Los Angeles, CA - January 18, 2008
--A lead article in the magazine ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES
of November 2007 describes the Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor
(EFS) as a nondestructive crack inspection technology developed
by Material Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:
MTTG -News;
"MATECH"), Los Angeles, Calif. EFS can determine
if actively growing fatigue cracks are present in a bridge
or other metal structures subjected to cyclic loadings.
The article describes the EFS system, which consists of a differential
EFS sensor array, data collection hardware and data interpretation
software. EFS is the only nondestructive field-testing device
able to find growing cracks in bridge structural members as
small as 0.01 inches in length. This is critical information
that allows structural engineers to isolate problems and repair
steel bridges.
Bridge inspections are mostly visual, often done by inspectors
using binoculars from a distance. This is not an adequate means
of inspection, since 90 percent or more of the fatigue cracks
are completely missed with visual inspection alone, according
to the Federal Highway Administration. The fifty states of the
US as a whole have 190,000 metal bridges, with 39,000 structurally
deficient and 35,000 functionally obsolete.
MATECH's EFS is being used by states in three different ways
-- as a means of prioritizing already limited repair and rehabilitation
funds, as a traditional inspection tool since EFS finds cracks
smaller than other technologies which leads to less expensive
repairs, and as a repair/retrofit verification device.
Robert M. Bernstein, MATECH's CEO, says, "MATECH has performed
more than twenty-five inspections on highway and railroad bridges
around the country, and we have every confidence that our EFS
can save significant repair and rehabilitation dollars by its
timely use, as well as avoiding lane and bridge closures which
can have a devastating effect on the regional economy, not to
mention avoiding potential tragedies of bridge failures."
The full article in ADVANCES MATERIALS & PROCESSES can be
found at http://www.matechcorp.com/news_articles/AMP.pdf
About Material Technologies (MTTG.OB)
MATECH is an engineering, research and development company specializing
in technologies to measure microscopic fractures and flaws in
metal structures and monitor metal fatigue in real time. The
company's leading edge metal fatigue detection, measurement and
monitoring solutions can accurately test the integrity of metal
structures and equipment including bridges, railroads, airplanes,
ships, cranes, power plants, mining equipment, piping systems
and heavy iron.
MATECH owns the only nondestructive testing technology able
to find growing cracks as minute as 0.01 inches -- critical information
that allows structural engineers to isolate and repair the more
than 100,000 steel bridges in the US which have been classified
as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete by the Federal
Highway Administration. MATECH has exclusive rights to seven
patents along with $8.3 million in already completed contracts
from the US Government for research, testing and validation of
its innovative solutions.
To hear more about MTTG from CEO/President Robert M. Bernstein
go to: http://www.publiccoreport.net/featured/MTNA/company.asp
Forward-Looking Statements:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements.
Such statements are indicated by words or phrases such as "believe," "will," "breakthrough," "significant," "indicated," "feel," "revolutionary," "should," "ideal," "extremely" and "excited." These
statements are made under "Safe Harbor" provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual
results may differ materially from those described in forward-looking
statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties. See the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
including, without limitation, the Company's recent Form 10-K
and Form 10-Qs, which identify specific factors that may cause
actual results or events to differ materially from those described
in the forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Robert M. Bernstein, President
Material Technologies, Inc.
1.310.208.5589
matech@matechcorp.com
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