NewMarket Technology, Inc. CEO in China to Kick Off 2009 With Acquisition to Increase Company's Operational Profitability

DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - January 6, 2009) - NewMarket Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NMKT) today announced that CEO Philip Verges will be in China this week to finalize recently announced plans to increase the Company's ownership in its Chinese operating subsidiary. China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB: CCSE), NewMarket's independently listed operation doing business in China, currently has a 51% ownership position in a Chinese subsidiary dedicated to domestic growth within China. China Crescent plans to acquire an additional 25% interest from the Chinese operating subsidiary's minority shareholder. The Chinese subsidiary currently focuses on hardware and software systems integration. Through the Company's increased ownership in the Chinese operating subsidiary, net income would correspondingly increase as the Company continues to mature.

Recent Letter to Shareholders

NewMarket CEO Philip M. Verges recently released a letter to shareholders. The letter addresses the Company's upcoming virtual Town Hall scheduled for January, its plans for Kenya, updates on its Chinese and Latin American subsidiaries, a planned management buyback and the Company's progress towards an exchange listing. The letter is available in its entirety at http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/081223/0462588.html.

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About NewMarket Technology, Inc. (www.newmarkettechnology.com)

NewMarket helps clients maintain the delicate balance between maintaining legacy systems and gaining a competitive edge from the latest technology innovations. NewMarket provides certified systems integration and maintenance services to support the prevailing industry standard solutions from companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Infor, Cisco Systems, SAP, Siebel and Sun Microsystems. Concurrently, NewMarket continuously seeks to acquire emerging technology assets to incorporate into an overall product portfolio carefully packaged to complement the prevailing industry standard solutions.

NewMarket delivers its portfolio of products and services through its network of Solution Integration subsidiaries in North America and the leading emerging markets around the world to include Latin America, China and Singapore.

NewMarket ranked Number One in Texas, Number Three in the United States and Number Five in North America on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2001-2005. The Company grew from less than $1 million in revenue in 2001 to over $50 million in profitable revenue in 2005.

The company has continued its rapid growth, reporting $77.6 million in revenue with a net income of $5.8 million in 2006 and most recently $93.1 million in revenue with a net income of $7.3 million in 2007.

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