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Victor Industries Prepares for Transition from Development Stage to Production


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MISSOULA, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2001--Victor Industries
(OTCBB:VICI) has been in the development stage of a revolutionary
new fertilizer for the past year. The Company is meeting with their
patent attorney this week in preparation for filing for patent
protection.
Arrangements have been made to produce the first commercially
produced batch of its proprietary compound. When the patent is filed
VICI will immediately begin shipping sample orders to customers who
have expressed considerable enthusiasm for the new product. Sample
orders will be going to Fortune 500 customers as well as distributors
and other fertilizer companies.
"The hot buzz word around fertilizer companies is slow release
fertilizer, said Penny Sperry, President of VICI. "The compound we
will produce is a demand driven release of the nutrients. When the
level of nutrients in the soil are reduced by plant uptake, our
compound releases them in an ion exchange."
The two main sources of nitrate and phosphate pollution are
fertilizers and large animal feeding operations. By placing the Victor
Industries proprietary compound in the waste stream of the animals the
compound will absorb the ammonia before it degrades to nitrates while
also absorbing the phosphates. What is left behind is fiber and what
we harvest is a demand release fertilizer.
Wide spread adoption of the compound will significantly reduce
pollution from large animal feeding operations while reducing the
leaching of nitrates and phosphates into ground water by commercial
fertilizers.
"I can't think of a larger or more global market than the one our
compound can satisfy," said Rich Leary, Director of Business
Development for Victor Industries. "Anywhere they fertilize or
commercially produce animals our compound solves the problem of
nitrate and phosphate pollution. The dead zone at the mouth of the
Mississippi is a well known manifestation of the problem domestically,
but we have received indications of interest from as far away as New
Zealand. Nitrate and phosphate pollution is a global problem."
The new fertilizer continues working effectively for 1-3 years,
thus reducing the need for multiple fertilizer applications every year
to the same land and because it absorbs 45% of its weight in water and
releases it when the soil begins to dry, less irrigation is required.
Recently the EPA proposed strict new regulations to reduce water
pollution from the large animal feeding operations, affecting nearly
39,000 feed plants nationwide, including dairies, chicken, pig and
turkey farms. The EPA estimates that 128 billion pounds of manure is
generated each year.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to vary materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. The Company may experience significant
fluctuations in operating results due to a number of economic,
competitive and other factors. These factors could cause operation
results to vary significantly from those in prior periods, and those
projected in forward-looking statements. Information with respect to
these factors which could materially affect the company and its
operations are included on certain forms the company files with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: Victor Industries, Inc.
Ron Pellett, 406/251-8501
Fax, 406/251-8502
[e-mail]

KEYWORD: MONTANA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: CHEMICALS/PLASTICS ENVIRONMENT FOODS/BEVERAGES
PRODUCT
SOURCE: Victor Industries, Inc.
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Aug-01-2001 11:00 GMT
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