NEWS: ACE Hardware to Sell VLPI's Anthrax Test Nationwide
MATTHEWS, N.C., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Vital Living Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VLPI) d//b//a// American Water Service, Inc. announced today that ACE Hardware, Oak Brook, IL, will distribute PurTest(R) Anthrax Test through its 10 distribution centers in the United States making the test kits available nationwide to its 5100 dealers. Donald R. Podrebarac, President and CEO of Vital Living Products, Inc. said, "We are continuing to adjust the test media to enhance the performance of our product and we expect to begin shipments to ACE Hardware by Thanksgiving under ACE stock number 4196705."
Vital Living's press conference scheduled for the Friar's Club, 57 East 55th St. in New York City at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2001, will be an opportunity for the news media to preview the test. For information, call Ray Dirks @ 1-800-774-0778.
PurTest(R) Anthrax Test will allow anyone to test air, surfaces and water. The test detects for presence of germs and spores providing the consumer with results at home or in the workplace. Mr. Podrebarac concluded saying "The article Thursday, October 18, 2001 in the Wall Street Journal said 'early market research shows that as many as half of people polled would buy a home test system for anthrax.' People that have PurTest(R) Anthrax Test will be better prepared to deal with bioterrorism."
To be placed on the VLPI shareholder e-mail list contact sandy@purtest.com. Shareholders and financial professionals may also contact sandy@purtest.com.
About Vital Living Products, Inc.
Vital Living Products specializes in environmental testing and treatment products that are sold nationally in over 20,000 locations under the PurTest(R) brand name. Winner of the 2000 Consumer Product Award by the American Quality Institute and Best New Product Award in its category for 2000 by Today's Homeowner, the Company manufactures and distributes PurTest(R), delivering instant results. In addition, Vital Living Products, Inc. provides drinking water systems and water treatment equipment for residential, commercial and industrial use. PurTest(R) water testing kits, recommended by Good Housekeeping Magazine in November of 2000, are available through Ace Hardware, Do It Best, Lowe's, Fred Meyer, Menards, United Hardware, W.W. Grainger, Mid-States Distributors, plus many Home Depot locations.
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