To: Bid daddy who wrote (2347 ) 9/13/1999 3:22:00 PM From: lwk Respond to of 2444
Kop-Coat Launches Napier's Anti-Fouling Paint Remover VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--Napier International Technologies Inc. (NIR.TSE) is pleased to report that it has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Kop-Coat Inc. for the pleasure craft marine industry in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The Marine Group of Kop-Coat (www.kop-coat.com) manufactures and markets a complete line of high performance coatings for the domestic pleasure marine industry with leading brands Pettit, Woolsey, and Z*Spar. Kop-Coat is part of the RPM Inc. family of companies (www.rpminc.com) which is a world leader in specialty coatings, serving both industry and consumers with products that often command the number one position in the marketplaces that they serve. The company's products are sold in more than 130 countries. RPM has $1.7 billion in sales and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Kop-Coat launched Napier's anti-fouling paint removers at the Imtec Boat Show on the 18th of August 1999 in Orlando, Florida. The product was well received and has led to the initial order of 80 - 55 US gallon drums of product, which has already been shipped. This will provide product for their New Jersey packaging plant only. Kop-Coat has an additional plant in California, where Napier's product will also be repackaged in 5 US gallon containers and sold to boatyards and marinas throughout their territory. Napier continues a steady growth and will continue to expand its product line through reps, distributors, and joint ventures on a global basis. (www.napierintl.com) ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bradley T. Aelicks, President/Director