Water Purifier Arrives From South Africa To Mississippi Gulf Coast; Manufacturer Sud-Chemie and UPS Join Forces to Complete Global Delivery

Business Wire, Sept 9, 2005

FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT. 9 THROUGH 12, 2005

At the Center for Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., National Guard officials have been worried about the Gulf Coast's citizens. Safe water for drinking, bathing, and cooking is in short supply throughout the area.

To the rescue: Sud-Chemie, a global chemical catalyst manufacturing company with a line of water-treatment products, and global delivery giant UPS. Together, they shipped a donated water purifier 10,000 miles from Johannesburg, South Africa, by plane to Atlanta and then trucked on to Gulfport. Next Stop: a temporary hospital operated by the Air National Guard in Bay St. Louis near Waveland, Miss.

The purifier was the only one that National Guard officials have been able to source and receive so far, said Major James Proctor in Jackson, Miss., "and it came a long way to get here," he said.

A[micro]   WHAT: The 700-pound purifier, called the "Aquacube," can process
        10,000 to 12,000 gallons of water per day and be put in
        operation right at the source of water - a river or a stream,
        for example. Most of these systems are sold for use in remote,
        underdeveloped areas. Sud-Chemie donated a similar mobile
        water treatment product to the Banda Aceh region of Indonesia
        after the tsunami there. The equipment and shipping services
        are valued at more than $11,500.

A[micro]   WHERE: Currently in Gulfport, the water purifier soon will be
        delivered to and installed at a temporary hospital in Bay St.
        Louis.

A[micro]   WHEN: You are invited to cover the installation of this purifier
        and interview spokespeople about how it works and how it got
        from South Africa to the United States. The final delivery and
        installation could occur anytime between Friday, Sept. 9, and
        Monday, Sept. 12, or thereafter.

A[micro]   WHO: For more information on the status of the installation, to
        schedule a visit to the installation site for the purifier,
        and for interviews, contact:
        Gen. William Lutz, National Guard, 601-313-6384
        Richard Power, Sud-Chemie, 502-634-7325 (w);
         502-544-7932 (cell)
        Lynnette McIntire, UPS Supply Chain Solutions,
         678-746-7985 (w); 678-770-3512 (cell)