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Yes, this company has done nothing for shareholders but they are a real business and growing. The #1 reason I have been accumulating is for a buyout. They are worth a lot more than the pps shows right now but with the company saying anything it is a hard sell for shareholders. Over the next few years I believe we will see a consolidation to a few major national players in this industry. IPCM went public a little over a year ago with that exact intent - buyout regional plays to become a national hospitalist chain. So, for now, I just sit and nibble away and wait to see what happens. GLTY.
We continue to make inroads to new markets and this is another great example. I am looking forward to the expansion we will see over the next couple years. Very promising IMO.
I think it is prime for a buyout so I am just tucking away some down here for that purpose. I believe we will end up seeing a few nation wide companies in the end. IPCM went public on the Nasdaq a little over a year ago with that exact intent of buying up regional plays to cover all 50 states. I will patiently sit on some cheap shares with INPT and see if their turn comes. Not at all exciting but a very good market for M&A.
greed will not rest....... short memories and a few good stories will allow it to resurface for "just one more play" to make it all back.
While .25 will come very easily, I am here to see much higher into the $'s. I have done a lot of research on this one. The market last year killed the run this was on along with everything else. Profits were taken and money pulled out. This time around we have money on the sidelines looking to get back in on depressed prices with good potential. I say ESFS is in a perfect position now with increasing business. Every new client name spreads the word further and builds more business. I doubt last years numbers were very good for the company but that should be expected by all in this climate. I expect to hear of at least a couple major big name contracts this year which will start the ball rolling to multi $'s.
Remember INPT? check this out......................
http://ahca.myflorida.com/docs/ActiveAsOf09232008.xls
scroll down to line 76. INPT is in business and has a State of Florida contract for hospitalist services. They just don't seem interested in keeping investors informed. I sit on the bid at times sporadically picking up shares. I have not been lately but will continue to add down here. I am still expecting a buyout at some time down the road so I accumulate really low and wait. This is definitely a long term wait and see but at these low prices on a company with a very static ~45M OS and an estimated 5-10M revs, I think it has very little risk.
LBWR - the 10k should come out after the close today. They are a bit late but I think it will show some very good numbers. Another one that I think is set to start rising.
Now is a good time to be staking out positions IMO. And with ESFS I have been doing just that but not for "another run"[\i]. I want to see a slow steady climb. I think it is ready to start that type of move. Last time it climbed steady for a few months up into the .80's but with all the market problems, nothing was going to hold up. That is different this time. The market has been crushed and there is money on the sidelines looking to be put back to work.
check this out......................
http://ahca.myflorida.com/docs/ActiveAsOf09232008.xls
scroll down to line 76. INPT is in business and has a State of Florida contract for hospitalist services. They just don't seem interested in keeping investors informed. I sit on the bid at times sporadically picking up shares. I have not been lately but will continue to add down here. I am still expecting a buyout at some time down the road so I accumulate really low and wait.
Join the "Club"..........
......all it costs is your soul.
Good read Lake. I have always said the markets and government politicians are corrupt.
ESFS - I have been accumulating but I think the nickel shares are getting scarce now. 100M AS, 84MOS, 64M restricted, and 20M float confirmed with TA and very small growth in shares over the last couple years. This is very "Green" technology and saves the customers big $'s. Whole Foods (WFMI) is using the product now in 7 stores and I have heard they recently started planning further expansion. See the link below for the recent ABC News video on ESFS and WFMI. Great long term potential IMO. Not sure about the billion dollar company the CEO says in the interview (previous post) but definitely strong potential for multi dollar pps. I expect to hear some more major names announced.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6679344
Other known current customer;
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Seafood City
http://www.seafoodcity.com/index_main.php
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State of Hawaii Dept of Education/University of Hawaii
Eco-Safe Wins Bid at Culinary School in University of Hawaii System
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 14) – Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS). is pleased to announce winning a bid to install multiple Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems at the Culinary School department in the Kapi`olani branch of the University of Hawaii system.
Motivation for the installation of Eco-Safe’s Green Ozone Disinfection Systems is due in part to a state-funded joint study of the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Department of Education to increase the safety of food served in public schools. Upon installation, the Eco-Safe Disinfection Systems will be evaluated for service in nearly 300 K-12 public schools in Hawaii.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said "The Culinary School compared the Eco-Safe R-1000 System to other ozone systems being marketed to restaurants, and Eco-Safe came out on top. We have known for some time that the key to marketing success is education, so we are exceptionally pleased to make this placement in the university-level education market. Since Culinary Arts, and Restaurant and Hotel Management programs are offered in most universities, we are gratified to see this success and anticipate further positive results from our new nation-wide marketing campaign in this area. This program will be directed by Dr. Dennis Harp, who has over 30 years experience serving university systems."
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Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills 5 Star Hotel
http://www.raffles-lermitagehotel.com/
Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills first hotel in California Going Green with Eco-Safe Systems
LOS ANGELES, CA (December 29, 2008) Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) is pleased to announce Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills is the first hotel in California to 'go green' with an Eco-Safe Ozone Natural-Clean Laundry System and a Disinfection System for its food and beverage operations.
Raffles L'Ermitage has been at the forefront of hospitality innovation and modernization. "We strongly believe in the Eco-Safe system and know it will provide our hotel guests with the highest level of cleanliness utilizing a safe and healthy, environmentally-friendly methodology employing pure highly ozonated water to achieve superior results," stated Jack Naderkhani, General Manager for the Mobil Five Star and AAA Five Diamond property. Based on the success of this program, Raffles Hotels + Resorts may consider a brand wide rollout of the Eco-Safe system.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc., said, "Raffles L'Ermitage immediately saw the advantages in our Natural-Clean Laundry System for their guests, for the environment and for their hotel. Our system saves on energy, detergent, water usage, labor and equipment costs, as well as greatly extending the life of linens. The Natural-Clean system provides a long list of economic benefits as well as allowing their laundry system to go green and re-cycle their water." Their Ozone Disinfection System which kills germs and protects food using pure ozonated water provides a new dimension to healthy food preparation, kitchen hygiene and sanitation.
The Eco-Safe System will be operational at Raffles L'Ermitage in February '09.
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I had a nice chat with them last week. Very good place to have a few shares IMO. Below is a recent interview......
http://www.ceocfointerviews.com/interviews/ESFS-EcoSafe.htm
Company Profile:
Eco-Safe Systems, based in Los Angeles, is the manufacturer of patent pending water treatment and water reclamation systems. Their technologies produce ozonated water for food disinfection at significantly less maintenance cost and greater energy savings than our competitors in a completely green and organic manner. They currently offer supermarkets and restaurants a cost effective way to safely extend the shelf life of meat, poultry, seafood, fruits and vegetables. Additionally, Eco-Safe's Natural-Clean Ozone laundry system can help commercial laundries eliminate most chemicals and save money on heating and water costs while extending the life of fabrics. Eco-Safe's acquisition of Ozonetics, an ozone disinfection company based Albuquerque, NM, was completed in September 2008 with critical sanitation applications to the enormous dairy industry. Other expansion plans include distribution of water purification and desalinization products.
