"Taking care of the environment and our planet is everyone's responsibility. That's why AUS have committed in using and supplying "ecomate"® a blowing agent that has zero ozone depletion potential, zero global warming potential, does not contribute to SMOG (VOC exempt) and other technical and cost advantages."

Laboratory and field tested since 2000, ecomate® is a revolutionary family of Polyurethane foam systems. It has demonstrated superior characteristics to meet current and future market needs.

HIGHLIGHTS

Kyoto Protocol Compliant
Montreal Protocol Compliant
Urethanes made with ecomate® accepted worldwide
Meets current regulatory and environmental mandates
Non-ODP (Ozone Depletion Potential)
Non-GWP (Global Warming Potential)
U.S.A. VOC-Exempt (Volatile Organic Compound commonly known as SMOG)
U.S.A. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)-SNAP (Significant New Alternatives Program) Approved
Thermally Efficient
Minimal or no equipment, plant/facility, or production changes
Cost competitive field proven since 2000

FSI's newest polyurethane system revolutionizes the polyurethane industry, providing an all-encompassing answer to environmental, Market-Driven, and Governmental laws regulations and mandates, without the outrageous added costs associated with every alternative blowing agent offered by the competitors.

Methyl formate, commonly known as ecomate® in the polyurethane industry, was recently awarded VOC Excempt Status by the EPA. Tests show that ecomate® does not contribute to tropospheric ozone, commonly known as SMOG, which occurs when VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and nitrogen oxides react in the atmosphere. Class One Rigid Foams have successfully passed and been awarded Fire-Retardent E-84 Class One Classification in the United States, using ecomate as blowing agent.

Technical and Cost Advantages

1. It requires less expensive polyesters

2. It requires less Fire Retardant

3. It requires a lower Index, therefore requires less isocyanate

4. It requires less blowing agent. (It has a lower MW)

5. It has a lower thermal conductivity

6. It has a lower foam weight loss

7. It is a less flamable blowing agent

8. It does not require expensive explosion proof equipment dispensing equipment

9. It is completely stable in premix.

10. It is a better solvent and has better wetting of substrates

11. It has better adhesion

12. It has better flowability

Case Study: Food Service Equipment Insulation

Foam Supplies, Inc. is proud to announce that our ecomate systems are being used by Franke Foodservice Equipment. Franke is one of McDonald's main suppliers for "turn-key" systems and commercial kitchen equipment such as slide-in refrigerators, fryers, and food preparation carts.

Pictures below are examples of McDonald's equipment that Franke will be utilizing Ecomate systems to manufacture.

Franke Foodservice Equipment Corp. Vice President, Technology Christian Zweifel says,"The primary reason for us to switch to Ecomate is it's environmental friendliness (zero ODP and zero GWP) together with excellent insulation properties, equal or better than R141b or R134a polyurethane foams. We were using different foam in place HFC-polyurethane products for our commerical freezers and refrigerators, all of which had some GWP inherently built in. As a good Corporate Citizen we are concerned about the Environment, and so are our customers, that's why it made all the sense in the World to standardize on this new and exciting Ecomate product."

McDonald's Worldwide Equipment Staff Director Bernard Morauw says,"McDonald's is in support of Ecomate, a zero ODP and zero GWP polyurethane foam, which helps to protect the environment while providing excellent insulation properties. These environmentally friendly initiatives are very important for McDonald's."