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Lost the yahoo board, anyone here
Well it doesn't look good, no news no one answers emails and a answering machine when you call. I still think the iceblast technology is a winner just can't execute.
I have had several phone conversations with Rory over the years and I have no doubt he is working all out to make this company a success, since he has a lot of his money sunk into this venture. One thing I have noticed when talking with Rory is he has one of those personalities that is very poor for business negotiations, mostly he gets irratated easily and comes across as confrontational when speaking to him. In my opionion he doesn't even realize this but I can see when going to customers with a new technolgy this could be a big problem, customers feel this harsh feeling when dealing with Rory and just turn away. Just my opionion but it is time to let Rory run the company from the back room and get someone else to deal with customers and partners. Rory if you read this it is not meant to be negative but just facts as I see them. We are at the end of the rope hanging on, time to make some major changes.
Gary
With the bankrupcy of Delphi and the resulting backlash through the auto industry I would think one of two things are going to happen to UIBI. One all auto companies and suppliers are going to tighten spending drastically and let all the turmoil wash out before commiting any new spending, this will surely kill UIBI off for good.
Second senario would be this action of Delphi could shake up the foot dragging and noncommitment by the auto industry to new techonogys that save money and produce better results. Most of UIBI troubles are not that the product is not very good but to get the auto companies with thier endless bueracracy to change anykind of standard is near impossible. Basically it is the same in any large corporation, nobody wants to stick their neck out in case something new doesn't work, everything is decision by committe and that is slow going.
In my opionion the high cost of labor and the unions are not the only problem at the big three, management needs to start making some moves with thoughts on how to improve productiviy and not on who we can blame if something new doesn't work out.
Looking forward to Chairman's update, should fill in a few answers. With all the parterships and marketing alliances worldwide and the fact Rory has gone out of his way to guarentee manufactoring faculities internationally, I believe we are in for some outstanding business.
In addition with the lower outstanding shares the company will be able to achieve a stock price to gain listing to a decent exchange, like Rory said the company doesn't want to be stigmatized with the penny stock logo.
I don't care what is said over on raging bull, I beleive this reverse split was engineered to coincide with very good results in the future in the form of more sales, partners, and eventually the passing of the six sigma by Ford. With the low outstanding shares it will allow the price to rise quickly to the five dollar range and allow finacing that will not kill existing shareholders. What people are forgetting is we have a winning technology here covered by patents and in demand by a lot of large coporate customers. Iceblast is enviromentally and cost wise superior to existing technologies that don't clean or deburr anywhere near iceblast.
Short term money is a problem but Rory has spent years working a company without much cash, I figure they are forcasting profitability by 3rd quarter so cash flow must be improving daily. Just wish to state my thoughts everyone is ringing theier hands over R/S and it's delay, I thought the explanation of NASD requirement changes sounds resonable when you deal in that arena rules and paperwork can be cumbersome.
Anyway I don't know if anyone reads this but felt like putting it out. A lot of investors are being very shortsighted and don't see the long term potential of this company.
Pretty quiet in this stock lately, settled in at around .012 a share. I still believe in this technology and by looking at the websites of the yet officialy announced partners in the middle east Russia and Netherlands I think this is close to a reversal in the long term stock slide and will continue on to a long steady uptrend. This technology works and a lot of companies seem to want to be part of it, Rory has been burnt so many times in the past on putting out news and having it fall through that I believe there is a lot in the works but the company will not put it out untill the check is in the bank.
I emailed Iceblast Europe around a week ago and asked when they were going to update their website to reflect any new activity, I figured they are supposed to have their own management maybe they would give out a little information. I got a reply saying the website would be updated in a couple weeks, also said they have been very busy lately in the Netherlands, picking up in Germany, Sweeden and Russia. My viewpoint with the new licencing stradegy, business is picking up and once this technology starts getting a little exposure business will be good.
My feelings are if the European Iceblast site is upgraded then the rest of the site should be updated, with all the websites by our partners out there with no official news releases on them even existing this might finally be coming together.
This is just my opionion based on a few emails and a lot of European partners yet to be announced who have websites up showing them as iceblast distributors.