Michael Elliot, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Michael Elliot has had an extensive and distinguished career in a variety of industries. He began in the Entertainment Industry as a teenager, and worked actively in film and television for over 40 years. Michael still maintains active relationships with film industry personnel throughout the world. Since 1983, he has focused on Marketing, where he has been exceptionally successful. In that year, Michael was employed as Marketing Director for the Rockley Resort on the Island of Barbados, where he helped them realize an increase of 700% in monthly gross sales. Michael was the first person to adapt the concept of timesharing to hotels, rather than condos. His company named Hideaway Beach Clubs was the first company to market 5 Star Hotels on the ocean throughout the Caribbean and Mexico. This company generated an extra $45M for the hotels at each of the five locations. Since then, Michael has successfully marketed resorts under the trade names of Rams Hill Marketing Group, Tradewinds Marketing, Interval Investments, and Global Marketing Enterprises, Inc. For the past five years, Michael has been instrumental in developing the products and marketing plan for Eco-Safe, which he co-founded with Mike McCluney. Michael is co-inventor on all provisional patents held by Eco-Safe.
Industrial Goods
Water Treatment
(ESFS-OTCPK)
Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc.
19528 Ventura Blvd.
Tarzana, CA 91356
Phone: 800-649-1434
Interview conducted by: Lynn Fosse, Senior Editor, CEOCFOinterviews.com, Published – April 3, 2009
CEOCFO: Mr. Elliot, what was your vision when you founded Eco-Safe, and where are you today?
Mr. Elliot: “We wanted to come up with something that cleaned water. We started off cleaning dye houses, because dye houses were being charged 125% a month of their water bill to dump the water into the sewer. Let’s say your bill was $10,000 for water; they charge them $12,500 to dump the water in the sewer. When I first got the idea to do this I was talking to people about ozone and got a few people to try and test it. What I found was we were able to make it drinkable, better than tap water. The total undissolved solids in tap water was around 400, but we were able to get the water down to 15 total undissolved solids. That is where we started and that was about eight years ago. Then the FDA approved the use of ozone on food, and we started testing. Ozone is made of oxygen, so it is absolutely organic. It was first used in the 1890s in France. It has taken about 100 years for the FDA to approve its use on food. It is totally organic and totally clean and clear; a wonderful substance. After lightning, when you smell the air, you will notice that it is fresher. This is because ozone is made by lightning; however, we do it electronically.”
CEOCFO: What is it that you are actually doing to the water or to the food?
Mr. Elliot: “Basically we make the ozone from oxygen, which we insert into the water system of a supermarket or restaurant. It is not harmful to anyone who touches it. If you rinse your hands with ozone, it actually disinfects your hands, so you don’t even need soap. We put the ozone into the water and then the supermarket or restaurant working with meat and fish packing, if they rinse off their products and their cutting boards, it just kills all the bacteria. Ozone kills more than 200 pathogens, including salmonella and E. coli. It is an organic way of disinfecting the surface.”
CEOCFO: Are there government requirements to use disinfectants in the cleaning and cutting boards or is this voluntary?
Mr. Elliot: “Everyone is required to use disinfectants. They mostly use chlorine or other substances that are really harmful to human beings and animals, where ozone is not. Not only does the federal government approve this, we are also NSF International (National Sanitation Foundation) approved; we get county approvals. The employees of the county asked us to give them our training manual, so we sent them back, ‘As long as the employees know how to turn the water off and on, they are fully trained.’ Most people don’t know that we are even using ozone except that it smells better in the supermarket and restaurant and the fish and meat packing plants because the ozone kills the bacteria so it kills all the odors, and they use it to put down their drains because it sanitizes the drains. Actually it is quite helpful; it doesn’t hurt people at all.”
CEOCFO: Who is using your products now?
Mr. Elliot: “Seafood City and about forty or fifty clients are using our ozone system. More than half a dozen brand-name companies are testing it. I can’t mention their names, but they are all recognizable names.”
CEOCFO: What is the cost comparative between the more traditional ways and EcoSafe?
Mr. Elliot: “It actually saves supermarkets and restaurants money by using ozone, because there is a certain amount of labor saving and clean-up. There is a certain amount of savings in the chemical refills; there is a certain amount savings in shrinkage for example. Most of the savings is in shrinkage. Normally in supermarkets the shrinkage is very large, it is larger than the profit margin. What happens with ozone is it actually saves them about 25% of their total shrinkage, which increases their profit margin. It is beneficial. For example, in one supermarket, it costs them $500 for the three departments to lease the unit, but it saves them up to $12,000 a month. Therefore, we are offering a very cost effective product.”
CEOCFO: How do you reach your potential customers; do people know about you today?
Mr. Elliot: “People refer us. We have four Ph.D.s on board and people refer us. We have nine salespeople at this moment in five states. We are in Hawaii, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Alaska. Most of the people we call up, and give them a free demonstration. We put in a unit, which doesn’t cost them anything, and we let them experience the savings. So that is how we promote our business. We have five products. They also now have these ‘Pet Hotels’ and we are starting to put them in there. We have a new product called, Ozone Safe Pet and they love it because this place is small and with the ozone they sprinkle the ozone water on the problem areas and they kill all the bacteria and reduce the cost of all the chemicals that they have to use. It is actually healthy for the pets because it is made of oxygen. We have our products in supermarkets, restaurants, and some restaurants chains are seriously looking at it. We also have a home unit for larger homes called Flo/Pure, where every tap in the house becomes better than bottled-water quality. We have some very interesting products.”
CEOCFO: What is the protection on your technology?
Mr. Elliot: “We have six patents pending. We build our own units; we design, install and service them.”
CEOCFO: What are the plans to expand beyond your current geographic footprint?
Mr. Elliot: “We are working with some large green investment companies. We are trying to raise upwards of $10 million to go into all fifty states. I would love to be in every city in the US. The product is very good; it is not something that is harmful to anyone. It is very simple to train people to install them. Since five years ago when we first started selling we spent about five and a half years in research and development. We also just sold our Laundry Unit to the Raffles L-Ermitage Hotels, which is a 5-Star hotel in Beverly Hills, California. We also sold our Laundry Unit to the Army about eight years ago; they love it and have it serviced every year. They love using it and it saves them money. When you have a laundry unit you don’t have to use hot water and you don’t have to use chemicals on your sheets and pillow cases and uniforms. In addition, linens usually last 200% longer staying fresh and beautiful.”
CEOCFO: What is the competitive landscape?
Mr. Elliot: “It is mostly the chemical industry that competes with us. When we go in, they lose customers. There are some large chemical companies, but the other ozone companies really are not large in comparison to us. There is no one in the ozone industry doing exactly what we are doing. They may be doing it for the farmers and other sections of the industry.”
CEOCFO: Because you have so many different products, how do you stay focused as a company?
Mr. Elliot: “That has been our major issue, to keep our blinders on because everyone wants us to do something different. We find our number-one industry is food disinfection. For example we have a producer of poultry and they process 125 thousands chickens a day and they swear by our technology.”
CEOCFO: It sounds like a no-brainer!
Mr. Elliot: “Your right, I think that within a year or two we are going to get sort of suddenly discovered.”
CEOCFO: Why should potential investors be paying attention?
