Triant appoints William J. Wignall to Board of Directors

Triant Holdings Inc. (TSX: TNT) today announced the appointment of William J. Wignall to its Board of Directors, subject to regulatory approval.  Mr. Wignall has more than 12 years of executive management experience in the electronics industry and has held senior level positions in key functional areas including engineering, marketing, finance and general management. Until recently, he was President & CEO of Electronics Workbench, a leading supplier of electronics design automation software, which under his guidance was acquired by National Instruments Corporation (NASDAQ: NATI), a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation. Before joining Electronics Workbench, he was Vice President at Broadband Networks of Winnipeg (now part of Northern Telecom), a manufacturer of wireless broadband networking products. Prior to that he was Vice President and General Manager for Telezone, a telecom operating company, and also held various management positions at Nortel.  "We are pleased to welcome Bill to the Board of Triant," said Brian Harrison, Triant's Chairman of the Board. "With his experience of building a successful global software business and background in corporate development and business strategy, we are looking forward to Bill's contributions and value as a board member."  Mr. Wignall is a registered professional engineer in Ontario and holds a B.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.   About Triant  Triant is a leader in equipment health monitoring, advanced fault detection and sophisticated data analysis technology. Our primary industry focus is the semiconductor industry where we provide innovative APC (Advanced Process Control) software solutions that enable our customers to improve their productivity and lower their manufacturing costs. To address the market opportunity in the semiconductor industry, we have developed ModelWare(R), a complete equipment health monitoring and advanced fault detection software solution. Leading semiconductor companies are using ModelWare to improve their competitive advantage in manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs). The Company's ModelWare product provides a commercially available, real-time, multivariate equipment health monitoring and advanced fault detection software solution to the semiconductor industry, by virtue of its technology, deployment experience and expertise in equipment health monitoring and advanced fault detection principles and techniques. More information about Triant is available via the Internet at www.triant.com.   %SEDAR: 00023157E 

  For further information: Robert Heath, CEO, Paul O'Sullivan, President,  Mark Stephens, CFO, Triant Holdings Inc., (604) 697-5090, mail@triant.com; To request a free copy of this organization's annual report, please go to http://www.newswire.ca and click on Tools for Investors.

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