New Processing Line At Metech International Adds Capacity, Gives Customers Improved Service

Worcester, MA – April 24, 2006 – A new e-scrap processing line at Metech International’s Worcester, Massachusetts’ facility provides additional processing capability and capacity. The new line will help the company better serve its customers by providing high volume product destruction and material recovery services. The new line, which cost in excess of $1.25 million dollars, is designed to shred and process end-of-life electronic systems into basic metallic and non-metallic constituents. Metech is an internationally recognized equipment recycler and service provider to the electronics industry.

“The installation of this processing line reinforces our commitment to the responsible handling of electronic materials,” said Sam Advani, President of Metech. “It destroys computers, hard drives, and telephone systems, reducing them to shreds in a matter of minutes. This line supports our guarantee to customers of environmentally correct and secure product destruction, and the efficient and economical recovery of the contained materials.

”In addition to the installation of this processing line, Metech recently renewed its ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001, and International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER) Certified Electronics Recycler^® certifications at its Worcester, Massachusetts and Gilroy, California facilities. Its Penang, Malaysia facility is also ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certified.

Metech, a leading recycler of electronic industrial manufacturing scrap, obsolete inventory, end-of-life electronics and non-conforming materials, is headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts with additional facilities in Gilroy, California and Penang, Malaysia.  Through its Accountable Resource Management^® program, the company recovers valuable assets for clients, such as precious metals, provides for the security of proprietary products and intellectual property, and manages the reuse, recycling or environmentally responsible disposition of electronic materials.

For more information contact Metech International, 150 Blackstone River Road – Suite M, Worcester, MA 01607-1455. Call 508.795.1950, FAX 508.459.5266. Internet: www.metechgroup.com.