Mr. Elliot: “When I started this company I was the only investor, and until we went public in 2006, I was the only investor. I didn’t want people to think of us as a start-up. Now we are established, and we have a footprint, but it is still a small company in comparison. I actually believe we are going to become a billion-dollar company, and that is my goal. I believe when people see us now, we are in a seven, eight cents or somewhere in there, I believe we are going to be in the dollars fairly soon. I would suggest people look at our website and look at the technology. They should also consider where the future is, because President Obama’s administration is talking about the next investment that they feel is going to get us out of the economic hole is going to be everything that is green and clean. I believe that. That is what we have established ourselves as, and that is what we are. I think that is the future.”
CEOCFO: What should people reading about Eco-Safe Systems remember most?
Mr. Elliot: “It is good for people, it is green, it is clean, and it is non-harmful. For example, when refilling chemicals there is a danger of spilling on people and they have to wear special protective clothing. However, with Eco-Safe, using ozone you don’t need any of that. Therefore, they should remember that Eco-Safe is green and clean.”
should I change my name to protect the innocent?
I have been reading the boards a lot more over the last month so I think it is time to start posting again...... not that I have anything great to say.
I really don't post on the political rhetoric etc. I am only here to make money.
Asus; sticky note.... I just use the "keep" function by the public reply. That puts it in my Mailbox area as a kept message at the bottom. Once I am done, just select unkeep.
You can't fight the flow of money. I am starting to get back in. No cannon balls in the deep end but I am wading back in the pool. The right picks now should have good potential going forward as money slowly moves back into the market.
I have been accumulating but I think the nickel shares are getting scarce now. 100M AS, 84MOS, 64M restricted, and 20M float confirmed with TA and very small growth in shares over the last couple years. This is very "Green" technology and saves the customers big $'s. Whole Foods (WFMI) is using the product now in 7 stores and I hear they recently started planning further expansion. See the link below for the recent ABC News video on ESFS and WFMI. Great long term potential IMO. Not sure about the billion dollar company the CEO says in the interview but definitely strong potential for multi dollar pps. I expect to hear some more major names announced.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6679344
Other known current customer;
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Seafood City
http://www.seafoodcity.com/index_main.php
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State of Hawaii Dept of Education/University of Hawaii
Eco-Safe Wins Bid at Culinary School in University of Hawaii System
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 14) – Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS). is pleased to announce winning a bid to install multiple Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems at the Culinary School department in the Kapi`olani branch of the University of Hawaii system.
Motivation for the installation of Eco-Safe’s Green Ozone Disinfection Systems is due in part to a state-funded joint study of the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Department of Education to increase the safety of food served in public schools. Upon installation, the Eco-Safe Disinfection Systems will be evaluated for service in nearly 300 K-12 public schools in Hawaii.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said "The Culinary School compared the Eco-Safe R-1000 System to other ozone systems being marketed to restaurants, and Eco-Safe came out on top. We have known for some time that the key to marketing success is education, so we are exceptionally pleased to make this placement in the university-level education market. Since Culinary Arts, and Restaurant and Hotel Management programs are offered in most universities, we are gratified to see this success and anticipate further positive results from our new nation-wide marketing campaign in this area. This program will be directed by Dr. Dennis Harp, who has over 30 years experience serving university systems."
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Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills 5 Star Hotel
http://www.raffles-lermitagehotel.com/
Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills first hotel in California Going Green with Eco-Safe Systems
LOS ANGELES, CA (December 29, 2008) Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) is pleased to announce Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills is the first hotel in California to 'go green' with an Eco-Safe Ozone Natural-Clean Laundry System and a Disinfection System for its food and beverage operations.
Raffles L'Ermitage has been at the forefront of hospitality innovation and modernization. "We strongly believe in the Eco-Safe system and know it will provide our hotel guests with the highest level of cleanliness utilizing a safe and healthy, environmentally-friendly methodology employing pure highly ozonated water to achieve superior results," stated Jack Naderkhani, General Manager for the Mobil Five Star and AAA Five Diamond property. Based on the success of this program, Raffles Hotels + Resorts may consider a brand wide rollout of the Eco-Safe system.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc., said, "Raffles L'Ermitage immediately saw the advantages in our Natural-Clean Laundry System for their guests, for the environment and for their hotel. Our system saves on energy, detergent, water usage, labor and equipment costs, as well as greatly extending the life of linens. The Natural-Clean system provides a long list of economic benefits as well as allowing their laundry system to go green and re-cycle their water." Their Ozone Disinfection System which kills germs and protects food using pure ozonated water provides a new dimension to healthy food preparation, kitchen hygiene and sanitation.
The Eco-Safe System will be operational at Raffles L'Ermitage in February '09.
-------------------------------------------
ESFS - CEO Interview.................
http://www.ceocfointerviews.com/interviews/ESFS-EcoSafe.htm
Company Profile:
Eco-Safe Systems, based in Los Angeles, is the manufacturer of patent pending water treatment and water reclamation systems. Their technologies produce ozonated water for food disinfection at significantly less maintenance cost and greater energy savings than our competitors in a completely green and organic manner. They currently offer supermarkets and restaurants a cost effective way to safely extend the shelf life of meat, poultry, seafood, fruits and vegetables. Additionally, Eco-Safe's Natural-Clean Ozone laundry system can help commercial laundries eliminate most chemicals and save money on heating and water costs while extending the life of fabrics. Eco-Safe's acquisition of Ozonetics, an ozone disinfection company based Albuquerque, NM, was completed in September 2008 with critical sanitation applications to the enormous dairy industry. Other expansion plans include distribution of water purification and desalinization products.
Michael Elliot, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Michael Elliot has had an extensive and distinguished career in a variety of industries. He began in the Entertainment Industry as a teenager, and worked actively in film and television for over 40 years. Michael still maintains active relationships with film industry personnel throughout the world. Since 1983, he has focused on Marketing, where he has been exceptionally successful. In that year, Michael was employed as Marketing Director for the Rockley Resort on the Island of Barbados, where he helped them realize an increase of 700% in monthly gross sales. Michael was the first person to adapt the concept of timesharing to hotels, rather than condos. His company named Hideaway Beach Clubs was the first company to market 5 Star Hotels on the ocean throughout the Caribbean and Mexico. This company generated an extra $45M for the hotels at each of the five locations. Since then, Michael has successfully marketed resorts under the trade names of Rams Hill Marketing Group, Tradewinds Marketing, Interval Investments, and Global Marketing Enterprises, Inc. For the past five years, Michael has been instrumental in developing the products and marketing plan for Eco-Safe, which he co-founded with Mike McCluney. Michael is co-inventor on all provisional patents held by Eco-Safe.
Industrial Goods
Water Treatment
(ESFS-OTCPK)
Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc.
19528 Ventura Blvd.
Tarzana, CA 91356
Phone: 800-649-1434
Interview conducted by: Lynn Fosse, Senior Editor, CEOCFOinterviews.com, Published – April 3, 2009
CEOCFO: Mr. Elliot, what was your vision when you founded Eco-Safe, and where are you today?
Mr. Elliot: “We wanted to come up with something that cleaned water. We started off cleaning dye houses, because dye houses were being charged 125% a month of their water bill to dump the water into the sewer. Let’s say your bill was $10,000 for water; they charge them $12,500 to dump the water in the sewer. When I first got the idea to do this I was talking to people about ozone and got a few people to try and test it. What I found was we were able to make it drinkable, better than tap water. The total undissolved solids in tap water was around 400, but we were able to get the water down to 15 total undissolved solids. That is where we started and that was about eight years ago. Then the FDA approved the use of ozone on food, and we started testing. Ozone is made of oxygen, so it is absolutely organic. It was first used in the 1890s in France. It has taken about 100 years for the FDA to approve its use on food. It is totally organic and totally clean and clear; a wonderful substance. After lightning, when you smell the air, you will notice that it is fresher. This is because ozone is made by lightning; however, we do it electronically.”
