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To: TheSlowLane who wrote (18300)	8/15/2006 7:16:53 PM
From: Mr. Aloha	Respond to of 78410

News out tonight that the first of those milestones is met already: stockhouse.ca MALAYSIA PRODUCTION FACILITY IN OPERATION 8/15/2006 Vancouver, BC August 15, 2006 FSC / Press Release MALAYSIA PRODUCTION FACILITY IN OPERATION Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA, August 15, 2006 /FSC/ - JER Envirotech International Corp. (TSX - VX: JER), is pleased to announce that its production facility located just outside of Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Langat, Malaysia has started operations. The Company's production facility, a joint venture 51% owned by JER and 49% by Asia Pacific Microspheres Sdn Bhd ("APM") has completed the testing and is able to produce 4 feet by 8 feet panel boards using polypropylene and rice husk. Initial production tests have indicated production levels can be attained as expected. "With our Malaysian operation producing, we are the first company to commercially produce 4 feet by 8 feet wood plastic composite panel boards," stated Mr. Ernie Calica, general manager and vice-president of Asian Operations of JER. ABOUT APM: APM is a private limited company founded in 1991 as a joint venture with Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, and PPB Group Berhad. APM has grown into a leading specialty manufacturer of phenolic and amino-based microspheres and alkylphenol tackifying resins serving a wide range of industries, including but not limited to the construction, marine, automotive and aerospace industries. PPB Group Berhad (PPB), with an annual turnover of over US$2.8 billion, is a highly diversified conglomerate in Malaysia engaged in a wide spectrum of activities ranging from sugar refining, flour and animal feed milling, edible oils processing, oil palm cultivation, environmental engineering and waste management and utilities, film exhibition and distribution, property development, shipping to commodity trading. Overseas, PPB currently has operations in Vietnam, Myanmar, China and other Asian countries. ABOUT JER JER is a global producer of wood-plastic (or alternative fibre) composite compound and panel boards. The Company has co-developed 42 WPC patented formulations in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada and is in the process of establishing manufacturing operations in Canada, Philippines, Malaysia and India. The Company's business is to utilize waste materials such as saw dust and rice husk to produce products for various industries including the automotive and construction industries. For further information please contact:Mr. Mark Komonoski Mr. David Gordon VP Corporate Communications The Howard Group Inc.Phone: 403-255-8483 Toll free: 1-888-221-0915mark@jerenvirotech.com info@howardgroupinc.comwww.jerenvirotech.com JER Envirotech International Corp.Suite 1304 - 925 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2Tel: (604) 684-2181 Fax: (604) 682-4768Email: info@jerenvirotech.com Website: www.jerenvirotech.com