FEBRUARY 28--DALSA Corporation (Waterloo, ON, Canada; www.dalsa.com) has announced that it has received two contracts totaling $2.3 million from customers in the professional imaging-sciences end markets.

The first contract is for the development and delivery of a new high-performance image sensor chip for use in professional imaging. The contract consists of both
the development and follow-on production of the image sensor and has the potential for subsequent follow-on orders. The development is expected to be completed
over the next nine months.

The second contract is for the development of a unique image sensor chip used in life-sciences imaging. The contract, which has the potential for follow-on production orders, is expected to be completed over the next 16 months. This is the third custom contract of its kind in the past seven months that Dalsa has received from customers in the life-sciences imaging end market.

Tue Feb 28 18:47:00 CST 2006