CEOCFO: What is it that you are actually doing to the water or to the food?
Mr. Elliot: “Basically we make the ozone from oxygen, which we insert into the water system of a supermarket or restaurant. It is not harmful to anyone who touches it. If you rinse your hands with ozone, it actually disinfects your hands, so you don’t even need soap. We put the ozone into the water and then the supermarket or restaurant working with meat and fish packing, if they rinse off their products and their cutting boards, it just kills all the bacteria. Ozone kills more than 200 pathogens, including salmonella and E. coli. It is an organic way of disinfecting the surface.”
CEOCFO: Are there government requirements to use disinfectants in the cleaning and cutting boards or is this voluntary?
Mr. Elliot: “Everyone is required to use disinfectants. They mostly use chlorine or other substances that are really harmful to human beings and animals, where ozone is not. Not only does the federal government approve this, we are also NSF International (National Sanitation Foundation) approved; we get county approvals. The employees of the county asked us to give them our training manual, so we sent them back, ‘As long as the employees know how to turn the water off and on, they are fully trained.’ Most people don’t know that we are even using ozone except that it smells better in the supermarket and restaurant and the fish and meat packing plants because the ozone kills the bacteria so it kills all the odors, and they use it to put down their drains because it sanitizes the drains. Actually it is quite helpful; it doesn’t hurt people at all.”
CEOCFO: Who is using your products now?
Mr. Elliot: “Seafood City and about forty or fifty clients are using our ozone system. More than half a dozen brand-name companies are testing it. I can’t mention their names, but they are all recognizable names.”
CEOCFO: What is the cost comparative between the more traditional ways and EcoSafe?
Mr. Elliot: “It actually saves supermarkets and restaurants money by using ozone, because there is a certain amount of labor saving and clean-up. There is a certain amount of savings in the chemical refills; there is a certain amount savings in shrinkage for example. Most of the savings is in shrinkage. Normally in supermarkets the shrinkage is very large, it is larger than the profit margin. What happens with ozone is it actually saves them about 25% of their total shrinkage, which increases their profit margin. It is beneficial. For example, in one supermarket, it costs them $500 for the three departments to lease the unit, but it saves them up to $12,000 a month. Therefore, we are offering a very cost effective product.”
CEOCFO: How do you reach your potential customers; do people know about you today?
Mr. Elliot: “People refer us. We have four Ph.D.s on board and people refer us. We have nine salespeople at this moment in five states. We are in Hawaii, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Alaska. Most of the people we call up, and give them a free demonstration. We put in a unit, which doesn’t cost them anything, and we let them experience the savings. So that is how we promote our business. We have five products. They also now have these ‘Pet Hotels’ and we are starting to put them in there. We have a new product called, Ozone Safe Pet and they love it because this place is small and with the ozone they sprinkle the ozone water on the problem areas and they kill all the bacteria and reduce the cost of all the chemicals that they have to use. It is actually healthy for the pets because it is made of oxygen. We have our products in supermarkets, restaurants, and some restaurants chains are seriously looking at it. We also have a home unit for larger homes called Flo/Pure, where every tap in the house becomes better than bottled-water quality. We have some very interesting products.”
CEOCFO: What is the protection on your technology?
Mr. Elliot: “We have six patents pending. We build our own units; we design, install and service them.”
CEOCFO: What are the plans to expand beyond your current geographic footprint?
Mr. Elliot: “We are working with some large green investment companies. We are trying to raise upwards of $10 million to go into all fifty states. I would love to be in every city in the US. The product is very good; it is not something that is harmful to anyone. It is very simple to train people to install them. Since five years ago when we first started selling we spent about five and a half years in research and development. We also just sold our Laundry Unit to the Raffles L-Ermitage Hotels, which is a 5-Star hotel in Beverly Hills, California. We also sold our Laundry Unit to the Army about eight years ago; they love it and have it serviced every year. They love using it and it saves them money. When you have a laundry unit you don’t have to use hot water and you don’t have to use chemicals on your sheets and pillow cases and uniforms. In addition, linens usually last 200% longer staying fresh and beautiful.”
CEOCFO: What is the competitive landscape?
Mr. Elliot: “It is mostly the chemical industry that competes with us. When we go in, they lose customers. There are some large chemical companies, but the other ozone companies really are not large in comparison to us. There is no one in the ozone industry doing exactly what we are doing. They may be doing it for the farmers and other sections of the industry.”
CEOCFO: Because you have so many different products, how do you stay focused as a company?
Mr. Elliot: “That has been our major issue, to keep our blinders on because everyone wants us to do something different. We find our number-one industry is food disinfection. For example we have a producer of poultry and they process 125 thousands chickens a day and they swear by our technology.”
CEOCFO: It sounds like a no-brainer!
Mr. Elliot: “Your right, I think that within a year or two we are going to get sort of suddenly discovered.”
CEOCFO: Why should potential investors be paying attention?
Mr. Elliot: “When I started this company I was the only investor, and until we went public in 2006, I was the only investor. I didn’t want people to think of us as a start-up. Now we are established, and we have a footprint, but it is still a small company in comparison. I actually believe we are going to become a billion-dollar company, and that is my goal. I believe when people see us now, we are in a seven, eight cents or somewhere in there, I believe we are going to be in the dollars fairly soon. I would suggest people look at our website and look at the technology. They should also consider where the future is, because President Obama’s administration is talking about the next investment that they feel is going to get us out of the economic hole is going to be everything that is green and clean. I believe that. That is what we have established ourselves as, and that is what we are. I think that is the future.”
CEOCFO: What should people reading about Eco-Safe Systems remember most?
Mr. Elliot: “It is good for people, it is green, it is clean, and it is non-harmful. For example, when refilling chemicals there is a danger of spilling on people and they have to wear special protective clothing. However, with Eco-Safe, using ozone you don’t need any of that. Therefore, they should remember that Eco-Safe is green and clean.”
on the technical side..................
I think we are getting close to drying up any shares down here. As soon as that happens we should start to see a nice long leg of upward momentum. I don't think there is much left to accumulate for anyone just starting to take a position. GLTA.
ESFS Share Structure.............
I have confirmed the share structure with the TA.
http://www.ecosafesystemsusa.com/companyinformation.html
As of March 18, 2009
Total Authorized Shares 100,000,000
Total Outstanding Shares 84,564,832
Total Float 20,162,641
Total Restricted 64,402,191
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Nice contract with very nice follow on potential both in Hawaii and other States. This will be a good reference site - University of Hawaii and the State of Hawaii Department of Education.
We will continue to see contracts announced with new companies/institutions. The last year was tough for all companies including ESFS. Now we are just beginning to see how this little company is going to grow fast. Sales are set to pick up dramatically this year. I expect to be very happy with my continued accumulation.
