Conforce International Announces Appointment of New Board Member
11 December 2010 - 12:00AM
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Conforce International, Inc. ("Conforce" or "Company") (OTCBB:
CFRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Pieter Jacob Eekel
to the Board of Directors. Mr. Eekel has over 40 years experience
in the shipping container industry and most recently held the
position of Senior Technical Manager for Maersk Line, the largest
shipping line in the world.
Mr. Eekel, who holds a Masters Degree in Nautical Engineering,
began his distinguished career in 1969 as a sea-going engineer with
the Dutch shipping line Maatschappij Nederland, which in 1970
became Nedlloyd Lines and ultimately P&O Nedlloyd in 1997. He
was then promoted to Technical Manager where he was responsible for
the strategic procurement of new build standard and reefer
containers for an alliance of international shipping lines. In
2006, following the purchase of P&O Nedlloyd by the Danish
shipping conglomerate Maersk Line, he was promoted to Senior
Technical Manager responsible for all container equipment and new
builds worldwide. While with Maersk, his responsibilities included
the preparation and analysis of container production facilities,
implementation of new build container specifications, structuring
investment proposals in connection with new build opportunities,
and research and procurement of all new container technologies,
materials and equipment.
Regarding his appointment to the Conforce Board of Directors,
Mr. Eekel commented that, "When I was first introduced to Conforce
in 2006, I was researching container light-weighting and
environmental technologies. EKO-FLOR™ provided an opportunity to
achieve these two critical and complex objectives. As a director of
Conforce, I plan on supporting the Company's strategic objective of
standardizing the container industry with EKO-FLOR™."
Conforce Chairman and CEO Marino Kulas added that, "Pieter is
very well known and highly regarded throughout the industry by both
the container manufacturers and the shipping lines. His vast
technical expertise has made him the preeminent authority in all
aspects of container new builds. To have him serve on the Conforce
Board is truly an honor and a privilege. Pieter's addition to
Conforce will undoubtedly accelerate our strategic vision
pertaining to the establishment of EKO-FLOR™ production capacity in
China."
The Company expects to announce additional Board appointments in
the coming months.
About Conforce International
Management of the Company has been in the shipping container and
highway trailer business for over 25 years. The Company has
developed an innovative composite flooring system, EKO-FLOR™,
engineered to replace the outmoded hardwood flooring currently
employed by the transportation industry. The Company is targeting
its initial sales efforts on the container and trailer industries
which have been aggressively seeking a viable replacement for
apitong tropical hardwood and laminated oak flooring, respectively.
EKO-FLOR™ is significantly lighter, stronger and more durable than
wood. The product possesses superior quality and performance
characteristics including complete resistance to stains, odors,
absorption of oil or liquid chemicals, microbial and insect attack.
EKO-FLOR™ will not corrode, delaminate or absorb water. The
solution is cost-effective, has a reduced carbon footprint and is
environmentally responsible. In 2009, Conforce and Bayer, a leading
global material sciences conglomerate, became project partners for
the purposes of commercializing EKO-FLOR™. The product has been
certified by the American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's Register and
Bureau Veritas for use in ocean-going containers worldwide and
recently passed TTMA RP-37 certification for use in North American
highway trailers. The Company has commenced customer evaluations of
its product with top-tier shipping lines and highway trailer
manufacturers. For more information, please visit
www.conforceintl.com.
Safe Harbor Act Disclaimer: Forward-looking statements in this
release are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain
statements in this press release may contain words such as
"anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimates," "expects,"
"intends," "may," "projects," "plans," "targets" and other similar
language and are considered forward-looking statements. These
statements are based on management's current expectations,
estimates, forecasts and projections about the success of its newly
developed container and trailer flooring products, as well as
certain other composite based flooring products in various stages
of development. These forward-looking statements are subject to
important assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are difficult
to predict and therefore the actual results may be materially
different from those discussed.
SOURCE: Conforce International, Inc. CONTACT: Investor Relations
(416) 234-0266 ext. 6 EMAIL: investors@conforceintl.com WEB-SITE:
www.conforceintl.com
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