News | May 27, 2005

Adventus Americas Offers Unique Soil Remediation Performance Guarantee

Patented DARAMEND® technology ideal for U.S. Military and BRAC sites

Bloomingdale, IL — Adventus Americas Inc. (AAI), has announced the only codified performance guarantee targeting the soil remediation biotechnology marketplace. Key beneficiaries include industry Site owners, state municipalities, and varied Department of Defense Restoration Program (DERP) projects - including Installation Restoration Program (IRP) and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) sites impacted by hazardous substances.

The technology deployed is AAI's patented DARAMEND and TERRAMEND solutions, which have successfully remediated more than 800,000 tons of soil impacted with a wide range of contaminants including organic explosives compounds, TPHs, phthalates, Pentachlorophenol (PCP), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and a range of chlorinated herbicides and pesticides.

Dr. Jim Mueller, president of AAI, outlined the general parameters of this innovative policy. "The Adventus Group continues to demonstrate the powerful capabilities of our DARAMEND and TERRAMEND remediation biotechnologies. Confidence in both the science and field-performance of our products allows us to offer the industry's only performance guarantee for soil remediation of this type. By contractually guaranteeing clean-up results to a specified remedial goal within a certain time frame, we offer an unmatched and risk-free remedy to decision makers across the hazardous waste removal landscape".

Dr. Alan Seech, president of Ontario-based, sister company Adventus Remediation Technologies added, "Terms and conditions of the performance guarantee are based on the results of a site-specific engineering assessment or the results of pilot-scale tests. Working with Site owners and their consultants, we will agree to reach a defined remedial goal, or refund any money paid to us. As summarized below, our unique warranty of performance has been applied to soils containing organic explosives (OE) and other nitrogenous energetic compounds (NECs), chlorinated solvents, and pesticides.

About The Adventus Group
Adventus Americas Inc. (AAI) is an environmental technology company that provides various remediation biotechnologies including those exclusive to our sister companies, Adventus Remediation Technologies (ART) and EnviroMetal Technologies Inc. (ETI). The group's proprietary technologies include DARAMEND® and TERRAMEND™ for treatment of soil and sediment, AQUAMEND® for wastewater, and EHC™ technologies and mGCW systems for in situ groundwater treatment. ETI is the world leader in applications of permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology for the remediation of contaminated groundwater, with experience at over 125 sites in United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. Both EHC and DARAMEND are the subjects of numerous U.S. patents.

The Adventus Group network includes field offices in Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, and Ontario, Canada, including an expanding network of international licensees. Additional licensee inquiries are welcome. For more information on The Adventus Group, visit the company's Web sites at www.adventus.us or www.eti.ca.

Source: The Adventus Group