Greenstone Appoints Second GreenShield Distributor
NEW YORK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 21, 2008 -- Greenstone Holdings, Inc. (Other OTC:GSHN.PK - News) announced today that the Company appointed ECO Solutions Inc. a distributor for the GreenShield(TM) product line. Greenstone will supply Greenstone's protective chemical product, GreenShield(TM) to ECO Solutions on a non-exclusive basis for distribution to dealers and large end-users. ECO Solutions Inc. is an affiliate of ECORail Products Inc., the company who has an exclusive agreement for GreenShield process to be used on railroad wood products such as crossties, bridge members and railcar flooring and decking. ECO Solution's territory covers the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
ECO Solutions President & CEO B. Allen Brown stated, "We are extremely excited about the GreenShield product line and look forward to introducing it into the territories assigned by Greenstone. We have already experienced a high level of interest from the potential users we have already contacted."
GREENSTONE PRESENTS
GREENER & CLEANER FUTURE
Due to public perception, most people are surprised to learn the following facts:
The Continent that boasts the world's largest per-capita wood consumption is NORTH AMERICA.... yet our forests cover approximately the same area of land as they did 100 years ago. According to the United Nations, our forests have expanded by nearly 100 million acres over the past decade....wood is and has been a truly sustainable natural resource.
Cutting down an old tree will result in a net reduction of carbon dioxide as long as it is replaced by a young tree. An old tree consumes less carbon dioxide than a younger tree....a well managed forest will help reduce Green House Gas Emissions.
We are all GREEN
Greenstone's products are all "GREEN" products.
GreenShield™ will help create a "Greener" world environment by utilizing sustainable natural resources and will reduce our reliance on fossil based products. Permeate™ and MagneLine ® will help reduce landfill build-up by making building last longer, and by saving lives at the same time. Green-Dri™ will reduce the amount of energy usage and wood waste. Crystal-Guard™ will make building safer from asbestos and reduce energy usage for disposal.
GREENSTONE ABOUT US
Incorporated in the state of Florida in November 2000, Greenstone Holdings, Inc.(OTC Pinksheets GSHN) is headquartered in New York City.
Greenstone is in the business of providing a variety of unique chemical technologies that are primarily used in the building and construction industry. The Company's first brand name product, GreenShield™, offers a "green" solution to protect wood based building materials and other products lncluding lumber, logs, plywood, drywall, window, door, railroad ties, fencing, and utility poles from moisture and fire. The $25 billion water damage market is one example of many which GreenShield sealer can find a niche in. Greenstone also distributes Green-Dri™, revolutionary biological dry kiln for drying wood, Permeate™, a very unique chemical sealer for metal, concrete, and other construction material, MagneLine ®, a very strong polymer cement mortar to reinforce metal and concrete structures such as bridges and highways, and Crystal-Guard™ an asbestos encapsulant which will also enable economical detoxification of removed asbestos.
The Company's sales distributions are segmented into the following three main areas:
1. Distributor Network
Applicators (Dealers) to apply GreenShield on buildings
2. Direct Sales Network
Building & Construction Material Manufacturers
Prefab Building / Log Home Manufacturers
Sawmills / Wood Treaters
Construction Companies
Government Agencies (DOT's, etc)
3. Partnership
ECORail Products: Railroad Industry (GreenShield)
Sheppard Global: Aviation Industry (Permeate)
Currently, GreenShield chemical is produced at the Company's blender location in Jonesboro, AR. Permeate is produced by D&D Corp.in Yokkaichi, Japan, MangeLine is produced by Magne Corp. in Fukuoka, Japan, Crystal-Guard is produced by M-Tec Co.Ltd. in Sakai, Japan, and Green-Dri is produced by Nippon Funen Mokuzai Co. in Macksburg, OH. The Company also has a storgage facility in Jersey City, NJ.
