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UltraStrip's Filtration Division Signs Agreement for Dealership in Turkey and Cyprus
Monday March 20, 8:00 am ET


STUART, Fla., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UltraStrip Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: USTP - News), the Stuart, Florida-based homeland security technology company, announced that Eximar International Trading & Consulting (Eksimar Dis Ticaret Ve Danismanlik Limited Sirketi) has signed an exclusive five-year agreement to become a dealer for Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., the Company's filtration subsidiary, in Turkey and Cyprus. The agreement calls for the immediate purchase of one filtration system and requires minimum purchases for the dealer to maintain its exclusivity.
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Mickey Donn, President of Ecosphere Technologies and former 33-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, stated, "Eximar will be an outstanding dealer for our products in Turkey and Cyprus. They have a significant need for filtering water for industrial, commercial, and military applications. Our filtration systems use the proven technology from our EPA tested and verified filtration system for a terrorist attack or natural disaster with the added ability to treat very high levels of contaminated salt water. This is the right piece of equipment to respond to these natural and man-made disasters."

Murat Akinci, President of Eximar, stated, "We are much exited about our new venture with Ecosphere Technologies. We strongly believe that Mobile Filtration Systems will be the solution not only for governments, but also for private sectors to satisfy their immediate and growing need for clean water. We consider Turkey and Cyprus to be a very strategic beginning point in the Middle East where the need for clean water is projected to double within the next 15 to 20 years."

Ecosphere's filtration systems are capable of filtering highly contaminated fresh or salt water into pure drinking water to comply with U.S. and World Health Organization standards. The innovative filtration systems can be used for both mobile and permanent installations. The Company's Tactical Water Filtration Truck (TWFT) integrates the 20-foot filtration unit into a six-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle manufactured by Pierce Manufacturing Inc. (a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation, "OSK", NYSE). The Company recently signed a Joint Marketing and Supply Agreement with Pierce which will market the product through its well-established national sales force and international dealerships. The TWFT was designed to service Pierce's customers in the Homeland Security, disaster relief, and military markets.

UltraStrip Systems is a technology incubator that creates patented and engineered solutions for defense, homeland security, and global ship repair markets. Our business model focuses on joining with other companies, primarily national and international leaders, where we provide our intellectual property and the other company provides its marketing prowess and extensive network of governmental and other relationships and, if applicable, manufactures our products. The Company's proprietary Mobile Emergency Filtration Systems and Tactical Water Filtration Trucks, provided through its Ecosphere Technologies subsidiary, are ideally suited for challenging applications, including the military (e.g., for troop deployments) and Homeland Security (e.g., to areas hit by man-made or natural events that damage vital water resources). The Company's Mobile Emergency Filtration System successfully operated for six weeks in Waveland, MS following that community's devastation from Hurricane Katrina, providing bulk water for drinking, bathing, cooking, and cleaning purposes. UltraStrip's patented robotic water jetting systems are designed to provide an environmentally safe coatings removal process in both heavy marine, automobile, and above-ground storage tank applications. The robotic systems have been utilized for U.S. Navy ships (including the U.S.S. Cole after its attack off the coast of Yemen), cruise ships, and tankers in shipyards throughout the world. Additional information on UltraStrip can be obtained through its websites http://www.ultrastrip.com and http://www.ecospheretech.com .