IMPIANTI OMS S.p.A.

OMS GROUP SELECTS POLYURETHANE PROCESS INDUSTRIES AS SOLE U.S. DISTRIBUTOR

January 18, 2008. LATROBE, PA. - Polyurethane Process Industries (PPI) in Latrobe, Pa., will be the exclusive U.S. distributor of polyurethane foam equipment produced by Italian manufacturer OMS Group, both companies announced.

OMS Group, headquartered near Milan, Italy, ranks as one of the world's leading suppliers of high-pressure and low-pressure polyurethane foam machinery and manufacturing plants. PPI has provided high-quality, low-cost equipment, parts, repairs, service and engineering assistance to North American polyurethane manufacturers since 2004.

The agency agreement, which was signed by both companies this week, will strengthen OMS Group's presence in North America and provide better after-sales support to OMS customers in the United States, said Eraldo Greco, Sales Manager of OMS Group. PPI already supplies highly qualified technical assistance and an efficient spare parts service to the U.S. polyurethane manufacturing industry, Greco said.

"OMS searched for a long time for a reliable partner to help us get ahead with our business in the U.S. market, and I think that PPI is the right answer for us," Greco said. "Both OMS and PPI have good reputations in the U.S.A. and a lot of experience in the polyurethane market. OMS has been considered a point of reference for the domestic and international polyurethane industry for years. We are sure that out clients will benefit from our cooperation with PPI."

"This relationship really complements are current parts and repair business," Clark said. "It makes a wider range of replacement products and increased engineering support available to our customers. Because OMS equipment is reliable and technologically advanced, we can propose technical solutions that can satisfy a wider range of needs. We also will be able to provide better international support to our U.S. customers with plants overseas."

PPI also will support OMS Group's efforts to promote its technology in the United States, including turn-key and specially designed processing systems for the production of continuous and discontinuous foam insulation panels; industrial and domestic refrigeration units; automotive parts; slabstock foams; gaskets; and high-temperature cast elastomers.  

PPI is a southwestern Pennsylvania manufacturing, sales and service company dedicated to providing high-quality, low-cost equipment, parts, repairs, service and engineering assistance to manufacturers of polyurethane foam. PPI specializes in components that are the most critical to the polyurethane process, including: metering machines, mix heads, chemical pumps, mix head hydraulic systems, temperature control equipment, and system parts. PPI also offers rebuilt equipment and process improvement consulting for automotive, refrigeration, hot water heating, construction panels, recreation and other applications. The company was founded in 2004 by Mark Clark, who spent nearly 20 years in the engineering, parts, service and sales departments of such major polyurethane equipment manufacturers as Cannon and Hennecke Machinery.

For more information contact:

Mark Clark, General Manager, Polyurethane Process Industries, LLC

Visit the company web site at www.pu-process.com

OMS Group ranks among the world's leading manufacturers of polyurethane foam dispensing machines and manufacturing plants. The company was established during the expansion of the polyurethane foam industry in all industrial markets and now exports 80% of the products it manufactures at an 11,000 square-meter factory near Milan, Italy. The company's product range covers high- and low-pressure machines, presses, standard and or specially designed turn-key plants for all sorts of fields, such as domestic and commercial refrigerator plants; discontinuous and continuous panel plants; automotive components plants; automotive air filter plants; elastomers and gaskets plants; and slabstock and batch plants.

For more information contact:

Eraldo Greco, Sales Manager, Impianti OMS Spa