Followings are some of the statistics on various markets, Greenstone products are targeting:
Moisture Damage and Others- Water/Mold/Mildew/Rot/Decay/Termite/Fire
Back in 2002, even before hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the total amount of homeowners’ insurance claims nationwide for water damage, which includes ones from mold and freezing, was over $25 billion. The termite damage claims were approximately $11 billion, and is about the same cost for fire damage.
Housing
According to U.S.Census Bureau, 1.98 million new homes were built in 2006. However, for 2007, it is expected to drop to 1.52 million. As for the existing housing, the number of total U.S. house hold was 108,871,000 in 2005 which includes moble homes and apartments. The Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New One-Family Houses Completed for 1976 was 1,700, for 1986 was 1,825, for 1996 was 2,120, and for 2006 was 2,469, increasing steadily over the years.
Log Homes
According to NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) and Log Homes Council, there are more than 500,000 log homes in the United States and more than 90% are used as primary residences. In the mid-1980's about 7,000 log homes were sold a year. Currently, that figure is over 25,000. There are more than 500 log home manufacturers and more than 2,600 builder/dealers in the U.S. and Canada. U.S. production of log homes represents 7% of custom home construction in the U.S. The typical log home has over 2,000 square feet of living space compared to 1,100 square feet 15 years ago.
CCA Treated Wood
For over 50 years, CCA (Chromated Copper Arsenate) was used as a preservative to treat wood in the United States. However, due to known carcinogens, Arsenic, CCA has been banned from residential use since the end of 2003. The most of these treated lumbers are used on decks. with 46% of US homes having a deck (Coatings World Feb '08). Out of all these decks, 2 to 3 million existing decks are estimated to contain CCA treated wood which translates into somewhere between 600 and 900 million square feet of decking surface. In addition to decking, there are other CCA treated wood products out there exposing people to possible health risks, including many children such as using wooden playground equipment.
Plywood Wood & OSB (Oriented Strand Board)
According to the Engineered Wood Association (APA), North American structual wood panel (plywood and OSB) production is expected to total 40.2 billion square feet (3/8 inch thickness basis) for year 2007 down 2.2 billion square feet from 2006 and 2.9 billion from the record mark 43.1 billion in 2005. (Note: On average 400 square feet of surface can be sprayed with one gallon of GreenShield. The current suggested retail price of GreenShield is $70 per gallon)
Railroad Products (Cross ties, freight car decking, etc.)
Over 90% of all railroad ties are still wooden and approximately 20 million railroad ties are produced in the United States each year to replace aging cross ties. Environmentally damaging Creosote is still being used to treat most of cross ties, and an alternative chemical has been seriously sought out to replace the existing Creosote process. In some markets, Creosote usage has been banned and cross ties are not being treated which reduces their usage to only 3 years or less. For decades, railroads spent little on expansion, even tore up surplus track and shrank routes. But since 2000, they have spent $10 billion to expand tracks, built freight yards and bought locomotives, and they have $12 bilion more in upgrade planned. Because of the oil (gas) price surges in recent years, railroads are cutting into the business of the two million long-haul freight trucks in the US., which account for 350 million shipments a year. Railroads have also found friends among environmentalists, who see moving freight by train rather than truck as a way to reduce fuel burning and emissions. (WSJ 2/13/07).
Dry Kilns
According to United Nation's Economic figures for 2006, approximately 66 billion board feet of sawn wood were produced in the North America. More than half of those need to be kiln dried by approximately 10,000 existing dry kilns.
Corrosion
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2001 report, the total direct cost in the US from corrosion is estimated to be $276 billion per year. Of that, $8.3 billion was spent on highway bridges and $2.2 billion was spent on aircraft. Also, 2001 GAO study on corrosion cost for the US military estimatesto be approximatelty $20 billion.
Bridges
According to the Federal Highway Administration, there are 586,000 bridges in the United States and approximately 1/3 of that are in need of repair or replacement.
Concrete
According to the Concrete Construction, November 2005 article, the concrete construction cost in the US was $109.6 billion in 2004 and 484 million cubic yards of ready mixed concrete was produced.
