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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 11, 2007

Contact Information:

Picarro
Luc Ceuppens
+1 (408) 962-3965
lceuppens@picarro.com

ETG Risorse e Tecnologia
Salvatore Micciché
+39 (0141) 99.49.52
s.micciche@etgrisorse.com

Picarro and ETG Risorse e Tecnologia Announce Distribution Agreement

Sunnyvale, CA and Montiglio, Italy, October 11, 2007 - Picarro, leading manufacturer of high-performance trace gas analyzers, and ETG Risorse e Tecnologia, leading manufacturer of advanced air pollution monitoring and control instrumentation, announced the appointment of ETG Risorse e Tecnologia as exclusive distributor of Picarro instruments for Italy, Greece and Turkey.

Picarro's ultra-trace gas analyzers are designed to maximize the advantages of Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy (CRDS), delivering ppt to ppb sensitivity at high speed and without interference to meet the requirements of the most demanding applications. The flexible Picarro platform enables a wide range of applications in environmental monitoring and process control applications.

ETG RISORSE E TECNOLOGIA is the leading company in the fields of on-line gas analysis instrumentation for ambient air monitoring and Emission Stack monitoring as well airborne contamination in both high tech industrial applications and surface contamination monitors for semiconductor applications. ETG RISORSE E TECNOLOGIA proposes state-of-the-art solutions and technologies (fixed or mobile stations, complete networks, etc.).

About Picarro

Picarro instruments set new standards for sensitivity, speed, selectivity and ease-of-use in trace gas detection, and enable our customers to achieve dramatic improvements in measurement precision, instrument size, reliability and cost of ownership. We serve the needs of customers across a diverse range of markets. For more information, visit our website (www.picarro.com) or email us at info@picarro.com.

About ETG Risorse e Tecnologia

ETG Risorse e Tecnologia is the leading manufacturer of the most advanced air pollution monitoring and control instrumentation available today. ETG Risorse e Tecnologia's instrumentation is being applied to ambient air monitoring, vehicle and stationary source emission monitoring, as well as combustion optimization and process control. ETG Risorse e Tecnologia also offers a complete solution for airborne contamination for the Semiconductor market. ETG Risorse e Tecnologia is ISO9001:2000 certified. Since its creation in 1995, ETG Risorse e Tecnologia has been dedicated to the study, development, manufacture and supply of advanced on-line gas, using superior technology, quality, and service. From single analyzers to turnkey systems, ETG Risorse e Tecnologia can monitor pollutants beyond the regulation standards with a full line of VOC's, DOAS and Stack monitoring and ambient gas analysers.

Picarro, Inc. is a privately held company dedicated to developing instrumentation for the precise measurement and identification of specific molecules of interest to environmental and atmospheric scientists, geophysicists, and others monitoring the effects of global warming and change. The company is a leader in cavity ring down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology with eight exclusive licenses to Stanford University patents and nine of its own on CRDS extensions.