To: Buckey who wrote (106674 ) 6/18/2002 2:11:31 PM From: Jim Bishop Respond to of 150070 TSTA TurboSonic Receives US$1 Million New Systems Order WATERLOO, Ontario, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: TSTA - News), a leader in air pollution control technology, today announced its receipt of a new systems order totaling approximately US$1 million subsequent to the close of the third fiscal quarter. The order is for a system to control sub-micron particulate and condensible Volatile Organic Compounds ("VOC") emissions from a major corn processing operation in Illinois. The products include TurboSonic's Turbotak Wet Scrubber and SonicKleen(TM) Wet Electrostatic Precipitator. Edward Spink, TurboSonic's Chairman and CEO, said "This order was won in a very competitive bidding process and is a "first of" in the industry. We expect that this order will set the new standard, together with thermal oxidation, for emissions control in corn milling/ethanol production plants. We believe this order opens a new emerging market for our proprietary products and represents a major growth opportunity for TurboSonic." Mr. Spink added "I think the EPA will be watching this installation, and may use it to set new BACT (Best Available Control Technology) standards for the industry, which has 75 plants in production or under construction." TurboSonic Technologies designs and markets proprietary air pollution control technologies to industrial customers worldwide. Its products are designed to meet and exceed the strictest emissions regulations, improve performance, reduce operating costs and recover valuable by-products. Industries served include Pulp & Paper, Metals & Mining, Cement, Waste Incineration, Power Generation, Wood Products and Petrochemicals. Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward looking statement. Factors that impact such forward looking statements include, among others, changes in worldwide general economic conditions, changes in interest rates, government regulations, and worldwide competition. SOURCE: TurboSonic Technologies, Inc.