Contact Information: Contact: NewMarket Technology, Inc. Investor Relations 214-722-3065 ir@newmarkettechnology.com www.newmarkettechnology.com
NewMarket Technology, Inc. Announces Dan Sanders, Author of New York Times and USA Today National Bestseller "Built to Serve," as Keynote Speaker at Upcoming Emerging and Frontier Markets Seminar
Registration Available at WWW.NMKTEVENTS.COM; Seminar Scheduled in Dallas, TX, for January 18, 2008 8am - 5pm Following Shareholder Town Hall January 17, 2008 3:30 pm
| Source: NewMarket Technology, Inc.
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - December 26, 2007) - NewMarket Technology, Inc. (OTCBB : NMKT )
announced Dan Sanders, author of New York Times and USA Today National
Bestseller "Built To Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First
Practices," as the keynote speaker for the company's upcoming Emerging and
Frontier Markets Seminar January 18, 2008 in Dallas, TX
(www.nmktevents.com). Sanders currently serves as CEO of United
Supermarkets, a 91-year-old, billion-dollar chain of family-owned grocery
stores.
NewMarket Technology is a multinational technology firm approaching $100
million in revenue, with the majority of its growth in the world's fastest
growing regions globally, specifically Asia and Latin America. NewMarket
has ranked the #1 fastest growing technology company in North Texas for the
last two years in a row by Deloitte and near the top of the Deloitte
Technology Fast 500 in both 2006 and 2007.
Sanders believes the "global business culture is broken" and can be fixed
by creating long-term sustainability through investing in all the company's
stakeholders. Since becoming Chief Executive Officer of United
Supermarkets, Ltd., Sanders has led the company to be recognized as
recipient of the prestigious Better Business Bureau's National Torch Award
for Marketplace Ethics. In 2003, the company was named the inaugural
winner of the Supermarket News Community Service Award for its innovative
concept of UCrew community volunteer teams. United has been listed in
Texas Monthly's "Best Places to Work in Texas" every year since the program
began.
In addition to his business endeavors, Sanders is former Air Force U-2
reconnaissance pilot and a highly decorated officer, recognized for his
aerial achievements during combat missions flown in the first Gulf War. He
also served as a member of the Air Force One Presidential Advance Team for
President George H. W. Bush.
Free Online Registration (www.nmktevents.com) Available for January 17-18,
2008 in Dallas, Texas; Register Now as Space is Limited
Interested attendees can register online at www.nmktevents.com and find
further details on NewMarket's upcoming annual Town Hall and Emerging and
Frontier Markets Seminar scheduled for January 17-18, 2008, at the Fairmont
Hotel (http://www.fairmont.com/dallas) in Dallas.
Registration is free for both events. Attendees are encouraged to register
early as space is limited.
Emerging and Frontier Market Seminar: Brazil, China, Africa - January 18,
2008 8am - 5pm CST Dallas, TX
The seminar, which will take place Friday, January 18, 2008 from 8am - 5pm
CST at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, will be an opportunity for
shareholders, investors, technologists, entrepreneurs and small businesses
to learn more about the opportunity for rapid growth within rapidly growing
economies worldwide. The seminar will focus on financing and investing for
small business and technology in global emerging markets, with a special
focus on Brazil, China and Africa. The format for the seminar will be panel
discussion sessions lead by subject matter experts on investment and
financing in emerging markets and on the Brazilian, Chinese and African
markets. Guest panelists currently include Joseph Wambia, formally with
the World Bank, William Weiss, Honorary Consul for the Republic of Malta,
and Dr. Flavio Chaves, Assistant to the Vice Governor of the State of Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
NewMarket Annual Town Hall - January 17, 2008 3:30pm CST Dallas, TX
The annual Town Hall meeting, which will take place Thursday, January 17,
2008 at 3:30 pm CST at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, is an annual event
providing shareholders an opportunity to receive updates on company growth
and plans for the upcoming year and to meet company management in an
interactive forum. The agenda will center on a review of the Company's
growth through 2007 and business plans to continue this year's 20% sales
and profit growth from organic operations through 2008. The Company will
also present the Company's 2008 acquisition strategy expected to augment
ongoing organic sales and profit growth. The planned acquisitions are
founded on the Company's recent institutional financing which will also be
reviewed at the Town Hall.
The Town Hall will also include a review of the organic growth and
acquisition strategy for the Company's subsidiaries, NewMarket China, Inc.
(OTCBB : NMCH ) and NewMarket Latin America, Inc. (PINKSHEETS : NLAI ).
Award Winning Growth
The Company's rapid growth has landed NewMarket near the top of the
Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in both 2006 and 2007. After a Top Five finish
in 2006, NewMarket ranked Number Twenty-One on Deloitte's 2007 Technology
Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media,
telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. For 2007,
Deloitte also highlighted NewMarket as an exceptional performer for
"repeating the feat."
To read the article in its entirety, go to:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071023/nytu079.html?.v=101. Rankings are based
on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth over five years, from
2002-2006. NewMarket Technology grew 7,996 percent during this period.
Group Hotel Rate and Event Transportation
NewMarket has arranged group hotel pricing for the nights of January 16-17,
2008 for those who plan to attend the company's upcoming events at the
Wyndam By The Galleria Hotel
(http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/DFWND/main.wnt). The hotel is located
adjacent the Dallas Galleria (www.galleriadallas.com), the premier shopping
and dining center of Dallas.
Those traveling to the event may call the hotel directly at (972) 661-3600,
or toll free at (866) 444-7666, between the hours of 7:30am - 5:00pm, and
request the group rate for "NewMarket Technology." Further details
available at www.nmktevents.com.
Transportation to and from the hotel and the Town Hall and Seminar will be
provided.
For further assistance or for more information please contact Whitney Marks
at wmarks@newmarkettechnology.com or 214-722-3052.
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updates, please send an e-mail to ir@newmarkettechnology.com.
About NewMarket Technology, Inc. (www.newmarkettechnology.com)
NewMarket helps clients maintain the delicate balance between maintaining
legacy systems and gaining a competitive edge from the latest technology
innovations. NewMarket provides certified integration and maintenance
services to support the prevailing industry standard solutions such as
Microsoft, Cisco Systems, SAP, Siebel and Sun Microsystems. Concurrently,
NewMarket continuously seeks to acquire emerging technology assets to
incorporate into an overall product portfolio carefully packaged to
complement the prevailing industry standard solutions.
NewMarket delivers its portfolio of products and services through its
network of Solution Integration subsidiaries in North America and the
leading emerging markets around the world to include, Latin America, China
and Singapore.
NewMarket ranked Number One in Texas, Number Three in the United States and
Number Five in North America on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a
ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications
and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on
percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2001-2005. The Company grew
from less than $1 million in revenue in 2001 to over $50 million in
profitable revenue in 2005. In 2006, the company continued its rapid
growth, reporting $77.6 million in revenue with a net income of $5.8
million.
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