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Non-Tech : Earthshell Corp. (ERTH) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skywatcher who wrote (403)	6/2/2006 12:55:51 PM
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BALTIMORE--(Business Wire)--June 2, 2006-- EarthShell(R) Corporation (OTCBB:ERTH) today provided an update regarding licensee market development progress and expanding product distribution and sales, which are driving continued market momentum for EarthShell Disposable Dinnerware plates and bowls. EarthShell, its U.S. licensee ReNewable Products, Inc. (RPI) and Mexico licensee EarthShell Hidalgo, are focused on establishing new usage and expanding market penetration. In the retail segment, EarthShell Hidalgo reported that EarthShell Dinnerware will be available to consumers at 300 Wal-Mart stores in Mexico this month. RPI reported that warehouse club store retailer, Sam's Club, will soon begin selling EarthShell plates and bowls initially in select mid-west locations, e.g., Illinois and Indiana. Another new customer, Penn Traffic Company, operating 111 supermarkets in Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, will also now be stocking EarthShell plates and bowls on store shelves this month. Penn Traffic Company operates supermarkets under the names Bilo Foods, Quality Markets, Riverside Markets and P&C Foods. "Following the ribbon cutting at RPI's new manufacturing facility in April and product launch into the retail market segment, market receptivity to EarthShell Dinnerware has been very good," said Vincent J. Truant, chairman and chief executive officer of EarthShell Corporation. "The EarthShell brand is building momentum, as EarthShell Dinnerware is available on a continually broader basis throughout North America. Truant added, "We believe that today's news represents the type of initial momentum that EarthShell and its licensees have been working to establish." Today's new customer usage is in addition to other new business announced recently. The Company also indicated that special promotional activities/events are being planned for the summer months to promote the EarthShell brand and product availability at current and new retail locations. Retailers and consumers should enjoy the unique attributes of the planned promotions. Look for details about these activities in an upcoming announcement. In addition to increased product availability at retail, EarthShell also reported early positive response to the Company's recently announced national online purchase program. To date, consumers from more than 20 states have purchased EarthShell plates and bowls through this program. EarthShell Corporation is engaged in the licensing and commercialization of proprietary composite material technology for the manufacture of foodservice disposable packaging, such as plates, bowls and cups. In addition to certain environmental characteristics, EarthShell Packaging is designed to be cost and performance competitive compared to other foodservice packaging materials. EarthShell foodservice disposable packaging is designed with the environment in mind. Developed over many years using a "life cycle inventory" and in consultation with leading environmental experts, EarthShell products reduce the environmental burdens of rigid food service packaging through the careful selection of raw materials, processes and suppliers. The products are made primarily from natural limestone and starch from potatoes, wheat or corn. The new packaging poses substantially fewer risks to wildlife than polystyrene foam packaging because it biodegrades when exposed to moisture in nature, physically disintegrates in water when crushed or broken, and can be composted in a commercial facility, where available, or in your backyard. For more information, please visit our web site at www.earthshell.com. This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties of other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's most recent Form 10-K and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. EarthShell Corporation Media Inquiries: Cindy Eikenberg, 410-847-9420 www.earthshell.com Copyright Business Wire 2006 02Jun06 14:58 GMT Symbols: de;ES1 us;ERTH