A Shareholder Update From Eurotech's CEO
2005年6月2日 - 1:27AM
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A Shareholder Update From Eurotech's CEO MANASSAS, Va., June 1
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eurotech, Ltd. (OTC Pink Sheets: EUOT)
today issued the following message to its shareholders from Carey
Naddell, CEO and Chairman of the Board, of the Company. Over the
last two years, I have worked diligently and successfully to retire
much of the debt incurred by the former management of Eurotech. I
have also spent many hours repairing relationships and rebuilding
confidence in our ability to succeed. In late 2004, it became
apparent to Eurotech's management and Board of Director's that
certain strategic alliance partners and investors were less than
enthusiastic in contributing to Eurotech's survival and may even
have been working counter to our efforts to revitalize the company.
Eurotech's Board of Directors has been disappointed by the pace of
commercialization of our patented technologies by our strategic
licensing partners. Accordingly, in the first quarter 2005,
Eurotech engaged several technology commercialization specialists
with whom we are aggressively working to rebuild the company
through marketing and licensing of key technologies from our patent
portfolio. The progress outlined below has resulted since January
2005 from this collaboration. We have entered into discussions
regarding our nuclear waste encapsulation technologies and our
related environmental technology, AC/EMR, with an internationally
recognized nuclear engineering firm and major Department of Energy
contractor whose North American Headquarters is located in
Virginia. The significance of these discussions is that this
company contacted Eurotech seeking out our nuclear waste related
technologies. Additionally, we are attempting to increase the
supporting activities needed to place the AC/EMR technology into
the waste sensing and monitoring market and allow us to proceed
with potential environmental, Department of Defense, and Homeland
Security applications. In related non-nuclear applications of our
EKOR material, we have recently initiated marketing contacts and
initial discussions on the use of EKOR as a protective coating for
corrosive materials storage containers. We have successfully
secured the process know-how and formulations for several of our
patented polymer technologies including HNIPU. This has allowed us
to move forward independent of a continued reliance on unreliable
third parties and will provide for North American based production,
where we can control the technology, its applications, and
extensions. As part of the technology marketing revitalization
process, we have entered discussions for potential licensing and/or
toll production of HNIPU with the world's largest producer of
thermosetting resins headquartered in Ohio, which includes a
portion of a resin business unit that had been evaluating our HNIPU
in 2003. Eurotech has also entered into preliminary discussions for
the potential licensing of HNIPU with a major paint and coatings
manufacturing company located in Ohio, and a specialty polymer
manufacturing company specializing in binders for floor and wall
coatings. They are in early stage performance evaluations of the
technology. We anticipate the possibility that some form of
cooperation with Environmental Friendly Materials (EFM), GMBH could
emerge for the manufacturing of some individual versions of the
HNIPU binder in Europe for shipment to the US as the base for paint
production here. I am excited with the significant progress we've
been able to achieve in the first quarter after refocusing on our
business development efforts. With continuation of this momentum,
Eurotech is poised to reemerge as a fully operational and viable
business entity. There have been insufficient funds to bring our
filings current, however in light of our new business development
thrust, it's on my agenda to address this situation as soon as
funding allows. You have my personal assurance that I will continue
to work diligently to see that our current technologies are
utilized to their fullest extent and that new opportunities are
capitalized on as they emerge. I appreciate your continued support
as we return Eurotech to full operations. About Eurotech, Ltd.
Eurotech is a corporate asset manager seeking to acquire, integrate
and optimize a diversified portfolio of advanced technologies in
various markets. Our mission is to build value in our emerging
technologies by providing each with the resources it needs to
realize its strategic business potential. Safe Harbor Statement
Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Investors are cautioned that certain statements contained in this
document as well as some statements in periodic press releases and
some oral statements of Eurotech, Ltd. officials during
presentations about Eurotech, Ltd., are "forward- looking"
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Forward-looking statements include
statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or
refer to future events or conditions, which include words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes,"
"estimates," or similar expressions. In addition, any statements
concerning future financial performance (including future revenues,
earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or
prospects, and possible future actions, which may be provided by
management, are also forward-looking statements as defined by the
Act. Some of the factors that could significantly impact the
forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are
not limited to: insufficient cash flow to continue to fund the
development and marketing of the Company's products and technology;
a rejection of the Company's products and technologies by the
marketplace, and; disputes as to the Company's intellectual
property rights. Forward-looking statements are based upon current
expectations and projections about future events and are subject to
risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about Eurotech, its
technology, economic and market factors and the industries in which
Eurotech, Ltd. does business, among other things. These statements
are not guarantees of future performance and Eurotech, Ltd. has no
specific intention to update these statements. More detailed
information about those factors is contained in Eurotech Ltd.'s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE:
Eurotech, Ltd. CONTACT: Carey Naddell of Eurotech, Ltd.,
+1-561-350-5155 Web site: http://www.eurotechltd.com/
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