Please keep this post on this board, the Raging bull is a rats nest.
Gary
Todd Engineering New Website with Iceblast.
http://www.toddeng.com/
A very very very good morning to all you UIBI people especially Vanni.
Company News and Press Releases From Other Sources:
Nuclear Power Facility Orders Blast -- Ice Blast
KIRKLAND, WA, Jul. 20, 2004 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Universal Ice Blast, Inc. (OTC BB: UIBI), a leading authority in ice blast technology, today confirmed it has a purchase order totaling $150,000 from a nuclear power facility in the US. "This contract allows UIBI to execute its business strategy exactly as previously stated," remarked CEO, Rory Clarke. "The design of the decontamination system was done in Kirkland, thereafter all manufactured components were outsourced to our partners. The ice generation unit is built in Seattle and the booth and filtration units are built in Canada and a US manufacturer. Delivery of the systems is expected to take place later this month."
"The decontamination system includes our nuclear grade ice blast model CX-91 with our standard design booth, which is sound attenuated, a demister unit and stand alone nuclear filtration unit," notes Mike Neil, Engineering Manager with UIBI. "It is a very tight package fulfilling our customer's requirements."
About Universal Ice Blast, Inc.
Since 1995, Universal Ice Blast, Inc. has developed patented Ice Blast Technology as a superior alternative for high-pressure water and chemical cleaning systems. The Company conducts field research with major clients and has strategic partnerships through which it licenses its technology. Headquartered in Kirkland, WA, the Company operates in U.S. markets and (via European partners) throughout Europe. Please visit the corporate website at www.iceblast.net.
This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Equitilink
877-788-1940
SOURCE: Universal Ice Blast, Inc.
The same question was asked on the RB board where I found the link, here is the reply.
I did notice the date. I thought the same thing at first. However, if you go to home page of the site there is a listing for archived articles. If you go to Sept 2001, the date at the bottom below the article, it isn't there. If you go to April 2004 archive, the article shows up. So I'm assuming it's new. Plus I never saw the article before. That's really all I have to go on and it seems to make sense. I wouldn't have posted it if I found it under the archives 9/2001.
Trade magazine article on iceblast:
http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/0404rt2.html
Well we used to be based out around .015 cents a share now we seem to be at the .025 to .03 cent range, not to bad. If you listen to Rory's interviews, I think that UIBI is in for some explosive growth. The technology work well and is being peddeled by some big tier one suppliers for the auto industry. With all the manufactoring, financing, and selling done by others under the licensing deals UIBI's cost structure should remain low with a the licensing dollars flowing to the bottom line.
Gary
Some good information in this interview done in Febuary of this year.
http://www.wallst.net/main_profile.asp?tick=uibi
Ignore my last post, not releated to iceblast.
New Distributor:
http://www.icecleaningsystems.com/
New partners website:
http://www.mourik.com/index_uk.html
Ice Blast News:
Universal Ice Blast Europe appoints Mourik as Ice Blast service provider
Universal Ice Blast Europe appoints Mourik Services BV as Ice Blast Service Partner. Mourik and Universal Ice Blast Europe will work together to spread availability of Ice Blast Services to the European market.
Den Burg, 1 October 2003 - Universal Ice Blast Europe (www.iceblast.nl) and Mourik Services BV (www.mourik.com/index_uk.html) have entered into a partnership to provide industrial cleaning services offering Universal Ice Blast Europe's patented technology. Mourik Services BV is an industrial contractor known for their innovative and advanced working solutions, a contractor that places the interest of the customer as their top priority. Their commitment to the new Ice Blast technology is evidenced by a sophisticated new mobile Ice Blast vehicle capable of offering a broad range of Ice Blast services to their extensive Dutch customer base. Mourik Services plans to offer its services to its customers in other European countries in the coming months.
Mourik Services is established in Botlek-Rotterdam with Dutch branches in Vlissingen, Moerdijk and Velsen-Noord. Mourik has provided a broad range of technical services for the past 40 years to the petro-chemical, steel, utilities and environmental industries. These services include; informational and realization support, maintenance for mechanical engineering, high pressure water and vacuum cleaning, catalyst handling, asbestos abatement, environmental technology and civil engineering.
