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HENDERSON,
Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2005--Emergency Filtration
Products Inc. (EFP) (OTCBB: EMFP) today announced
that it has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement
with Manteca, Calif.-based 2H Distributors (http://www.2hdistributors.com/)
to distribute the company's NanoMask to both retail
and wholesale market segments in the United States
and internationally. 2H Distributors has already placed
its initial stocking order of 10,000 NanoMasks and
50,000 replacement filters.
In the United States, 2H Distributors will launch
a marketing campaign for the NanoMask, and will be
seeking retail outlets throughout the country, with
particular emphasis on marketing to airport retail
stores that cater to customers flying to the Pacific
Rim. Internationally, 2H Distributors' wholesale marketing
plans entail forming partnerships with a number of
consumer products distributors in Southeast Asian
markets such as Vietnam and Thailand.
"I am excited
not only about the potential market for the NanoMask,
but perhaps more importantly, about its ability to
help save lives in a time when the avian flu has been
deemed -- by no lesser authority than the World Health
Organization -- to have the potential to kill millions
worldwide," said Douglas Heath, president, 2H
Distributors.
"The recent concern
about the H5N1 virus, better known as the avian flu,
has sparked a great deal of interest in our NanoMask,"
said Douglas K. Beplate, president, EFP. "While
we have been quietly selling this product to consumers
who have requested it, we have made no effort to launch
a large-scale campaign for this product. Instead,
we believe that our interests will be better served
by entering into distribution agreements such as this
one with 2H Distributors, as well as pursuing large
corporate and retail opportunities."
About NanoMask
(http://emergencyfiltration.com/Product
Page/NanoMask.htm)
EFP's 2H Nano-Enhanced
Environmental Mask, the NanoMask, with 27 nanometers
filtration capability, relies on the company's core
2H Technology(TM) filtration system, which utilizes
a combination of hydrophobic and hydrophilic filters
able to capture and isolate bacterial and viral microorganisms
with efficiencies of 99.9%. The environmental mask
utilizes the company's patented 2H Technology(TM)
and nanotechnology to enhance the capture-and-isolation
characteristics of the filter media. For an independent
discussion of the NanoMask excerpted from the book
"H5N1Virus: How to Protect Your Family Against
the Coming Pandemic," visit: http://emergencyfiltration.com/H5N1
Excerpt.htm.
About Emergency Filtration
Products
(http://www.emergencyfiltration.com/)
is an air filtration products manufacturer whose patented
2H Technology(TM) filter system has produced filtration
efficiencies of "greater than 99.99%" at
a particulate size of 0.027 microns. Its initial products
were developed for the medical market: the Vapor Isolation
Valve(TM) and RespAide(R) CPR Isolation Mask used
for resuscitation of respiratory/cardiac arrest cases;
and the 2H Breathing Circuit Filter for ventilators,
respirators and anesthesia circuitry. Each has received
FDA approval. The company also markets an Automated
External Defibrillator Prep Kit featuring RespAide;
and the NanoMask(R), a nanotechnology-enhanced environmental
mask. In addition to filtration products, the company
supplies Superstat(R), a modified hemostatic collagen,
to the U.S. military for surgery and extreme wound
care.
Contacts
Emergency Filtration Products Inc., Henderson
Wendy Harper, 702-558-5164
Fax: 702-567-1893
contactus@emergencyfiltration.com
www.emergencyfiltration.com
or
WPH Consultants Ltd. (Investor Relations)
Philippe Niemetz, 800-477-7570 or 212-344-6464
Fax: 212-509-2755
philippe.niemetz@wphconsultants.com
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