PEOPLE IN ENERGY: Peter J. Tallian New CFO of BTU International

Energy Resource, April 9, 2009

ENERGY RESOURCE-9 April 2009-PEOPLE IN ENERGY: Peter J. Tallian New CFO of BTU International(C)2009 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com

BTU International Inc., a supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment and processes for the alternative energy and electronics assembly markets, today announced the appointment of Peter J. Tallian as chief financial officer, effective immediately.

Tallian, 51, reports directly to Paul J. van der Wansem, BTU's chairman and chief executive officer.

Tallian previously served as CFO of Distributed Energy Systems Corporation and chief accounting officer of Northern Power Systems Inc., companies that serve the alternative energy marketplace.

Prior to that, Tallian served as senior vice president, CFO and treasurer at Transwitch Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions to the communications industry. Tallian was also executive vice president and CFO of Metavante Corporation, after beginning his career in finance with a number of strategic roles at IBM.

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

BTU equipment is used in solar cell, nuclear fuel and fuel cell manufacturing as well as in the production of printed circuit board assemblies and semiconductor packaging. BTU has operations in North Billerica, Massachusetts and Shanghai, China with direct sales and service worldwide.

For more information, visit www.btu.com.

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