UltraStrip's Filtration Division Signs Agreement for Dealership in Turkey and Cyprus
March 20 2006 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
STUART, Fla., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UltraStrip
Systems, Inc. (OTC:USTP) (BULLETIN BOARD: USTP) , the Stuart,
Florida-based homeland security technology company, announced that
Eximar International Trading & Consulting (Eksimar Dis Ticaret
Ve Danismanlik Limited Sirketi) has signed an exclusive five-year
agreement to become a dealer for Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., the
Company's filtration subsidiary, in Turkey and Cyprus. The
agreement calls for the immediate purchase of one filtration system
and requires minimum purchases for the dealer to maintain its
exclusivity. Mickey Donn, President of Ecosphere Technologies and
former 33-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department,
stated, "Eximar will be an outstanding dealer for our products in
Turkey and Cyprus. They have a significant need for filtering water
for industrial, commercial, and military applications. Our
filtration systems use the proven technology from our EPA tested
and verified filtration system for a terrorist attack or natural
disaster 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." Murat Akinci,
President of Eximar, stated, "We are much exited about our new
venture with Ecosphere Technologies. We strongly believe that
Mobile Filtration Systems will be the solution not only for
governments, but also for private sectors to satisfy their
immediate and growing need for clean water. We consider Turkey and
Cyprus to be a very strategic beginning point in the Middle East
where the need for clean water is projected to double within the
next 15 to 20 years." Ecosphere's filtration systems are 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 filtration systems can be used for both
mobile and permanent installations. The Company's Tactical Water
Filtration Truck (TWFT) integrates the 20-foot filtration unit into
a six-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle manufactured by Pierce
Manufacturing Inc. (a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation,
"OSK", NYSE). The Company recently signed a Joint Marketing and
Supply Agreement with Pierce which will market the product through
its well-established national sales force and international
dealerships. The TWFT was designed to service Pierce's customers in
the Homeland Security, disaster relief, and military markets.
UltraStrip Systems is a technology incubator that creates patented
and engineered solutions for defense, 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 ideally
suited for 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/ .
DATASOURCE: UltraStrip Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Mickey Donn,
President, Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., +1-772-287-4846, or Web
site: http://www.ultrastrip.com/ http://www.ecospheretech.com/
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