, USA.

Nanopierce Technologies, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, USA, is traded on the Nasdaq
stock market (OTCBB: NPCT) as well as on the Frankfurt and Hamburg (OTC:NPI). In
addition to the 12 patents it owns, Nanopierce has numerous applications
pending, others in preparation, and various other intellectual properties
related to Nanopierce's proprietary NCS (Nanopierce Connection System). This
advanced system is designed to provide significant improvement over conventional
electrical and mechanical interconnection methods for high-density circuit
boards, components, sockets, connectors, semiconductor packaging and electronic
systems.

For more information on Nanopierce Technologies, Inc. please visit this web
site: http://www.nanopierce.com.

This announcement contains forward-looking statements about Nanopierce
Technologies, Inc. that may involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors
relating to the company's operations could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in forward- looking statements and are further detailed in
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available at the SEC website
(http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements are based on information
available to Nanopierce Technologies, Inc. on the date hereof, and Nanopierce
Technologies, Inc. assumes no obligation to update such statements.


CONTACT: Nanopierce Technologies, Inc., Denver
 Paul H. Metzinger, 303/592-1010
 Fax: [phone]
 E-mail: [e-mail]
 or
 Nanopierce Card Technologies GmbH, Hohenbrunn (Munich)
 Dr. Michael E. Wernle, + 49-8102-8961-0
 Fax: + 49-8102-8961-11
 E-mail: [e-mail]
 or
 Stock Enterprises, Inc. (Investor Relations)
 James Stock, 702/614-0003
 or
 CEOcast, Inc. (Internet Investor Information Services)
 Adrienne Salomon, 212/732-4300
 www.ceocast.com

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