Cyntech Combines Technology to Reduce Methanol Production Costs by 40 Percent.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999--

Cyntech Technologies Inc. (OTC BB:CYNT) has engineered the company's ThermReTec(TM) process to reduce the cost of methanol production by 40 percent. Costs are based and compared to those processes using coal and/or syn-gas.

In addition to the ThermReTec(TM) process, Cyntech will utilize the "Liquid Phase Technology" (LPMEOH((TM))) developed and licensed by Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:APD). Air Products' commercially proven technology claims to improve efficiency and lower operating costs.

"By combining both technologies, we will be able to have the lowest production cost in the methanol industry," states Charles Tovey, senior vice president operations with Cyntech. "We will be in a position to process 180 million pounds of rubber (9 million tires) annually, which will produce 18 million gallons of methanol."

Cyntech Technologies Inc., a diversified technology company, is based in Houston. The company's ThermReTec(TM) processes are designed to recycle rubber and plastics into methanol, fuel gas and other products used by industry.

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. is an international supplier of industrial gases and related equipment, and selected chemicals. With corporate headquarters in eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, near Allentown, the company has sales approaching $5 billion, operations in over 30 countries and 17,000 employees around the globe.