I like how Michael keeps everything out in the open. There has been some small growth in the float but he keeps a very tight reign on it. Business is progressing and that is where Michael's time is focused. One of these days we are going to all be surprised with a major contract...... GLTY.
rrufff; this definitely moves fast which probably has a lot to do with the low float of ~20M. We do see a little of the "pinkie arguments" flying around here but not near as heavy as on the other little drug testing company that I believe both of us are in. I imagine that does influence some people. I just try to throw out the extremists on both sides and keep doing my dd. Too many people on the boards taking others for a ride by pulling on their emotional strings.
rrufff; congrats on the buy. I expect to see this start rising so I continue to accumulate. GLTY.
I wish I could say it was me that picked some up this morning but no such luck. I have been accumulating and will continue to. Anyone buying down here will do very well IMO.
agree. I have not been accumulating LBWR just to get a quick flip. I will wait for the $'s. GLTY.
have you looked at the market lately........
the majority of stocks are "flirting" with annual lows. This is the time to be getting positions in the goods ones that were taken down with the rest. I will continue to add ESFS at these levels. GLTY.
As I just said on another board................
about another little "real" company that has contracts with big business, the same can be easily said with ESFS.
"little companies with big ties ... will do very well coming out of the market crash. This is the best time to be buying IMO but the bargin basement prices seem to be close to an end."
Very meaningful here too and I am starting to hear rumblings of good things from ESFS.
GLTA.
little companies with big ties like LBWR will do very well coming out of the market crash. This is the best time to be buying IMO but the bargin basement prices seem to be close to an end. GLTY.
LBWR FUNDAMENTALS - exactly why I have bought and continue to buy. The good ones take time and I expect this to be worth a lot more than these nickel and dimes. I haven't been posting much but I see we still have the same FUD flingers trying their best on the board.
slowly accumulating. agree anyone selling now is crazy but I will let them come down to my price.... ABC news story was very good for investors and customers.
I believe this is the first official press release to mention that Whole Foods Market (WFMI) is a customer of ESFS. Good that they put the ABC news story on the main page of their site so people can find and view it easily.
http://www.ecosafesystemsusa.com/abc7flash.html
I like what stox66 said over the weekend;
"Eco is proving itself worthy of attention, and that's what will bring investors in or will lead to an eventual buyout.
I repeat, if you believe in the company, support it by spreading the word, by buying stock, by whatever means you can. If you don't believe in the company, just sit back and relax, it will succeed without you."
I am accumulating.........
I would say this is a very good safe accumulation point.... but do it slowly.
ESFS - on ABC7 news yesterday. News clip includes Whole Foods (WFMI) on using the Eco-Safe products.
see sidedraft's post for links to video
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=35899991
nice work digging that up stox66 and also thanks to sidedraft for getting the links up.
Two things I see from this;
1) Maybe the nay sayers that never believed Whole Foods (WFMI) was using ESFS products will finally see the light.
2) Good exposure to bring in more interest.
Both THPW and HDVY have finally had a nice little pop for me. Good potential longer term but I think they will settle back some.
Asus; good thing I listened to you last year and got out of UWNK/UWKI. That is a dead horse now. Some mighty peved investors left holding that bag.
Maybe ESFS is ready to start gaining a little ground now??? Seem like about time from the little I have been digging up.
Oh yeah, I am still living!!! Just busy with work and family stuff... and hard to pick much with the everything in such a mess.
follow up from GreenBarron.com.....
http://www.thegreenbaron.com/pick/Stock%20Report%2001-15-09.htm
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Message to our Members
We at The Green Baron Report are actively talking with dozens of executives of companies that have underlying stocks trading at what appear to be bargain basement prices. The general stock market is still struggling to stabilize, but today’s action was extremely encouraging as the Dow Jones finally closed higher after a 10% decline over the past week. The Green Baron Report prefers holding off on any new stock suggestions until we see more stability in the market.
Once we see better action in the market, we are prepared to release new ideas that we expect will be some of our best ever. In the meantime, we maintain that AXVC, HRAL, and TLAN will perform strongly. We also believe former picks Eco-Safe Systems (ESFS) and DigitalPost Interactive (DGLP) are worthy of a look after fantastic news was released this week. See updates on these below.
Focus Pick Updates
DigitalPost Interactive (BB: DGLP) – Earlier today, DigitalPost released news that it generated 9,400 new recurring subscribers in Q4 and now have over 12,300 recurring subscribers. The growth attributed primarily to the new partnership with Kiddie Kandids is astounding, and virtually assures DigitalPost will be able to reach profitability by year end. See entire press release at http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/090115/0466174.html.
DGLP stock trades near the year low of about .022 per share, and likely will begin to see action as more people become aware of this turnaround story. A move back up to .08 to .10 per share is not a stretch considering this stock was .20 per share last summer. Keep in mind the CEO and CFO recently bought stock at .03 per share.
IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/15/09 -- DigitalPost Interactive (OTCBB: DGLP) (www.dglp.com), a leader in the digital media-sharing space, added 9,400 new recurring subscribers in Q4 and grew its total subscriber base to over 12,300 monthly recurring subscribers. DGLP made significant progress towards its previously announced 2009 business plan objective to be cash flow positive by year end and reiterates its estimate that 30,000 monthly recurring subscribers will achieve that goal.
The DGLP - Kiddie Kandids partnership is currently the predominant source of monthly recurring subscriber/revenue growth. Kiddie Kandids is America's largest children's photography studio chain with all of its 185 retail locations nationwide now featuring Kiddie Kandids family website subscription service www.OurFamilyLife.com.
"We don't just take photos for families, we help them make memories," said Brandon Butterfield, VP of Marketing for Kiddie Kandids. "OurFamilyLife.com is such a hit with our families because it's such an incredibly easy, beautiful and convenient way to share those memories with family and friends. They love that they can communicate, share, and stay organized all in a single place online. It really is the ultimate convenience for today's families."
About DigitalPost Interactive
DigitalPost Interactive (OTC BB:DGLP.OB - News) is a Web 2.0 application provider that delivers a family focused digital media-sharing solution. The company's visually-stunning, user-friendly technology gives consumers a single, engaging place online for permanently storing and sharing a lifetime of digital media and memories, connecting with family and friends, and keeping organized in today's digital world.
Completely scalable and re-brandable, DigitalPost Interactive's technology gives companies in vertical markets a fast and efficient way to offer dynamic Web 2.0 products and services. For more information about DigitalPost Interactive or its consumer site www.TheFamilyPost.com, please visit www.dglp.com.
Eco-Safe Systems (PK: ESFS) – On Monday, January 12, 2008, Eco-Safe announced that it projects 2009 revenues to increase by 500% over the previous year. This is certainly a bold projection considering the current economic climate, but welcome nevertheless. ESFS stock has held firm since our original profile and we look for it to rally once the stock market stabilizes in general. See news below.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/12/09 -- Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) is pleased to announce the results of its annual sales projections based on careful studies and consideration by Larry LaVerne, Director of Marketing, his staff, and with the assistance of Michael Elliot, President and CEO. The projection conservatively estimates sales revenues of over $2.6 million for calendar year 2009, subject to market variability.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc., said, "We are extremely fortunate to be able to announce that projected sales are soaring in the new year. If realized, the 2009 projection will constitute sales five times that of 2008. The projections are based on the status of current negotiations and discussions with interested companies which now realize that ozone is the best FDA and USDA approved microbial intervention available, totally green, and that it can actually make them money."
About Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc.
Eco-Safe Systems, based in Los Angeles, is the manufacturer of patent pending water treatment and water reclamation systems. Our technologies produce ozonated water for food disinfection at significantly less maintenance cost and greater energy savings than our competitors in a completely green and organic manner. We currently offer supermarkets and restaurants a cost effective way to safely extend the shelf life of meat, poultry, seafood, fruits and vegetables. Additionally, Eco-Safe's Natural-Clean Ozone laundry system can help commercial laundries eliminate most chemicals and save money on heating and water costs while extending the life of fabrics. Eco-Safe's acquisition of Ozonetics, an ozone disinfection company based Albuquerque, NM, was completed in September 2008 with critical sanitation applications to the enormous dairy industry. Other expansion plans include distribution of water purification and desalinization products. Please visit us at www.ecosafeusa.com for more information.
Eco-Safe Systems USA (ESFS)
http://www.thegreenbaron.com/Stock Pick Profiles/Stock Profiles Eco-Safe Systems USA (ESFS).htm
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Green Baron New Focus Pick Report
Eco-Safe Systems USA
(OTCPK: ESFS - .08 per share)
www.ecosafeusa.com
Common Shares Outstanding / 83.8 million
Total Authorized Shares / 100 million
Total Float / 18,482,877
Total Restricted / 65,316,955
Current Market Cap / $6.7 million
52-Week High / $.83 per share
52-Week Low / $.05 per share
Average Price / $.116 (50-day) $.268 (200-day)
Average Volume / 65,700 (50-day) 46,800 (200-day)
Creating Safe Food and Water for the Planet
Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems Key to Increase Profit in Supermarkets and Restaurants by Increasing Shelf Life of Food by 4 to 25 days
Eco-Safe NATURAL-CLEAN Ozone Laundry Systems offer Major Savings to Hotel Chains
When was the last time that you researched a Company to find that it truly appears to have the right product at the right time? Most often, a great product is not yet built or is too early for the marketplace to accept. Other times, a company cannot overcome the challenges to mass produce or gain acceptance from buyers.
We visit and talk to different companies just about every day, and are lucky to find one in a hundred that really stands out. Rarer still is when the fundamentals scream for a higher valuation and the stock can be purchased near all-time lows. Please take a few moments in this challenging time for investment to consider a truly “green” stock that makes all the sense in the world.
The Green Baron Report is proud to announce that Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (OTCPK: ESFS) is officially our 71st fully profiled stock and will be added to our storied list of previously profiled stocks on our home page. Results compiled from the most recent trade possible prior to dissemination of this report to the subsequent high will be monitored at www.thegreenbaron.com. Although we have very aggressive short and long term expectations for this stock, we still suggest our members try to accumulate shares as close to today’s profile price as possible.
Eco-Safe Systems is focused on marketing products that dissolve ozone gas in water, producing an antibacterial wash that can kill bacteria instantly for the food industry. After 20 to 30 minutes, ozone decomposes into oxygen without leaving any residue. Eco-Safe products deliver ozone where it is needed and at the right concentrated levels. The Company is able to adapt its systems to suit the client’s space and needs.
Ozone reduces liability to any food provider and increases shelf life significantly. An ozone water wash-down system provided by Eco-Safe Systems will instantly kill food-bourne pathogens increasing the shelf life, for example, of seafood (4-15 days), lettuce (25 days), meat (5-10 days) and broccoli (15 days).
Extraordinary Benefits of Ozone:
Ozone has full FDA and USDA-approval for direct-food contact applications
Ozone extends the shelf life of food products from 4 to 25 days
Ozone kills bacteria 3,100 times faster than chlorine while killing all odors
Ozone is the most powerful broad-spectrum microbiological control agent
Ozone kills bacteria and viruses on contact
Ozone kills the most common food pathogens: E-coli, Listeria, Salmonella, and Hepatitis-A
Ozone ELIMINATES the use of conventional sanitizers
Ozone virtually eliminates all toxic chemical usage and produces no toxic by-products
Ozone is extremely effective as a disinfectant at relatively low concentrations
Ozone is much safer for employees than conventional chemicals
Ozone is very inexpensive to produce and has an unlimited supply
Supermarkets operate on a razor-thin profit margin of just over 1% of sales. The waste alone from the Meat, Seafood, and Produce Departments is greater than this profit. This means when Eco-Safe Technology saves at least 25% of the spoilage from the departments, a supermarket raises its profit margin by over 25%, and realizes a return on its investment in just months.
The list of reasons to own Eco-Safe Systems could run for pages, but we have narrowed them down to our top ten:
Super savings for Supermarkets – The MD-Dual 2000, MD-2000 and MD-1500 Ozone Disinfection systems offered by Eco-Safe to large supermarkets can increase profit by more than 25% with no increase in sales. Several household name supermarkets are currently using or testing products. Based on a PR released yesterday, the MD-1500 and R-1000 Ozone Systems can now be marketed for use in Canada.
No risk option for supermarkets – A funding initiative of up to $15 million announced on July 8, 2008 provides funding for Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Technology so that supermarket chains have a zero net cost.
Purchase of Ozonetics – Currently in final stages of testing for the Department of Agriculture, its new ‘Dairy-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems’ are expected to clean up a massive industry in desperate need of its products.
Natural-Clean Ozone laundry system – This system has operated on-site to rave reviews at the 500 room Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel in Waikiki. Reports confirm that linens last at least twice as long, energy costs are reduced, and there are less labor costs for laundry workers due to the removal of one rinse cycle. A five star hotel mentioned in yesterday’s PR could add further validation and start a major wave.
R-1000 System – This low-cost, space-efficient option for Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection serves up to three sinks. This truly innovative product is being marketed to fast-food restaurants and small food markets.
Personnel – 34 people are involved with the Eco-Safe workforce including nine salespeople and three Ph.D.s specializing in food safety, research, development, and quality control.
Audit and BB Listing - Eco-Safe has completed two years of Certified Audits by Mendoza, Berger, one of the most respected auditors specializing in bulletin board and NASDAQ companies. Eco-Safe is positioned to become fully reporting and has plans to do so within the next two quarters.
Tight Cost Controls and Profitability – An audit of year 2007 financials demonstrated the Company’s ability to control spending and still produce a small profit despite its early stage of sales.
Flo-Pure Home Division – Imagine turning on any faucet in your home and having better than bottled water quality come out. Flo-Pure is the world’s first complete home water system. It promotes good health, prevents illness, kills bacteria, kills viruses, oxygenates, saves money, and softens and purifies. Eco-Safe plans to begin marketing this to luxury homes next year.
Desalinization, Pet Market, Pressure Wash System and Other Markets – It is estimated that there are over 20 major markets that Eco-Safe could attack given enough salespeople, marketing dollars, and support. The opportunities are incredible for growth into a variety of markets over the next year with products that have already been developed.
Technically, ESFS stock bounced off of a year low of .05 per share two weeks ago after it appeared an investor might have been sold out of a position due to heavy overall losses in the market. Prior to this big volume day, the year low for ESFS was .10 per share. The stock bounced back up to .115 per share last week, but has pulled back yet again after more general market weakness. Resistance from the 200-day moving average is way up at over .26 per share, and the 52-week high is .83 per share. We view ESFS as way oversold and ripe for a major move up as the Company locks up new contracts and more investors discover this gem.
