TechPrecision Corporation Receives $4.8 Million Poly Silicon Chamber Order

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) ("TechPrecision", or "the Company"), an industry leading manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems with customers in the alternative energy, cleantech, medical, nuclear, defense, aerospace and other commercial industries, today announced that its Ranor subsidiary has received initial orders for first articles of Poly Silicon chambers from an existing customer for $4.8 million, supporting an advanced PolySi technology for the solar market. The initial order is for prototype chambers to be shipped by September 2012 to qualify production. Based upon successful qualification, additional production orders are expected to be received and shipments expected in calendar 2012 and 2013.

"We are very pleased to receive this order, which provides an opportunity to expand with this Tier-1 customer in the PolySi market," said Mr. James Molinaro, CEO of TechPrecision Corporation. "This win further diversifies our presence in the solar industry, and reinforces our expertise with emerging solar technologies. This also utilizes capacity at our Ranor division, demonstrating our ability to backfill Ranor's backlog with additional leading-edge technology."

About TechPrecision Corporation

TechPrecision Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ranor, Inc., and Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd., is an industry leading, global manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems. These products are used in a variety of markets including: renewable energy (solar and wind), medical, nuclear, defense, industrial, and aerospace. TechPrecision's mission is to be the leading end-to-end global service provider to its markets by furnishing custom, fully integrated "turn-key" solutions for complete products that require custom fabrication, precision machining, assembly, integration, inspection, non-destructive evaluation and testing. To learn more about the Company, please visit the corporate website at http://www.techprecision.com. Information on the Company's website or any other website does not constitute a part of this press release.

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