Earthquake The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that several million earthquakes occur in the word each year. According to CUREe (California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering), the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in California, which registered 6.7 on the Richter scale, caused $40 billion in property loss. USGS shows that we experienced fifty-five earthquakes with magnitudes of six or higher between year 2000 and 2007 in the United States and 1,263 around the world. The State of California experienced approximately 75 percent of the nationa's seismic activity. The number of these large quakes have stayed relatively constant and not on increase, according to USGS.
Asbestos Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fiber that has been used in more than 3,000 different construction materials and manufactured products. It is commonly found in heating system insulation, decorative spray-on ceiling treatments, vinyl flooring, cement shake siding and a variety of additional materials. Some asbestos-containing materials were still being installed into the late 1980s.All types of asbestos tend to break into very tiny fibers. These individual fibers are so small that many must be identified using a microscope. In fact, some individual fibers may be up to 700 times smaller than a human hair. Because asbestos fibers are so small, once released into the air, they may stay suspended there for hours or even days. Asbestos fibers are also virtually indestructible. They are resistant to chemicals and heat, and they are very stable in the environment. They do not evaporate into air or dissolve in water, and they are not broken down over time. Asbestos is probably the best insulator known to man. Usually asbestos is mixed with other materials to actually form the products. Floor tiles, for example, may contain only a small percentage of asbestos.The asbestos content of different materials varies according to the product and how it is used. Among those materials with higher concentrations of asbestos are insulation products on heating systems and the backing on sheet vinyl flooring. However, an uncontrolled disturbance of any asbestos-containing material in any concentration may be dangerous to your health!
GREENSTONE OUR PRODUCTS
Our product lines are all unique, innovative, and "Green". Our products cover a wide range of applications in the building and construction industry:
GREENSHIELD: Protects Wood from Weather and Fire
PERMEATE: Protects & Paints Metal and Concrete Structure
MAGNELINE: Repairs, Reinforces, and Protects Metal-Concrete Structure
GREEN-DRI: Dries Wood Faster without Damaging
CRYSTAL-GUARD: Makes Asbestos Harmless
GreenShield ™ Sealer
TO PROTECT WOOD AND PAPER MATERIAL
GreenShield™, Greenstone's main product, is a proprietary chemical process used to create a composite material on the product it is being applied to. GreenShield can be applied to wood, paper, and many other materials. GreenShield™ creates a solid crystal barrier around the material it's being applied to. The GreenShield™ crystal penetrates through and encapsulates the material at the molecular level inside and outside. The resulting composite material takes on enhanced qualities, including resistance to moisture and water, protecting it from the external environment. The GreenShield process also improves fire resistance and structural strength. This process is pollution free. It does not leave any chemical residue that could ultimately leach into the surrounding environment.
The photo above is a piece of Pine treated with the proprietary GreenShield™ process. Results show that water does not penetrate the wood and beads on the surface until it evaporates away.
GreenShield™ can be sprayed, brushed, or dipped on to any wood or paper based building material, converting it into a composite, at the same time protecting it from water and moisture. Tthe GreenShield process also adds structural strength and fire resistance to the product. When GreenShield™ is being applied it is in a clear liquid state, it then penetrates deep into the material, dries, and cures immediately without any apparent changes to surface texture or color. If desired, various color dyes may also be added. The paint and stain can also be used on the resulting composite material.
Untreated Treated
Images taken at 25,000X Image by Atomic Force Microscope (University of Mississippi)
Notice the encapsulation effect of GreenShield
The application for this product covers a wide range, from lumber, window and door components, drywall, sheetrock, card board, log home, fence, railroad tie, utility pole, and others. SEE OUR TEST RESULT SAMPLES and SEE OUR VIDEOS
In addition to GreenShield, Greenstone carries other related products:
Green-Dri™ Biological Dry Kiln
TO DRY WOOD
Green-Dri™ is a wood drying machine invented by Mr. Ito of Nippon Funen Mokuzai KK (NFM). Green-Dri utilizes the nature of wood to enable drying speeds up to 5 times faster than today’s available technology. It also maintains the quality of the dried wood, making less culls for warp and checks and brings out the beautiful natural color.
