TVI Awarded $8.9 Million International Contract.

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GLENN DALE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2003

The UK, our partner in Operation Iraqi Freedom, has chosen TVI (OTC:TVIN) equipment to protect its citizens.

The order with TVI is worth $8.9MM and will be delivered by the middle of 2003.

The prime contractor, Professional Protection Services, was awarded a significant part of an $84 million contract placed by the British Government for the supply of terrorist incident response technology. The British Government will use these systems throughout Great Britain to insure first responders' ability to save lives in the face of terrorist acts.

A key element of the plan is the assurance of interoperability - each and every fireman will be intimately familiar with the same equipment, the same protocols, and the same deployment, thereby maximizing speed and minimizing confusion.

The systems purchased from TVI are the new High Throughput System, designed and developed in partnership with the UK Fire Service Inspectorate and Professional Protection Services. These systems are the preeminent systems in global decontamination technology and incorporate the latest functionality in decontamination application and crisis scene management.

A British Government spokesman stated, "The new British decontamination system developed for us by TVI Corporation and Professional Protection Services met our requirements better than any we have evaluated to date."

Mark Whitcher, President of Professional Protection Services stated, "Our new alliance with TVI is already bearing fruit with our winning the largest decontamination system award in the history of the British Government. Our government representatives were very impressed with the TVI system when they first evaluated it back in September, and after viewing numerous internationally available systems, recently selected TVI as best overall. We expect the selection of the TVI system by our government and the exposure the product will get at our training center to create numerous additional domestic and international sales opportunities for our alliance. We are currently demonstrating the system to the other EU countries."

Rick Priddy, TVI CEO, added "We have always taken pride in the fact that our innovative technologies have allowed us to lead the way in the US for WMD decontamination systems. Now it is especially gratifying that our decontamination systems have been recognized by Professional Protection Systems, a world leader in decontamination technology and selected by our closest allies in the worldwide fight against terrorism to protect their citizenry. We look forward to providing our British friends with the best rapid deploy decontamination systems available and hope that they never have to use them."

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About TVI Corporation:

TVI Corporation, located in Glenn Dale, Maryland, is a leading supplier of rapid deployment shelters and signage, chemical/biological decontamination systems for the military, public health, and first response agencies. TVI additionally is a primary source to the military for thermal targets and thermal decoys. Its stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "TVIN."

The TVI designation is a service mark of TVI Corporation. All other company and product names mentioned above are trade names and/or trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information concerning TVI, please visit us at: www.tvicorp.com.