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Project Highlights from 2008

10/31/08 – A large University located in the Southern U.S. has purchased our EGAS (Engine Gas) analysis system. This system has a very established track record in the European market, and is now proving itself in several applications the U.S. This order will include a Topaze analyzer 32 (for NO, NOx, and NO2), a Graphite 52 M-S (for THC), a MIR2M-S (for CO high, CO low, CO2, EGR CO2), an FTUV (for NH3) and Mica 2-M-1 . The university will use the system to measure compliance for 40 CFR Part 1065 and Diesel 2010 regulations.

9/5/2008 – Altech will provide a large refiner and marketer of petroleum products headquartered in Texas with two dry, straight extractive systems to monitor NOx, CO, and O2. The monitoring will be done on 2 large power boilers. This is the second project in 3 months that the engineering firm responsible for this project has chosen Altech for their custom CEMS applications.

8/28/08 – A newsprint facility has selected Altech Environment U.S.A. to supply a MIR 9000 multi-gas analyzer for the measurement of NOx, CO, and O2 at a boiler at their facility located in the Pacific Northwest. The analyzers will utilize a “time-sharing” configuration which is capable of sampling alternately with enough frequency to meet the regulatory requirements for “continuous” emissions monitoring from both boilers.

8/21/08 – A major engineering firm recently awarded Altech Environment U.S.A. a project to supply a CEMS system for a fertilizer plant that includes a Topaze 32 and a FTUV NH3 analyzer.

8/18/08 – Altech Environment U.S.A., building on its worldwide reputation for quality has teamed up with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to provide CFE Pacifico (Mexico) with monitoring solutions for a coal fired utility boiler. This dilution system will monitor NOx, SO2, O2 and opacity.

8/2008 – Altech recently expanded its Chicago headquarters. This new space will serve several functions. First, our expanding engineering department will move to a new dedicated workspace. Second, as we broaden our markets to include applications such as EGAS (Engine Gas Analysis Systems), the new space will allow us to handle numerous projects, while maintaining our reputation for quality. As we hire new employees to help us grow, Altech was proud to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our Tech Support Manager, Mark Chamberlin. Mark has been with us since the inception of this company in 1989.

7/23/08 – Xcel Energy selected Altech Environment U.S.A. to provide a dry, straight extractive system to monitor NOx, CO, C02. This CEMS is based on our SEC/MIR9000 for their Ft. St. Strain facility.

7/2/08 – At their plant located in the Southern United States, a large steel producer will use Altech instruments to monitor NOx, CO2, and O2 to report mass NOx and CO emissions based on conversion factors.

6/12/08 –Supplying Altech with a very substantial order, a large Midwest-based engineering firm awards 2nd contract in recent months to Altech Environment U.S.A. to provide 16 Inlet NOx/02/Combustibles monitoring systems. 16 MIR-IS systems were ordered for a LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) facility located in Texas.

6/2/2008 – TRIAD Electric and Controls worked as partners with Altech Environment U.S.A. to provide solutions for a very large utility company. Altech provided replacements for three existing dilution CEMS for one of their facilities, and assisted in upgrading data acquisition systems for both their two other plants. The boilers that require CEMS are all gas fired and fall under 40CFR75 regulation.

5/21/08 – For their MacArthur WTE (Waste to Energy) Facility in New York, Veolia Environmental Services will use Altech Environment U.S.A. to supply SEC/MIR9000 to monitor the flue gas at the inlet/outlet of the baghouse for two units. The SEC probe uses the permeation principle to clean and dry the hot/wet sample right at the sampling location without affecting the components of interest.

5/15/08 – Black and Veatch’s Sandy Creek Energy Station Project will incorporate Altech Environment U.S.A’s dilution-based CEMS to monitor the required emissions from the main boiler stack and SO2 at the scrubber inlet along with one ammonia monitor.

5/1/08 – Altech Environment U.S.A. provided a CEMS system that included a MIR/CLD and MIR-NH3 analyzers for a power plant at a major university located in the Southern U.S. The system is intended to monitor a GE combustion gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator.

3/13/08- A public power company has elected Altech Environment U.S.A. to be their CEMS provider for 2 units that will monitor stack emissions to include; NOx, CO, CO2 and SO2 at a power plant located in the Central U.S.

1/3/2008 – Altech Environment U.S.A. continues to emerge as a trusted supplier to the growing ethanol markets. An ethanol producer located in the Central United States will use a MIR 9000 at their solid fuel boiler at their biorefining facility. The system is a cold/dry direct extractive system designed to monitor NOx, SO2, CO, and C02.

12/18/07 - Altech recently was awarded a project to provide 2 Mercury CEMS installed in walk-in shelters at Grand River Dam Authority. This CEMS acquisition was initiated by GRDA to comply with the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), and 40 CFR 75 (Acid Rain Rule), which primarily impact coal burning electric power plants. The CEMS will be installed on the existing coal fired boilers at the Choteau, OK Power Station. This project includes DAS integration, on-site services, and RATA certification. Altech was selected from a group of 4 bidders because of our ability to execute large projects with a minimum of technical exceptions, our outstanding reputation for quality work, on-time delivery, and aftermarket service and customer support.

12/15 07 - Altech recently was awarded a project to provide 4 CEMS and 3 Mercury CEMS for the Lower Colorado River Authority’s Fayette Station. The CEMS will be installed on the new air quality control system (AQCS) being installed at the Fayette Power Station. This project includes two FGD inlet CEMS and two stack CEMS, with Mercury CEMS on the units, plus a Mercury CEMS on the existing Unit 3.

11/15/07 - Altech recently was awarded a project to provide 10 CEMS and 3 Mercury CEMS for the First Energy Sammis Station. The CEMS will be installed on the new air quality control system (AQCS) being retrofit at the Sammis Power Station. This project includes seven (7) boiler outlets CEMS and three (3) stack CEMS, monitoring after the new FGDs. In addition, three (3) new Mercury CEMS are included in the CEMS package.