February 19, 2003
METALAST International, Inc., the process control and complete technology provider to the metal finishing industry, has recently completed the research report "Inherent Benefits of Process Control in Metal Finishing Environments."
The paper discusses many of the direct and indirect benefits realized when computerized process control is implemented in a metal finishing process line. Direct costs are lowered, quality is improved, and the number of rejected and defective parts is reduced.
The paper also explains the improvements manufacturers might expect from a vendor's implementation of process control in all areas of industry - automotive, aerospace, electronics. Dr. Sjon Westre, METALAST's Vice President Technical Support Director, is the author of the paper. The paper can be downloaded at www.metalast.com.
METALAST International, Inc. is a recognized process control leader serving the entire worldwide metal finishing market (electroplating and anodizing). The METALAST IPC Pro Series process controllers (JobPro and LinePro) represent the first affordable, off the shelf process control solutions for the $50 Billion metal finishing industry.
Pro Series controllers 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 anodizing 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.
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Todd Landaburu
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METALAST International, Inc.
(775) 782-8324
tlandaburu@metalast.com
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