Ecology Pure Air International, Inc. announces environmental technological agreement with Malaysian firm.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1996--The Malaysia Canada Development Corp. Sdn Bhd (MCDC), a Malaysian trading company has agreed to purchase 10,000 Thundercat Fuel Chargers produced by Ecology Pure Air International, Inc., a New York-based environmental technology company.

Under the sales agreement recently signed by the two, Ecology Pure Air International (EPAI) will supply the fuel-saving, anti-pollution device in a single shipment to arrive in Kuala Lumpur by January 1997. The transaction is valued at approximately $1 million, according to EPAI co-founder Ted V. Pangia, chairman and chief executive officer of EPAI.

The Thundercat Fuel Charger, formerly known as the Combustion Efficiency Management Catalyst, has been shown to significantly reduce hydrocarbon, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions -- the primary causes of smog and acid rain. It is designed to treat fuel before it enters the combustion chamber. It attaches directly onto the fuel line, near the fuel injector or carburetor, and can be quickly installed by a trained mechanic on any internal combustion engine.

The sales agreement between Ecology Pure Air International and Malaysia Canada Development follows the completion in June of rigorous tests of the Thundercat Fuel Charger by Malaysia's Petronas Research & Scientific Services Sdn Bhd., under close supervision by internationally recognized Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM). EPAI's technical staff was led by co-founder, president and COO John D'Alessandro. With some 4 million motor vehicles on the country's roads, Malaysia -- like virtually every other Pacific Rim nation -- is struggling to come to grips with serious air pollution problems.

In the "cold start" tests involving different models of Proton Wira automobiles, carbon monoxide emissions were reduced up to 22 percent, total hydrocarbons decreasing by 4 percent, and nitrogen oxide by 4 percent. Results from "hot start" tests were more dramatic, with carbon monoxides emissions dropping by 54 percent, total hydrocarbons decreasing by 34 percent, and nitrogen oxide emissions by 22 percent.

Pangia said Thundercat Fuel Charger sales of $10 million in 1997 "...is not out of the question. Not only will our product begin to address Malaysia's air pollution problem stemming from motor vehicle emissions, but it will result in significant fuel savings for cars equipped with the device. For Ecology Pure Air International, this agreement represents the launch of the company's business strategy in the Pacific Rim. We think we will be ideally positioned to capture a large share of the market in rapidly developing countries throughout the region."

CONTACT: Ecology Pure Air International Inc.

Elio Trollio, 800/661-9774