Duraswitch CEO, Bob Brilon, to Present at the 17th Annual Growth Stock

    Business Editors
    Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference

    PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--Duraswitch (NASDAQ:DSWT) CEO, Bob Brilon, will be presenting on Feb. 23 at the Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference taking place at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort and Spa in Dana Point, Calif.
    The Duraswitch presentation will be available live via Web cast on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth5/dswt. The archived presentation will be available at the same link, or on the Duraswitch Web site.
    Brilon will discuss recent successes for the Duraswitch technologies, and opportunities for growth through the company's licensing infrastructure.

    About Duraswitch

    Duraswitch is a licensor of patented, enabling technologies. Founded on a novel new electronic switch technology -- pushbuttons, rotary dials, mouse controls -- that can be used in a wide range of applications, Duraswitch licenses its intellectual property to established switch manufacturers and OEMs. Duraswitch has 30 licensee partners worldwide including Siemens AG and Delphi Corp.
    Duraswitch's lean corporate structure and licensing business model can be used to take additional innovative technologies to commercialization through strategic partners. The company recently entered into an agreement to acquire a privately held developer of vehicle and license plate recognition software. Commercialization of the software is being done through resellers and integrators who license the technology.
    Visit www.duraswitch.com or call 480-586-3300 for more information.

    About the Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual Growth Stock
    Conference

    This conference will feature more than 220 leading growth companies in sectors such as Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services and Consumer Products. A concentrated, two-day program will allow institutional investors to meet the executives from a select group of companies that have been hand picked by the Roth Capital Partners research team. 40% of this year's participating companies are presenting here for the first time. The average market cap of this year's presenters is around $330 million, with the median around $185 million. This closely mirrors the average and median market cap for the proposed Russell Microcap(tm) Index, which is expected to be around $277 million and $176 million, respectively.
    To register for this conference, please contact your Roth sales representative at 800-678-9147. Please note that this conference is by invitation only.
    For more information about the conference visit: http://www.rothcp.com/2005%20DP%20Conference%20Web%20Site/ Roth%20DP.html?content=home

    This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our opportunities for growth through our licensing infrastructure and commercialization of technologies through strategic partners. Risks and uncertainties that could cause results of operations to differ materially from those projected include lack of market acceptance of our technologies, inability to form partnerships that generate licensing revenue and other uncertainties described from time to time in our documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. These forward-looking statements represent our beliefs as of the date of the press release and we disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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CONTACT: Duraswitch Industries, Inc. Heather Beshears, 480-586-3357 heather@duraswitch.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA ARIZONA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE BANKING MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE TRADESHOW SOURCE: Duraswitch Industries, Inc.

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