UltraStrip's Tactical Water Filtration Truck to Benefit City of Waveland
March 14 2006 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
STUART, Fla., March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UltraStrip
Systems, Inc. (OTC:USTP) (BULLETIN BOARD: USTP) , the Stuart,
Florida-based homeland security technology company, announced that
it will donate one percent of the revenues it generates from the
sale of its "Waveland" Model Tactical Water Filtration Truck to the
City of Waveland, MS to assist in the rebuilding of that devastated
community from Hurricane Katrina. The "Waveland" Model will be
built by Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of UltraStrip,
and Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. through a Joint Marketing and Supply
Agreement. The innovative design is based on Ecosphere's experience
gained filtering water for the City of Waveland after Katrina.
Waveland Mayor Tommy Longo asked Ecosphere to provide his community
with clean water for drinking, bathing, cooking, and cleaning
purposes as the City suffered catastrophic damage to its water
supply system from Katrina's 40-foot waves and 150 mph winds.
UltraStrip's Mobile Emergency Filtration System operated
successfully for six weeks in Waveland until the community was able
to rebuild its water supply system. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060314/FLTU003 ) Mickey Donn,
President of Ecosphere Technologies and former 33-year veteran of
the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, stated, "The City of
Waveland needs a tremendous amount of help to recover from this
tragic event and the Waveland Model Tactical Water Filtration Truck
will enable us to continue assisting the people in that community.
I experienced and worked through Hurricane Andrew, but Katrina was
worse. Both hurricanes had Category 4 and 5 winds, but Katrina's
40-50 foot tidal wave destroyed everything that the winds didn't
take down. Waveland was a very different and humbling experience.
Until you are actually at the epicenter of a catastrophic event you
really don't understand the dynamics of getting clean, potable
water to the survivors and the people trying to rebuild the
community. The Waveland series filtration units use the proven
technology from our EPA tested and verified filtration system for a
terrorist attack with the added ability to treat very high levels
of contaminated salt water. This is the right piece of equipment to
respond to these natural and man-made disasters." Waveland Mayor
Tommy Longo said, "It was a very bright point in an otherwise
dismal day when Ecosphere came to town with the water purification
system. For the first time since Katrina's landfall we had a
dependable source of drinking water. The system was also used to
set up public shower facilities, which really lifted spirits in the
community. We were fighting for our lives and weren't certain where
the next truck of certified water was coming from. The water
purification system was a comfort to us all." Jeff Krauskopf, a
current Commissioner and former Mayor of Stuart, Florida, stated,
"As the Mayor of a small town, Stuart, Florida, you never think it
will happen to you, but it did with Frances, Ivan, Jeanne and
Wilma. Four hurricanes in 14 months and we were the lucky ones. The
folks in Waveland, Mississippi experienced more devastation in
Hurricane Katrina than we did in all four. While the city was still
shell shocked, Ecosphere recognized the need and immediately
stepped in to deliver clean water through their revolutionary
mobile filtration system. More impressive than the technology was
the focused response from the Ecosphere professionals to be there
when Waveland needed them. After being in Waveland and seeing these
accomplishments, I can rest easy knowing Ecosphere is the City of
Stuart's designated emergency provider." Dennis McGuire, President
and CEO of UltraStrip Systems, stated, "The Waveland Tactical Water
Filtration Truck was designed to fill a void in the marketplace
that our Company realized after our experience in Waveland. Victims
of a disaster or troops in the military need our rugged, all-wheel
drive integrated filtration truck to be able to supply them a
reliable source of drinking water no matter how difficult the
circumstances are." The new "Waveland" model is capable of
filtering highly contaminated fresh or salt water into pure
drinking water to comply with U.S. and World Health Organization
standards. The innovative 20' Waveland model filtration system will
be used for both mobile and permanent installations. The first
Waveland filtration unit will be integrated into a six-wheel drive
all-terrain vehicle manufactured by Pierce Manufacturing and called
a Tactical Water Filtration Truck (TWFT). The TWFT was designed to
service Pierce's customers in the Homeland Security, disaster
relief, and military markets. On December 5, 2005, the Company
signed a Joint Marketing and Supply Agreement with Pierce
Manufacturing, Inc. (a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation,
"OSK", NYSE). Pierce will assemble the Company's mobile filtration
units into the Pierce truck chassis and body to produce the
Tactical Water Filtration Truck and will market the product through
its well- established national sales force and international
dealerships. UltraStrip Systems is a technology incubator that
creates patented and engineered solutions for the defense of
homeland security and global ship repair markets. Our business
model focuses on joining with other companies, primarily national
and international leaders, where we provide our intellectual
property and the other company provides its marketing prowess and
extensive network of governmental and other relationships and, if
applicable, manufactures our products. The Company's proprietary
Mobile Emergency Filtration Systems and Tactical Water Filtration
Trucks, provided through its Ecosphere Technologies subsidiary, are
breaking new ground by transforming its powerful water-filtration
and purification technology for use in the world's most challenging
applications, including the military (e.g., for troop deployments)
and Homeland Security (e.g., to areas hit by man-made or natural
events that damage vital water resources). The Company's Mobile
Emergency Filtration System successfully operated for six weeks in
Waveland, MS following that community's devastation from Hurricane
Katrina, providing bulk water for drinking, bathing, cooking, and
cleaning purposes. UltraStrip's patented robotic water jetting
systems are designed to provide an environmentally safe coatings
removal process in both heavy marine, automobile, and above-ground
storage tank applications. The robotic systems have been utilized
for U.S. Navy ships (including the U.S.S. Cole after its attack off
the coast of Yemen), cruise ships, and tankers in shipyards
throughout the world. Additional information on UltraStrip can be
obtained through its websites http://www.ultrastrip.com/ and
http://www.ecospheretech.com/ . This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act") including, but
not limited to, the future revenues derived from the Waveland
Model. Additionally words such as "seek," "intend," "believe,"
"plan," "estimate," "expect," "anticipate" and other similar
expressions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Act. Some or all of the events or results anticipated by these
forward-looking statements may not occur. Factors that could cause
or contribute to such differences include UltraStrip's ability to
obtain sufficient financing to meet its working capital and other
needs and the willingness of governments and other customers to
acquire Waveland Models to be available in the event of natural
disasters and terrorist events. Further information on the
Company's risk factors is contained in the Company's Form 10-KSB
and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CONTACT: Mickey Donn, President, Ecosphere Technologies, Inc.,
+1-772-287-4846, or Web site: http://www.ultrastrip.com/
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