August 5, 2004
METALAST International, Inc., the process control and complete technology provider to the metal finishing industry, has announced a series of Continuing Education in Metal Finishing. Learn best practice Metal Finishing, tips and techniques with the new Continuing Education in Metal Finishing classes held at the world's only Technical Center devoted to Metal Finishing.
The course is available to manufacturers, engineers, metal finishers and all others interested in learning more about best practices in metal finishing. The class will be held at the METALAST Technical Center in Minden, NV. The class will be presented by METALAST the Technical and Engineering staff of METALAST. METALAST has published 16 papers at technical conferences and over 50 in-house research reports on Metal Finishing.
METALAST has announced that the Company will be holding monthly 2-day Continuing Education in Metal Finishing courses throughout 2005 at the METALAST Technical Center in Minden, NV. The schedule commences in January. Please contact your Regional Sales Manager for dates of the classes.
METALAST conducts the training courses to discuss aluminum, Metal Finishing process and history, Metal Finishing industry, process capabilities and limitations, and the benefits of process control. The course takes attendees through basic principles in anodizng, pre- and post- treatments, proper racking techniques, chemistry, bath maintenance, and then into a discussion on the benefits of process control. Quality control and troubleshooting are also major topics of the class. All attendees will participate in sample processing in the METALAST laboratory utilizing the METALAST JobPro to apply what was learned.
METALAST plans to continue training and education as a means to inform manufacturers and anodizers about sound Metal Finishing practices and process control in an effort to improve the quality of finishing, thereby reducing costs and increasing profits for companies. The training classes allow both manufacturers and metal finishers to sit in the same room and discuss problems, concerns, and potential solutions, with METALAST leading the discussion.
METALAST International, Inc. is a recognized process control leader serving the entire worldwide metal finishing market (electroplating and Metal Finishing). The METALAST JobPro a represents the first affordable, off the shelf process control solution for the $50 Billion metal finishing industry.
The JobPro will help facilitate greater product consistency, process run repeatability, better quality control, and traceability. Utilizing the ISO and QS compliant JobPro will also enhance production throughput with low cost plant retrofitting to platers and anodizers.
Additionally, METALAST offers a complete line of its own private label metal finishing chemistries, licenses its proprietary Metal Finishing technology to captive facilities, provides technical support, training and education, R&D services, and is a metal finishing consultant to many of the Fortune 500.
This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this document (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by METALAST International, Inc.) that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. . Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as technical difficulties in developing the products; competition from other suppliers of similar products; pricing that may not be acceptable to potential markets; problems with the transport of the products produced; failure for a market to develop for the products; and many other known and unknown factors that affect the technology and automotive industry in general. Should any risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have material adverse effects on METALAST’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
