ST. LOUIS, June 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Zoltek Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZOLT) today announced that Zsolt Rumy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the CapStone Investments Second Annual Small-Cap Investor Conference to be held at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 18, 2008. Mr. Rumy's presentation is scheduled for 2:30 pm - CT on Wednesday, June 18th. The presentation will be webcast and can be viewed at http://hosted.mediasite.com/hosted4/Viewer/?peid=4020de09-8840-48f6-ab57-4047d36c66e0. To attend or find out more about this conference, please visit: www.capstoneinvestments.com.
This press release contains statements that are based on the current expectations of our company. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. The factors that might cause such differences include, among others, our ability to: (1) successfully resolve pending litigation; (2) continue to improve efficiency at our manufacturing facilities on a timely and cost-effective basis to meet current order levels of carbon fibers; (3) successfully add new planned capacity for the production of carbon fiber and precursor raw materials and meet our obligations under long-term supply agreements; (4) achieve profitable operations; (5) raise new capital and increase our borrowing at acceptable costs; (6) manage changes in customers' forecasted requirements for our products; (7) continue investing in application and market development in a range of industries; (8) manufacture low-cost carbon fibers and profitably market them; (9) penetrate existing, identified and emerging markets; (10) successfully retrofit our recently acquired Mexican facility to manufacture acrylic fiber precursor and add carbon fiber production lines; (11) resolve on a timely basis the pending investigation by our Audit Committee of two transactions that were not properly authorized or recorded as described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 5, 2008; (12) maintain our Nasdaq Global Select Market listing; and (13) manage the risks identified under "Risk Factors" in our filings with the SEC.