Acquisition

Solid State Supplies PLC
6 October 2000


SOLID STATE SUPPLIES PLC ('Solid State' or 'the Company')

Acquisition of New Franchises, Creation of New Division and Expansion into
France


1. Acquisition of New Franchises
   Solid State is pleased to announce that it has recently signed five new    
   franchises with the following suppliers:

   Dense-Pac
   LEA
   Linfinity
   Mitsubishi Electric
   Net Silicon

   These new franchises take the total number of franchises operated by Solid 
   State to fifteen.

2. Establishment of a New Division
   In order to capitalise on the current rapid growth in demand for the       
   Company's products, Solid State has also established a new division,       
   Highway Technologies, which will co-ordinate the distribution of components
   to the rapidly expanding communications market.  Highway Technologies will 
   stock products from the following manufacturers:

   Cross
   Holtek
   LEA
   Microsemi
   Net Silicon
   Teccor
   VIA
   YCL

   Highway Technologies is also planning to open a sales office in Tours,     
   France which will initially target Tier 1 companies with selected product  
   lines.  All shipments and invoices will continue to be made from the UK.