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HEAD Liquidmetal Tennis Racquet Spotlighted Among Best Products of 2003 by Fortune and BusinessWeek Magazines

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003--The HEAD Liquidmetal(R) tennis racquet, featuring Liquidmetal(R) alloy technology, has been named one of the best new products of 2003 in the current issues of Fortune and BusinessWeek magazines.

In selecting "The 25 Best Products of the Year" with input from a host of design experts, Fortune magazine searched for "great consumer-product design" among mass-produced products introduced to the U.S. market in 2003. The HEAD Liquidmetal(R) Radical was singled out for its use of Liquidmetal(R) alloys in four strategic areas of the racquet head, which "distributes energy more efficiently than conventional models. The result: more powerful shots."

BusinessWeek focused on "innovation, big and small" to pick 31 winners for its special report, "The Best Products of 2003." Among the winning attributes of HEAD's line of tennis racquets featuring Liquidmetal(R) alloys: "players say it has changed their games."

The HEAD Liquidmetal(R) series has been a top pick of tennis enthusiasts and product reviewers since its introduction in July as Andre Agassi's "new weapon of choice." Full text of the Fortune and BusinessWeek reports can be found in issues now available at newsstands or online at http://www.fortune.com and http://www.businessweek.com. For detailed information about HEAD Liquidmetal(R) racquets, visit http://www.head.com.

Liquidmetal(R) alloys are a product of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:LQMT), the leading developer of coatings, powders, bulk alloys and composites that utilize the performance advantages offered by amorphous alloy technology. Amorphous alloys are unique materials that are distinguished by their ability to retain a random atomic structure when they solidify, in contrast to the crystalline atomic structure that forms in ordinary metals and alloys. For additional information, please visit the Liquidmetal Technologies website at http://www.liquidmetal.com.


    CONTACT: Liquidmetal Technologies, Tampa
             David Townsend, 813/314-0280 ext. 127
             david.townsend@liquidmetal.com

    SOURCE: Liquidmetal Technologies