Key Features:
Fast drying (requiring smaller kiln)
Does not destroy wood cells, hence keeping the quality of the original wood (beautiful color)
All wood portable construction
Runs on low temperature (between 95 and 110 deg.F)
Use as much as 100 times less energy than other method
Key Applications:
Lumber, especially hardwood, logs, and special applications, incuding musical instruments, and sports equipment such as cues, guns.
NFM also has a chemical product to make wood, paper, textile virtually non-flammable.
PERMEATE™ Anti-Corrosion Sealer/Paint
TO PROTECT METAL AND CONCRETE
Permeate™ is another clear liquid which can be applied to various surfaces from metals to concrete. It solidifies on and below the surface by reacting with moisture in the air. It comes in different formulations for different applications. It is manufactured by D&D Corporation in Japan.
HS200: Paint application for coated metal surfaces such as galvanized steel
HS200-CA/CZ: "Cera-Aluminum"/"Cera-Zinc"special primer coating
HS300: Concrete Sealer Paint
HS350: Concrete Sub-surface sealer (no wet look) HS-350 Brochure
*Perfect combination with MagneLine below
MAGNELINE™ Special Polymer Cement Mortar
TO REINFORCE STRUCTURES AND REPAIR CONCRETE
MagneLine™ is a plaster like material to be used on metal or concrete surfaces. It solidifies by air drying to a very strong but flexible white cement. MagneLine is produced by Magne Corporation in Japan, it has been on the market for over 30 years, and is used on over 400 bridges.. Brochure
Key Features:
Strong yet flexible enough to keep up with the post application cracks(up to 1/10")
Environmentally safe, no toxic gas or smell, water way usage allowed
Easy to handle - mixture ratio can be flexible
Easy to apply even under the bridge floor
No odor
Perfects for earthquake proofing
UV and Heat Resistant
Protects the material from rust, corrosion, degradation
Cocrete repairs: Bridges, Highways, Buildings, Water ways, Tunnels
Rust/Corrosion Protection: Steel Bridges
Adhesive: Mason, Stone, Rocks, Tiles
Concrete Degradation/Crack Protection: Bridges, Highways, Buildings, Water ways
Concrete Crack Covering: Building Foundation, Walls (covers upto 2mm post application cracks)
Special Products/Methods:
MagneLine® PPMG-CR: Earthquake Proofing Method
White sections of the bridge shown are an example of MagneLine applications
CRYSTAL-GUARD™ Asbestos Sealer / Dsposal Chemical
TO DETOXIFY ASBESTOS
Crystal-Guard™ is an innovative silicon based chemical to help manage asbestos problems. It encapsulates asbestos preventing it from releasing harmful fibers into the air. Crystal-Guard also allows asbestos to be detoxified at low temperature around 900 degree Celsius (1600 Deg.F) requiring much less cost & energy than the conventional method. Crystal-Guard was developed and is manufactured by M-Tec Co.Ltd. in Japan. Download Crystal-Guard brochure
Key Features:
Completely Encapsulates Asbestos with crystal
Will not negatively affect Insulation Factor of original asbestos
Adds Structural Integrity preventing asbestos material from flaking off
Easy to apply (Spray)
Enables safer removal
Econmical (Low Energy) Disposal of asbestos material
Low investment requirement for the disposal facility
SEM(Scanning Electron Microscope) Image of Asbestos Fiber Molecule covered with Crystal-Guard
Spraying Crystal-Guard on Asbestos Covered Area
Crystal-Guard sprayed on Asbestos Cement Slate (top area)
Low Cost Asbestos Detoxifying Oven
Detoxified Blue Asbestos ( Crociolite)
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