"Ice Blast has been totally new for Mourik Services. For some applications Ice Blast provides potential advantages over current cleaning practices. For example, Ice Blast is Environmentally friendly, Safe and is low-cost, these are the qualities that our customers find most appealing", according to ing J.H. (Hans) Stam, Managing Director of Mourik Services B.V. "Cleaning using Ice Blast is an alternative Mourik made available to our clientele to provide even better services and well considered innovative cleaning solutions."
The newly built Ice Blast unit makes it possible to operate completely independent of local infrastructure at customers' sites. Mourik Ice Blast services in The Netherlands are available from Mouriks' main branch in Botlek-Rotterdam. Universal Ice Blast Europe and Mouriks' foreign branches will expand the Ice Blast services into several European countries outside of The Netherlands.
"The expansion of our Ice Blast technology into Europe through Mouriks' branch network will provide a viable alternative to existing cleaning methods for the industrial market. This relationship will allow Mouriks' customers to have direct access to the low-cost and minimal-waste benefits of our Ice Blast cleaning technology", says Kees Dros, Managing Director of Universal Ice Blast Europe," a Win-Win for all parties involved."
"Now that the first phase of Ice Blast services has been completed, Universal Ice Blast Europe is building a network of European Ice Blast Partners" Says Dros. Universal Ice Blast Partnerships will comprise of:
· Ice Blast Service Partners: Industrial service companies providing Industrial Cleaning and Environmental Cleaning services.
· Ice Blast Equipment Partners: Equipment manufacturers of Ice Blast equipment for production cleaning and deburring solutions.
· Ice Blast Support Partners: Support organizations providing maintenance for refrigeration, mechanical, and production or development services to Universal Ice Blast Europe and its Partners.
About Mourik Services
Mourik Services has more than 700 qualified employees and a large fleet of modern equipment. It is a division of Joh. Mourik & Co. Holding B.V., a company with 1800 employees and turnover of 250 million euro worldwide.
About Universal Ice Blast Europe
Ice Blast, a patented technology, was developed by Universal Ice Blast, Inc (NASDAQ:UIBI), in Kirkland, Washington, USA. Universal Ice Blast Europe (UIBE) represents UIBI in Europe and will manufacture, market and sell the Ice Blast equipment to the European market. UIBE services are delivered through a network of appointed Ice Blast Partners to end use-customers.
UIBE will position its Ice Blast technology into 3 primary market segments: Industrial Cleaning (cleaning of industrial machinery, infrastructures and marine applications), Production Cleaning (cleaning and deburring in manufacturing industries), and Environmental Cleaning (asbestos abatement, lead based paint removal and nuclear decontamination). UIBE will have access to a new range of products, currently under development by UIBI , that are aimed at specific applications in existing market segments.
Very heavy volume the last few days with not much movement in price, any ideas can't believe it is all day traders not that much movement in the price. With only 5 million in float it seems strange to see this.
Gary
POB, I think your right on more press releases, I believe the company is finally getting some attention from industry after the original Ford iceblast machine, which has now been operating for 14 months now. This board may become a asset in the future with all the day traders and future bashers on the RB board.
Gary
Has anyone heard about finacing for the US operations, Rory mentioned getting financing in Europe for the operation over there. Just have not seen anything on a package for the U.S., only reason I ask is these are extremely tough times for getting anyone to extend a line of credit especially for a small start up company. The company can always sell shares for cash but that will hurt the existing shareholders in the near term.
Gary
John,
I think that the company has been forging many alliances and probable licencing agreements since the Ford machine first went into service. This technology will sell itself and there should be keen interest from different companies to be part of it. Hoping to hear more on this in the coming months, it has been a long wait but I feel the rewards will be well worth it.
Gary
Hi John,
Didn't know this board existed, nice to be here. Like you I am a big believer in Iceblast and think Rory and Sam are going to bring this company to great heights. As I have stated on the RB board Iceblast is superior to other cleaning methods through physical properties, which can't be stolen or changed by any competition and we have the patents and management to bring it to market in a big way. Go UIBI....
Gary