SOUTH NATICK, Mass., April 16, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Brightec Inc., (OTCBB:BRTE) ("Brightec") (http://www.brightec.com) creator of the world's first photographic quality glow-in-the-dark paper, is pleased to announce it has retained the services of AGORACOM Investor Relations ("AGORACOM") (http://www.agoracom.com) to provide investor relations services.
The objective of this agreement is two-fold. First, to create effective communication between Brightec, its shareholders and the investment community through AGORACOM's internet based investor relations system. Effective immediately, a customized and monitored Brightec IR HUB (http://www.agoracom.com/IR/Brightec) will allow both Brightec and AGORACOM to communicate with all investors simultaneously, anytime and in real-time, while providing shareholders with equal access and complete transparency to all investor relations communications. The IR HUB will also provide one-click access to all critical Brightec IR information, as well as, an executive audio address. In addition, the IR HUB provides investors with a monitored discussion forum for the purposes of constructive and high-quality discussion about the Company that is free of spam, bashing, hyping and profanity.
Second, AGORACOM will be responsible for raising Brightec awareness amongst retail investors for the purposes of attracting new and prospective shareholders. As an exclusive small-cap content provider to Yahoo Finance Canada, AOL Finance Canada and every Blackberry device on the planet, AGORACOM will provide Tier-1 financial coverage of all meaningful Brightec press releases.
AGORACOM will be fully responsible for creating, implementing and executing an investor relations strategy, the consolidation of which will save management a considerable amount of time, effort and expense, allowing them to focus on core business operations, while significantly improving shareholder communications.
President, CEO, Patrick Planche, stated, "Brightec believes the time has now come to significantly increase our communications with shareholders and the investment community. The solution provided by AGORACOM fulfils our need to manage and execute an IR strategy in a cost efficient manner, while providing our management team with the ability to focus on executing the business plan. Our shareholders and Company will benefit greatly from near real-time communications, regularly planned updates and increased exposure."
For all future Brightec investor relations needs, investors are asked to visit the Brightec IR Hub at http://www.agoracom.com/IR/Brightec where they can post questions and receive answers within the same day, or simply review questions and answers posted by other investors. Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to BRTE@agoracom.com where they can also request addition to the investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.
About AGORACOM Investor Relations Corp.
AGORACOM Investor Relations is North America's leading outsourced investor relations firm for small-cap companies. AGORACOM's exclusive IR HUB delivers two-way investor relations and communications that provides 100% transparency, accessibility, equality and near real-time communications for all shareholders and the investment community.
AGORACOM has specialized in small-cap investor relations since 1997 and is the exclusive provider of all small-cap content to Yahoo Finance Canada, The AOL Small Cap Channel and every Blackberry device on the planet.
About Brightec Inc.
Brightec, Inc. (OTCBB:BRTE) is the creator of the world's first patented photo-quality glow-in-the-dark paper. Brightec's paper charges automatically with just a few minutes of exposure to light and will glow for hours -- dramatically outshining conventional glow-in-the-dark products. With Brightec(r) inkjet or offset paper, users can print razor sharp color pictures that appear normal by day and are luminescent at night in full photographic detail. Innovative and versatile, Brightec paper is ideal for applications in numerous commercial markets including advertising, promotions, premiums and consumer or industrial products. Brightec brand glow-in-the-dark inkjet media, in 4"x6", 8.5"x11" and 13"x19" formats, as well as in UV-curable inkjet version, is available from the Company's website. For more information on Brightec and its products please visit www.brightec.com