FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAWGRASS TECHNOLOGIES LICENSES HILORD CHEMICAL FOR WATER-BASED DYE SUBLIMATION INKS

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC (February 6, 2003) Sawgrass Technologies, Inc., the developer of digital transfer inks and Hilord Chemical Corp., the Hauppauge, NY developer of electrostatic and piezo inkjet inks, have reached agreement permitting Hilord to offer water-based dye sublimation inks for digital printing as a Sawgrass Technologies licensee.

Nathan Hale, CEO of Sawgrass Technologies, stated, "The digital printing marketplace will see Sawgrass being very active this year to assure that the dye sublimation formulations available are the best possible solutions and meet the appropriate requirements of our intellectual property. The license being granted to Hilord demonstrates our commitment to growing the digital transfer market." The Hilord license is the second dye sublimation ink license announced this year by Sawgrass Technologies.

Donald Balbinder, President and CEO of Hilord Chemical Corp., said, "In this rapidly changing environment, the graphic arts industry needs business relationships such as the one we have with Sawgrass, to permit the digital inkjet sublimation textile market to have access to a wide range of innovative solutions." Hilord Chemical currently offers a solvent-based dye sublimation ink.

Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. has for the past decade led the development of patented solutions for digital transfer inks, toners and related technology. Its products include SubliJet® sublimation inks for inkjet printers, SubliMAX® sublimation laser toners and other heat transfer consumables. SubliJet is the Sawgrass award-winning sublimation ink system, enabling the transfer of customized full-color graphic images onto literally thousands of products including Soft L'ink(tm) apparel, wood, synthetic fabrics, glass, plastic, ceramics and metal.

Additional information on the technology solutions provided by Sawgrass can be found at www.sawgrassink.com.

Hilord Chemical Corp. is a state-of-the-art manufacturer of inks and toners for the graphics arts industry with more than 30 years of experience in ink development and commercialization. The advanced instrumentation at its newly designed chemical processing facility has enabled Hilord to maintain a leadership position among digital inkjet suppliers. Hilord is associated with the Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces, a collaboration of academic, industrial and government laboratories.

More information about Hilord Chemical can be found at www.hilord.com.

Sawgrass Systems, Inc.
2233 Highway 17 North
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
Phone: (843) 884-1575
Fax: (843) 849-3847
E-Mail: marketing@sawgrassink.com
Website URL: www.sawgrassink.com