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Non-Tech : ThermaCell Technologies (VCLL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joe Griffin who wrote (105)	1/22/1999 7:51:00 PM
From: Steven Finkel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164

VCLL WEB SITE IS UP AND RUNNING! ThermaCell Technologies, Inc. NASDAQ:VCLL) announced that it went "live" this morning with its eagerly anticipated Internet paint store at www.thermacell.com. Opening of the store makes ThermaCell one of the first companies to enter the paint e-tailing business. The store will initially feature specialty interior and exterior paints and coatings and waterborne and solvent-based ready-made color paints, including roof coatings, manufactured in Miami under the Company's Atlas and Scientific Coatings brands. Products will be offered in one and five-gallon units and will sell at substantial discounts for selected items. "We plan to add additional lines and paint supplies on a weekly basis," said John Pidorenko, Chairman, President and CEO. "Next, we plan to expand the web site to include our industrial lines, including Atlas brand aviation and marine products as well as our insulation enhanced ThermaCool(TM) paints and coatings. Long-term, we are also looking at adding raw materials, such as our VaxCell(TM) microspheres, to expand our industrial sales." A key online feature will be free one-day delivery, initially along Florida's "Treasure Coast" from Miami north to Stewart, FL. Customers will also have the option to have products delivered to any location outside of ThermaCell's delivery services, via standard shipping companies. ThermaCell Technologies, Inc. is a technologically enhanced manufacturer and marketer of paints, coatings and building materials. The Company manufactures conventional paints, coatings and building materials through traditional trade and retail venues. The Company also manufacturers VaxCell(TM) microspheres, which provide greater insulation, protection, strength, longevity and value in paints, coatings and building materials. The Company's www.thermacell.com web site is one of the first e-commerce paint stores on the Internet.