Trading Statement

MSW Technology PLC
19 May 2000

                                
                        MSW TECHNOLOGY PLC
                     ('MSW' or 'the Company')
                                 
MSW  announces today that delays in completing major contracts will
result  in  the Company not trading profitably by 31 May 2000,  the
end  of  its  current  financial year.   However  the  cost  saving
programme  has been highly successful and break-even is anticipated
within the first half of the year to 31 May 2001.

The Company has signed a contract with Spring IT Solutions Limited,
a subsidiary of Spring Group PLC, to market jointly MSW products to
the IT departments of major UK corporations.

The  first full sea trials of 'Souls on Board', the Company's access
control system for the shipping industry have now been successfully
completed.   The  new  product is fully compliant  with  government
regulations which came into force on 1st January 2000.  It is being
rolled out onto other ships in the same fleet and actively reviewed
by a number of other ship operators.

MSW is also pleased to announce that a contract has been awarded  by
the  US Department of Defense for the supply of MSW 'MAPS' manpower
planning  software through its US business partner CALIBRE Systems,
Inc.  The initial work will establish a pilot programme within  the
US  Defense  Community to demonstrate the capabilities of  the  MSW
software.  Successful completion of this pilot programme may result
in its wider adoption by other US government agencies.

The  Company  has  reached a settlement with  its  former  Managing
Director.    This  has  no  significant  impact  on  the  Company's
financial position.

For  further  information  on  the  above,  please  contact  Robert
Drummond on [phone]