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Diversified Product Inspections, Inc. and University of Tennessee Art Department Team Up for Sculpture Project.


OAK RIDGE Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. , Tenn. -- Diversified Product Inspections, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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), a provider of independent product failure analysis, air contamination and fire investigations for the insurance industry announced today a joint project with the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee.  (UT) Art Department to have a sculpture class create unique sculptures using failed products that were inspected by DPI (Dots Per Inch) The measurement of the resolution of display and printing systems. A typical CRT screen provides 96 dpi, which provides 9,216 dots per square inch (96x96). Flat panel displays from 110 to 200 dpi have also been developed. , which will be displayed outside DPI's office headquarters.

Warren Wankelman, Vice President of Marketing, stated, "The sculpture students will take failed products, which DPI has in storage and that are scheduled for disposal, and turn them into creative pieces of art sculpture. The finished pieces will be placed outside DPI's headquarters in a small landscaped park setting and will be called the "Field of Failures." Each sculpture will be identified by the product type and the artist who created it.

"Professor Jason Brown Jason Brown is the name of:
  • Jason Brown (American football) (born 1983), American football player
  • Jason Brown (footballer) (born 1982), Welsh soccer player
  • Jason Brown (cricketer) (born 1974)
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 brought his class to DPI on September 28, 2006 for a brief orientation on DPI's forensic investigation business. The students toured the facilities and selected the types of failed products they wanted to use in their piece of sculpture. The next step will be when DPI delivers the items (water heaters, washing machines, dryers, supply lines, copper tubing, and many others) to UT's sculpture classroom on the Knoxville campus.

"This will be a unique experience for the students to use unorthodox materials to create a work of art. It is also a unique chance for DPI to gain publicity for our services and the people driving by our office to view failed products displayed in a very different way."

About Diversified Product Inspections, Inc. (www.dpi-inc.com)

Launched in 1991 and headquartered in Oak Ridge, TN, Diversified Product Inspections, Inc. provides expertise and unbiased, independent investigations on product failures, air contamination and fire investigations of all multi-billion dollar markets, which directly impact three groups: the insurance industry, manufacturers, and consumers. In addition, DPI has developed an array of comprehensive services for these three targeted groups, giving the company the ability to better inform consumers of defective products and recalls through (http://www.homechecksafety.com), improve quality control processes with manufacturers, and work with the insurance industry to recover funds via subrogation The substitution of one person in the place of another with reference to a lawful claim, demand, or right, so that he or she who is substituted succeeds to the rights of the other in relation to the debt or claim, and its rights, remedies, or Securities.  - a process where the insurer enforces its right to recoup from a third party that caused the loss on behalf of the policyholder.

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 the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future results could differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements.
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