Valpey Fisher and Kernco Announce Business Collaboration

Hopkinton, MA, USA - May 13, 2009 – Valpey Fisher Corporation (NASDAQ: VPF) and Kernco announce that the two companies are collaborating on technology, marketing, and manufacturing products which address the satellite communications business. Please come by and visit Valpey Fisher booth #2104 at IEEE MTT-S conference in Boston June 9 – 11 where Kernco will be displaying products and have engineers available to answer your questions.

About Valpey Fisher Corporation:
Valpey Fisher specializes in designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad range of quartz crystals, oscillator timing devices and ultrasonic transducers. Major markets for the company’s quartz crystal and oscillator products include computer, networking, telecommunications, wireless, military and medical.

About Kernco, Inc.:
Kernco is committed to the design, development and production of atomic clocks, voltage controlled crystal oscillators and vacuum products for space-qualified, military and commercial applications.