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SEMX Corporation Announces Launch of Company Web Site

4 January 2000

SEMX Corporation Announces Launch of Company Web Site

    ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 4 -- SEMX Corporation (the "Company"),
, announced that it has established a new and improved  presence
on the world wide web at http://www.semx.com.
    Mr. Gilbert D. Raker Chairman of the corporation stated, "To all of our
customers, suppliers, shareholders and employees, SEMX is pleased to announce
that our website has been completely reconstructed.  The new format provides a
much clearer picture of what the Company is from its management team to its
products and the markets it serves.  It also provides some insight into the
markets we are targeting.   It is the Company's intent that this website will
be evolutionary and will be constantly updated as changes and events occur.
Please take a look at our site at http://www.semx.com and feel free to contact
us with any comments or questions you may have."

    This release and the referenced internet site may contain forward-looking
statements.  Various factors could cause actual results to differ from those
projected in such statements.  These factors include, but are not limited to,
failure to attain operational performance levels consistent with those
anticipated by a user of the Company's website and changes in the general
economic situation, the Company's markets and customer base.
    SEMX Corporation and its subsidiaries provide specialty materials and
services to the microelectronic and semiconductor industries.  For further
information, please visit our website at http://www.semx.com  or  contact the
Company's Investor Relations Manager, Richard Graves, at 914-273-5500 or
704-504-0322.