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Universal Ice Blast Europe appoints Mourik as Ice Blast service provider

Universal Ice Blast Europe appoints Mourik Services BV as Ice Blast Service Partner.  Mourik and Universal Ice Blast Europe will work together to spread availability of Ice Blast Services to the European market.

Den Burg, 1 October 2003 – Universal Ice Blast Europe (www.iceblast.nl) and Mourik Services BV (www.mourik.com/index_uk.html) have entered into a partnership to provide industrial cleaning services offering Universal Ice Blast Europe’s patented technology. Mourik Services BV is an industrial contractor known for their innovative and advanced working solutions, a contractor that places the interest of the customer as their top priority. Their commitment to the new Ice Blast technology is evidenced by a sophisticated new mobile Ice Blast vehicle capable of offering a broad range of Ice Blast services to their extensive Dutch customer base.  Mourik Services plans to offer its services to its customers in other European countries in the coming months.

Mourik Services is established in Botlek-Rotterdam with Dutch branches in Vlissingen, Moerdijk and Velsen-Noord. Mourik has provided a broad range of technical services for the past 40 years to the petro-chemical, steel, utilities and environmental industries. These services include; informational and realization support, maintenance for mechanical engineering, high pressure water and vacuum cleaning, catalyst handling, asbestos abatement, environmental technology and civil engineering.

“Ice Blast has been totally new for Mourik Services. For some applications Ice Blast provides potential advantages over current cleaning practices. For example, Ice Blast is Environmentally friendly, Safe and is low-cost, these are the qualities that our customers find most appealing”, according to ing J.H. (Hans) Stam, Managing Director of Mourik Services B.V. “Cleaning using Ice Blast is an alternative Mourik made available to our clientele to provide even better services and well considered innovative cleaning solutions.”

The newly built Ice Blast unit makes it possible to operate completely independent of local infrastructure at customers’ sites. Mourik Ice Blast services in The Netherlands are available from Mouriks’ main branch in Botlek-Rotterdam.  Universal Ice Blast Europe and Mouriks’ foreign branches will expand the Ice Blast services into several European countries outside of The Netherlands.

“The expansion of our Ice Blast technology into Europe through Mouriks’ branch network will provide a viable alternative to existing cleaning methods for the industrial market. This relationship will allow Mouriks’ customers to have direct access to the low-cost and minimal-waste benefits of our Ice Blast cleaning technology”, says Kees Dros, Managing Director of Universal Ice Blast Europe,” a Win-Win for all parties involved.”

 “Now that the first phase of Ice Blast services has been completed, Universal Ice Blast Europe is building a network of European Ice Blast Partners” Says Dros.  Universal Ice Blast Partnerships will comprise of:

·  Ice Blast Service Partners:            Industrial service companies providing Industrial   Cleaning and Environmental Cleaning services.

·  Ice Blast Equipment Partners:           Equipment manufacturers of Ice Blast equipment for production cleaning and deburring solutions.

·  Ice Blast Support Partners:            Support organizations providing maintenance for refrigeration, mechanical, and production or development services to Universal Ice Blast Europe and its Partners.

About Mourik Services

Mourik Services has more than 700 qualified employees and a large fleet of modern equipment.  It is a division of Joh. Mourik & Co. Holding B.V., a company with 1800 employees and turnover of 250 million euro worldwide.

About Universal Ice Blast Europe

Ice Blast, a patented technology, was developed by Universal Ice Blast, Inc (NASDAQ:UIBI), in Kirkland, Washington, USA. Universal Ice Blast Europe (UIBE) represents UIBI in Europe and will manufacture, market and sell the Ice Blast equipment to the European market. UIBE services are delivered through a network of appointed Ice Blast Partners to end use-customers.

UIBE will position its Ice Blast technology into 3 primary market segments: Industrial Cleaning (cleaning of industrial machinery, infrastructures and marine applications), Production Cleaning (cleaning and deburring in manufacturing industries), and Environmental Cleaning (asbestos abatement, lead based paint removal and nuclear decontamination). UIBE will have access to a new range of products, currently under development by UIBI , that are aimed at specific applications in existing market segments.

 

Asbestos Abatement Project Completed Using Ice Blast

Lake Oswego Insulation ("LOI") an environmental remediation contractor in Portland, Oregon specializing in asbestos abatement and mold remediation, recently completed another difficult asbestos abatement project in a high rise building in downtown Portland. The work for this project consisted of simultaneously removing approximately 20,000 square feet of asbestos fireproofing from each of two floors in the high-rise building.

LOI has used the ice blast process on previous projects and decided to employ it again on this project. John Mayer, President of LOI, said, "We again chose this technology due to the low volume of water generated, as well as its cleaning ability in the typically difficult to reach areas of most abatement projects. In December of 2000, we used Universal Ice Blast equipment for one floor of asbestos fireproofing removal in the same building. This time we had two floors and a very aggressive time schedule.

Using the ice blast process is a big advantage in performing critical cleaning of areas that present real challenges for access in detail cleaning of structural steel and deck surfaces."

LOI, an early adopter of the ice blast technology, continues to view use of the technology in the asbestos abatement industry as a competitive advantage. The reason for this is twofold.  The technology provides increased efficiency in removing asbestos and also increased protection for everyone impacted by the project, whether owner, tenants, or LOI employees.

Mayer continued, "The high production rate of the Universal Ice Blast technology in performing the critical function of initial cleaning is a real morale booster for employees who were faced with nearly an acre of area that is typically cleaned by hand. This, coupled with the technology's ability to provide effective ice blast processing while creating a minimum of waste water, kept the material containing asbestos wetted adequately for safe removal and kept employee exposure at levels well below OSHA's

Permissible Exposure Limit throughout the project. This is a huge advantage. We were able to perform the work very efficiently and did so without risking either containment breaches for the owner or unnecessary exposure for our employees."

About Lake Oswego Insulation Company, Inc. (LOI)

LOI is a leading provider of abatement solutions to commercial, institutional, and industrial owners, as well as to general contractors throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. With more than 20 years experience working in virtually every type of facility, LOI has developed expertise using a wide variety of methods and technologies and has become an industry-leader in the field of asbestos and mold remediation. LOI is uniquely qualified to meet the challenges faced by facility owners in the development and implementation of successful abatement projects. For more information regarding Lake Oswego Insulation, Inc please call (503) 245-6460.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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