As promised, we have arranged it so that you can make money by referring people to Eco-Safe that you may already know. Please ask yourself:
Do you know someone who owns a hotel chain?
Do you know someone who is a buyer at a supermarket or is involved in the produce or meat departments?
Do you know someone who owns a chain of restaurants, especially one that sells seafood?
If so, send us an email to contactgreenbaron@roadrunner.com with your contact information so we can connect you with the proper person at Eco-Safe. If they are not working with the Company you refer, Eco-Safe will pay a 3% finder’s fee to you based on any gross sales that result.
About Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc.
Eco-Safe Systems, based in Los Angeles, CA, is the manufacturer of patented and patent pending water treatment and water reclamation systems. Its technologies produce ozonated water at significantly less maintenance cost and greater energy savings than our competitors. The Company currently offer supermarkets and restaurants a cost effective way to safely extend the shelf life of meat, poultry, seafood, fruits and vegetables. Additionally, its Natural-Clean Ozone laundry system can help commercial laundries eliminate most chemicals and save money on heating and water costs while extending the life of fabrics. Eco-Safe’s acquisition of Ozonetics, an ozone disinfection company based Albuquerque, NM, was completed in September 2008 with critical sanitation applications to the enormous dairy industry. Other plans include distribution of water purification and desalinization products to luxury home, RV and boating markets.
Expanding Markets
Eco-Safe Laundry Systems
Eco-Safe is implementing a major thrust with Ozone Laundry Systems. Its Ozone Laundry Systems have been in place in a 500 room Hawaiian hotel and an Army base for over 5 years during its R&D phase, and is just now moving into commercial laundry operations in Southern California and beyond. Ozone works best in cold water eliminating the cost of heating water. Detergents need only be used for situations such as heavy grease removal. It requires only one rinse cycle saving water and time for labor. Finally, since detergents and other laundry chemicals cause extra wear and tear on fabrics, ozonated laundry lasts longer, feels softer, and looks brighter.
Eco-Safe Animal Care
Eco-Safe has broken new ground in installing Ozone Disinfection Systems in the pet care industry. Doggy Day-Care facilities are the fastest growing service industry in the pet care market, and they are desperate for sanitation technology to prevent the spread of disease and prevent odors. Eco-Safe Ozone Systems, of course, serve these needs better than any other means available.
Eco-Safe Desalination
Eco-Safe is negotiating contracts with Oceanside Resort and Hotel industries in Mexico where seawater is plentiful, but fresh water is not. By providing desalinated water to such communities but maintaining ownership of the facilities, Eco-Safe can provide pure water and maintain a profitable revenue stream for the foreseeable future.
Flo/Pure Whole-Home Water System
The Eco-Safe Flo/Pure Water System offers a level of water purity and sanitation previously unavailable. Marketed through builders of high-end homes, the Flo/Pure system will be an attractive add-on in the luxury home market, providing bottled-water quality in every tap.
Eco-Guard RV
The Eco-Guard RV Water System will offer better than bottled water quality, with the safeguard of Eco-Safe Ozone disinfection. RV’s are notorious for having water systems contaminated with bacteria. The Eco-Guard system will make the need for bottled water a thing of the past for RV users.
Recent Key Announcements
October 7, 2008 – Eco-Safe Announces Upcoming Special Stockholders Meeting - LOS ANGELES, CA – Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) is pleased to announce an Annual Stockholders’ Meeting scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 24, 2008, to be held in The Palisades Room of the Courtyard by Marriott, 15433 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said, “We plan a very positive report for our stockholders this year. Our financials are good, orders keep coming in, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has just informed us they will be listing our MD-1500 and R-1000 Ozone Systems for use in Canada.”
“Also, the first installation at Seafood City, a leading seafood retailer, has been so successful that they are speeding up installation of subsequent Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems. Further good news, Eco-Safe is in the final stages of negotiation with a Five-Star Hotel for a laundry system, and is negotiating with a large poultry operation for a wastewater treatment and reclamation system. As several efforts are nearing completion, we hope to have even further positive announcements to our stockholders at the meeting,” said Elliot.
September 16, 2008 - USDA & FDA Regulated HACCP Training to Be Integrated Into Eco-Safe Services - Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) announces future integration of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) training into services offered to Eco-Safe clients through certification of Eco-Safe staff.
HACCP is a systematic preventive approach to food safety. HACCP programs for the meat and poultry industries are regulated by the USDA, and HACCP programs for seafood are regulated by the FDA.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said, "Victor M. Ramirez will be overseeing the HACCP certification of Eco-Safe staff. Victor is President of Stealth Logistics, a company which has instituted and administered HACCP programs in North America and Europe for twelve years. This will allow us to provide another valuable service to our clients and make our Disinfection Systems even more valuable."
According to Mr. Ramirez, "Throughout my company's history, I have never found a product that helped to revolutionize my HACCP programs like Eco-Safe's Ozone Disinfection Systems. Eco-Safe Systems have made a great contribution to the application of SSOP (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures). In the past I had to worry about traceability of the chemical compounds I was using to kill bacteria as required by law."
"The use of Eco-Safe's Ozone Disinfection Systems has now given me the ability to save hundreds of hours on paperwork as well expedite inspections and audits by Federal, State, and Local regulatory agencies."
"The use of Ozone affords us extra time necessary to focus on the HACCP Plan itself, thus creating a golden image and reputation to our customers. Also, Ozone is a great bacterial 'immunizer' and gives my customers the ability to promote their image as Green Companies for the minimum amount of chemicals used during sanitation procedures, as well as preserving the labeling of Organic products."
September 9, 2008 - Eco-Safe Finalizes Acquisition of Ozonetics, Inc. - Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. announces completing the acquisition of Ozonetics, Inc., an ozone disinfection company, based in Albuquerque, NM, currently focused on the dairy industry.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said, "We are pleased to have acquired Ozonetics, Inc., and look forward to rapidly expanding into the U.S. dairy industry. Ozonetics is in the final stages of testing for the Department of Agriculture, and has met with Agriculture Officials last week in that regard. Pending final government approval, a large commercial dairy company with more than 100 herds of cattle has already indicated a desire to install the new Eco-Safe System, to be marketed under the name, 'Dairy-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems.'
"We are also pleased to announce that Jim Gray, formerly head of Marketing and Development for Ozonetics, has been chosen to head Eco-Safe's Dairy Division and bring our Dairy Systems to market. Jim is currently coordinating efforts with Eco-Safe's Chief Technical Officer and Head Engineer regarding system design."
Dairying is the number one agricultural business in nine states, including California and New Mexico. New Mexico has the largest average dairy herd size in the nation, nearly twice as large as any other state.
Eco-Safe Systems, a leader in Green-Technology, focuses on Ozone food-safety and water-purity intervention systems with services ranging from food disinfection to water reclamation and water desalination. Eco-Safe believes its patent-pending processes raise the bar on food safety and environmental sustainability, while decreasing costs and risks to businesses, the public and the planet.
September 2, 2008 - Eco-Safe Signs Supermarket and Restaurant Chain - Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. announces the installation of Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems in the Seafood City chain of Supermarkets and Restaurants.
