Alberta Surface Systems Enters License Agreement with Applied Concrete Technology.CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1997--Alberta Surface Systems (Alberta Stock Exchange Alberta Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). : ABS) -- Alberta Surface Systems Ltd., is pleased to announce that it has entered into a License Agreement with Applied Concrete Technology, Inc. of Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is an affluent village in Cook County, Illinois and a northwestern suburb of Chicago. It is located about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. A 2003 Census recount gave the village a population of 76,422, the largest for a village in the United States . The license agreement grants Alberta Surface Systems Ltd. the rights to distribute, market and apply the complete line of PROTECRETE products in Canada. Alberta Surface Systems Ltd. has also purchased the exclusive PROTECRETE name and Trademark for Canada. The PROTECRETE products line includes 10 unique specialty products for the treatment and protection of concrete and wood surfaces. Use of the PROTECRETE products will enhance and improve virtually any concrete structure and will be of special interest to the Company's existing municipal, industrial and commercial clients. The key component of the PROTECRETE products line consists of a concrete densifier which is available both as a mix water conditioner for new concrete construction or as a surface applied spray-on material for existing concrete. The densifier alters the structural characteristics of concrete improving its compressive com·pres·sive adj. Serving to or able to compress. com·pres  sive·ly adv. and flexural strengths, eliminates efflorescence efflorescence: see hydrate. and dusting, and permanently seals voids and capillaries resulting in an impermeable impermeable /im·per·me·a·ble/ (-per´me-ah-b'l) not permitting passage, as of fluid. im·per·me·a·ble adj. Impossible to permeate; not permitting passage. concrete structure. The densifier product is thoroughly supported by independent laboratory testing and is environmentally safe and non-toxic. Believed by the Corporation, to be one of the best CONCRETE PROTECTION SYSTEMS in the construction industry today, PROTECRETE has a number of products with special additives that are incorporated with the concrete densifier to create surface sealers, penetrating concrete cleaners, steel corrosion protectants and surface repellent treatments. The addition of the PROTECRETE product line adds an exciting dimension to the Company's business activities. The product line complements the existing operations and provides new opportunities for year round application work. It also brings the Company into the distribution side of the repair materials industry. The Company intends to establish numerous licensed applicators throughout the country, and pursue other material product lines that are complimentary and offer complete and total concrete solutions to clients. Alberta Surface Systems Ltd. is an Alberta-based company trading on the Alberta Stock Exchange under the trading symbol Trading symbol See: Ticker symbol "ABS." It is currently engaged in the repair, restoration and protection of concrete surfaces, and is also the applicator ap·pli·ca·tor n. An instrument for applying something, such as a medication. applicator, n a device for applying medication; usually a slender rod of glass or wood, used with a pledget of cotton on the end. of FIRM-FILL Gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. Concrete Floor Underlayments for Western Canada. -0- NOTE: The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein. CONTACT: Alberta Surface Systems Ltd. John Paul, 403/297-9898 403/297-9895 (fax) |
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