Transcript Nature Plus Inc.

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11 years of operations
Awards & Recognitions
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Received the Presidential "E-Award" from
Secretary Donald Evans of the United States
Department of Commerce for significant
contributions to US exports
- 2002
Awards & Recognitions
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Selected by the Small Business Administration
as Exporter of the Year for the State of
Connecticut
– 2001
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Recognized as one of the "50 Fastest Growing
Technology Companies in Connecticut" by
Deloitte & Touche and CT Technology Council
-1998 & 1999
Awards & Recognitions
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Received two NASDA grants and one Ecolinks
grant from USAID for market development
projects in South America, Asia, and Europe
- 2002, 1998
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Received the State of Connecticut's
"Governor's Award" presented by The
Connecticut District Export Council and The
Connecticut Department of Economic &
Community Development
-1999
Proprietary Fermentation Technology
Formulation Technology
Quality Control Programs
Shipping Logistics
Liquid Enzyme
Soil Stabilization Technology
Soil Stabilization
Technology
for Superior Roads
Application Process
Application Process
Application Process
Application Process
World
Experience
Central
America
South
America
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Suriname
North
America
Europe
USA, Canada, Mexico
Asia
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand
Africa
Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,
The Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Romania
The Importance of
Soil Stabilization Technology
Utilize Funding to Build
Superior Roads
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Economic impact
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Build cost-effective roads
Road quality impact
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Protect investment by building better roads
that have longer useful lives
The Economist, Dec. 21, 2002 –
“The Road to Hell is Unpaved”
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Bad roads:
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add about 15% to manufacturing costs
result in rural people paying higher costs for goods
result in rural people receiving less for goods sold
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The AfDB concludes there is a link between
remoteness and poverty
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Countries with better roads produce and sell 1/3
more per hectare and enjoy wages 12% higher
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Each $1 into road maintenance lowers vehicle
maintenance $2 to $3
Soil Stabilizers –
An Essential Component in Successful
Road Rehabilitation Projects
The USA Trade and Development Agency (TDA)
completed a recent study of road budgets in seven
(7) South East Europe countries:
“While an average of 4% of the existing
government budgets would be required to
maintain primary and secondary road
networks in an adequate state, in fact less
than 1% is spent. In most countries in the
region wholly inadequate amounts are
spent on basic road maintenance.”
Soil Stabilizers –
An Essential Component in Successful
Road Rehabilitation Projects
“Lack of maintenance leads to the
requirement of complete replacement,
resulting in a more costly lifetime
expenditure cycle”.
SE Europe Transport and Energy Projects
– Conference Briefing Book, Sept. 1, 2000
Soil Stabilizers –
An Essential Component in Successful
Road Rehabilitation Projects
USAID/Honduras Hurricane Mitch Special
Objective states pg. 5:
“Rebuilding Better – The USAID/Honduras
reconstruction program should do more
than just replace what was lost; it should be
an opportunity to transform the country
into something better - the development of
improved design specifications and use of
new technologies in road rehabilitation”.
Soil Stabilizers –
An Essential Component in Successful
Road Rehabilitation Projects
Inter American Development Bank –
The Office of the President of IADB sent a letter stating:
“…the IADB would support this MOP (Ministerio de
Obras Publicas) initiative to incorporate the use of
soil stabilizers in the specifications of future bids by
the Direccion Nacional de Caminos of El Salvador”
- Jorge Claro de la Maza on behalf of Mr, Enrique
Iglesias, President of IADB, August-1999
Characteristics of Superior Roads:
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Reduced construction costs
Minimal maintenance costs
Longer useful lives
Better wear qualities
Increased transport capacity
Greater safety and comfort
Lower vehicle operating costs
Constructed with low environmental effect
- Soil Stabilization Guarantees Superior Roads
Areas of Application
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Stabilize “soil only” roads during construction
or rehabilitation
Stabilize and upgrade existing, deteriorated
gravel roads
Stabilize and upgrade existing, soil roads or
deteriorated gravel roads, then apply double
“chip and seal” wear surface
Recondition existing deteriorated pavement,
stabilize then pave
Stabilization of
Soil Only Roads
During Construction or
Rehabilitation
Paraguay – World Bank Study
Honduras – USAID/RECAP
Azerbaijan - Brown & Root
Stabilization Of
Gravel Roads
Canada – Blood Tribe
Untreated
Canada – Blood Tribe
Treated
Arizona Wild Life Refuge
Department of Interior
Stabilization
Under
Chip and Seal Surfacing
And Asphalt Pavements
El Salvador
FOVIAL
Brazil - DER
Brazil - DER
USA - Utah
USA - PADOT
USA - PADOT
Asphalt over base stabilized with TerraZyme
Asphalt over base without stabilization
Stabilization
of Recycled
Pavement
Scarify old pavement
Disc to proper depth
Apply TerraZyme
Compact stabilized base
Apply new pavement
USA - Bureau of Indian Affairs
USA - Bureau of Indian Affairs
Objectives of Seminar
1. Inform of accomplishments with
enzyme soil stabilization technology
2. Open doors for more road projects to
include soil stabilization technology
- performance benefits
- cost benefits
Significant Projects and Studies
Utilizing
TerraZyme Soil Stabilization Technology
The World Bank
Significant Projects and Studies
- Utilizing TerraZyme Soil Stabilization Technology
1. USAID/RECAP
Road Rehabilitation Program in Honduras
Performance and cost benefits from the use of
soil stabilization technology in the repair of
roads damaged by Hurricane Mitch
Significant Projects and Studies
- Utilizing TerraZyme Soil Stabilization Technology
2. World Bank: Report Loan 3685-PA
Road Rehabilitation Program in Paraguay
A comparative study on the performance of soil
stabilizers in secondary unsurfaced roads of
Paraguay
Significant Projects and Studies
- Utilizing TerraZyme Soil Stabilization Technology
3. PORIM
Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia
A four year study on maintenance savings
obtained from the use of soil stabilizers on
Plantation roads
Significant Projects and Studies
- Utilizing TerraZyme Soil Stabilization Technology
United States Department of the Interior
- Bureau of Indian Affairs - Montana
$1M savings over 4.5 kms
- Federal Parks and Wildlife - Arizona