Seafood City owns and operates 30 Supermarkets and Restaurants throughout California and Nevada, and plans on integrating Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection systems throughout their chain. The initial commitment is to install Eco-Safe's largest Ozone Disinfection Systems in four of their supermarkets.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said, "We are very pleased to add Seafood City, another chain of Supermarkets and Restaurants, to our list of clients. Seafood City did extensive testing of our Ozone Disinfection Systems and found their performance was so good that they could abandon costly and inferior technologies previously employed in their stores.
"The Food Industry is beginning to understand and appreciate Eco-Safe green technology and the value it adds to their operations."
August 11, 2008 - Seafood Processor Chooses Eco-Safe to Expand for Large Markets - Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. announces that when a well known Los Angeles Seafood Processor recently expanded into larger facilities in order to serve large grocery chains, they chose Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems as their primary disinfection system.
Upon receiving the order for the Eco-Safe system, Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said, "Our disinfection systems sell themselves, which is allowing us to outpace our sales for 2007 this year. This is a client familiar with Eco-Safe, so when they expanded into a new facility more than twice their original size, they did not hesitate to purchase a $50,000 system.
"This client processes and prepares pre-packaged seafood products for major U.S. retail outlets, including one of the leading U.S. grocery chains, so product quality and safety are extremely important issues. They leased one of our smaller systems for use in their original location for a number of years, so they were quite familiar with the many advantages of Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems."
July 8, 2008 - Eco-Safe Announces $15M Funding Initiative for Supermarkets - Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. announces a Funding Initiative of up to $15,000,000 to make Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Technology cost-free to Supermarket Chains.
Eco-Safe has just negotiated with a private investment group for up to $15M in capital. This will provide funding to dramatically increase the rate at which Eco-Safe Technology can be purchased by Supermarket Chains at zero net cost.
Studies have proven that Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems make money for Supermarkets by decreasing spoilage in the perishable departments of Meat, Seafood, and Produce. According to a recent survey of over 10,000 supermarkets, reducing waste in these departments alone can substantially boost their profits. Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe, said, "Having teamed up with an investment group, we are offering a 6 month deferred payment plan which gives the supermarkets a huge window of opportunity to pay for the Eco-Safe System from the surplus profits accumulated during the 6 months free use of our units. It is truly a unique win-win situation."
Elliot added, "In this tight economic climate, we can now provide our preferred clients with a deferred payment plan, where the savings of the Eco-Safe System pays for itself. We believe so strongly in our Systems and their benefits to the Supermarket Industry that we are willing to put up the money to save food and increase profits when food costs are skyrocketing. We are in the process of contacting every major Supermarket Chain in the United States with this offer."
To view the documentation detailing how significant Eco-Safe prevention of spoilage can be to the Supermarket Industry, visit www.ecosafeusa.com/SupermarketSurvey.pdf.
July 1, 2008 - Eco-Safe Releases 2007 Certified Audit - Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (Other OTC: ESFS) releases its 2007 Certified Financial Statement prepared by Mendoza-Berger.
The audit shows Eco-Safe profitable for the year 2007, with over 150% growth from 2006.
Michael Elliot, President, said, "We are very pleased to be able to release our latest Certified Audit showing Eco-Safe as a profitable company with strong growth. Since Eco-Safe is a non-reporting company, we did not need to commission this audit, and few companies in our position would do so. However, Eco-Safe ordered this independent audit to provide our shareholders and bankers with the most accurate information possible."
To view the Eco-Safe 2007 Certified Audit, please visit: www.ecosafeusa.com/CertifiedAudit2007.pdf.
June 17, 2008 - Eco-Safe Announces Results of Challenge Study of Ozone vs. Chlorine - Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. is pleased to report excellent results from a commissioned challenge study of disinfection effectiveness of ozone vs. chlorine.
Several months were spent designing testing protocols for a study which would measure the relative killing power of ozone vs. chlorine against Salmonella spp, Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli O157:H7. This study was commissioned by Eco-Safe upon the request of a large fast-food restaurant chain. The study was designed through the joint efforts of Dr. Al Baroudi, President of Food Safety Institute, International (FSI) and the restaurant chain mentioned previously, and was executed by a reputable third party commercial institution licensed to handle and study pathogenic bacteria in the U.S.
The data generated in this study proved the Eco-Safe ozone wash procedure to be 10 times more effective than a 20 parts per million (ppm) chlorine wash on produce tested with a high bacterial load. Chlorine at 20 ppm is the historical disinfectant of choice when a kill intervention process is applied for produce items destined for public consumption in the fast food and retail foodservice industry. However, during the investigation phase of project planning, it was discovered that in many cases, end-point distributors of these products do not utilize a chemical wash procedure of any type, including chlorine. For this reason, Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems are designed to automatically provide disinfection to the water whenever the tap is turned on, requiring no special employee intervention or training.
Michael Elliot, President of Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc., said, "Although there are many published scientific studies which document the superiority of ozone vs. chlorine disinfection, one of our prospective clients requested a specific study pitting ozone and chlorine against certain deadly bacteria found in our food supply. As anticipated, this study found significant benefits from using ozone rather than chlorine disinfection, not the least of which is ozone's green, organic protection, creating none of the carcinogenic by-products associated with chlorine.
"One of the factors which warranted such an expensive study was the demand that the testing conditions conform to real-world situations in the foodservice industry. We went to great lengths to refine testing procedures which would speak directly to our clients' needs," added Mr. Elliot.
"E. coli 0157:H7 devastated the spinach industry 2 years ago and Salmonella saintpaul has already crippled the tomato industry this season. Ozone water disinfection can deliver many benefits which will increase food quality and safety at a lower cost to producers and processors," said Dr. Baroudi. He added, "At a time when some consumer victims are paying for this unnecessary agony with hospitalization, or even death in some cases, as well as when the nation's growers, brokers, restaurants and food retailers are suffering from millions of dollars in lost business, Ozone Disinfection is a government-approved intervention process which can be used for safety, illness prevention, and to rebuild consumer confidence in the food industry."
Green Baron Conclusion
Eco-Safe Ozone Disinfection Systems provide undeniable benefits to supermarkets and restaurant owners. Testing now in place at several well known retailers should evolve into sales soon. We are confident that each new sale will add further credibility to proving the significant cost benefits.
As our worldwide food supply continues be confronted by new types of bacteria and disease threats, it is becoming increasingly apparent that more retailers will consider Eco-Safe products than face liability risks. The increase in shelf life to food is amazing, and it is reported that seafood smells virtually disappear with use of the Eco-Safe systems.
The market size for Eco-Safe products in targeted areas is simply staggering. The Company has spent several years proving its products, and now it is just beginning to pay off.
The Green Baron Report sees massive upside for ESFS stock, and a move back up to at least .60 per share over the next six months is extremely reasonable even in this market. We strongly suggest members accumulate at current prices, and we expect to see you at the stockholders meeting in late November with smiling faces.
For Further Information Contact:
Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc.
www.ecosafeusa.com
President – Michael Elliot
(800)649-1434
melliot@ecosafeusa.com
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very good potential at these prices. This is definitely a real company that is building it's clients. That takes time which most on these boards don't like. I see this as a very good long term investments. I agree the share price has been a big disappointment but that will change again. I will continue to take advantage of this pps. I seldom post anymore but I am in this one more than ever. risk/reward is very attractive.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!