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Mirachem(R) Products Certified as Clean Air Solvents; Racing Teams Prefer Safe Solutions

6 January 1998

Mirachem(R) Products Certified as Clean Air Solvents; Racing Teams Prefer Safe Solutions

    RENO, Nev., Jan. 6 -- Tempe, Arizona-based Mirachem
Corporation ( http://www.iepinc.com ), a 20-year old environmental technology
company that produces aqueous, non-volatile cleaners and parts washer systems
for the automotive and performance racing industries, announced that it has
received a Clean Air Solvent certification from the South Coast Air Quality
Management District in Orange County, California.  This stamp of approval from
a California air quality board considered among the strictest in the world
ensures that these products comply with the most stringent legislation on the
horizon.
    Mirachem products are in widespread use among racing teams and car
enthusiasts, and were formulated by Jim Edwards, a vintage auto racer who was
seeking a solution to his own problems with solvent sensitivity as he restored
cars.
    To qualify for SCAQMD's Clean Air Solvent certification, laboratory
analysis of the products must show the product has:
    * 50 grams per liter or less of smog-forming volatile organic compounds
    * no toxic constituents
    * no ingredients that contribute to global warming or deplete the ozone
      layer
    * a low vapor pressure

    Mirachem fluid products and parts washers are used by such environmentally
conscious companies as Chrysler, and are developed to ensure worker safety and
environmental protection, without sacrificing effectiveness.
    "When I first formulated this technology twenty years ago," says Mirachem
founder Jim Edwards, "no one cared about the environment.  I was just looking
for a way to stop the skin from falling off my own hands.  Now no company that
operates in a global business climate can afford to ignore air quality issues,
and workers demand safe solvents.  It helps that these products also work as
well as the hazardous solvents."
    Businesses in southern California that use Clean Air Solvents will be
exempt from record-keeping requirements and emissions fees under SCAQMD rules
covering solvent cleaning operations.  Businesses are required to switch to
lower-polluting degreasing solvents, to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC)
or hydrocarbon emissions from solvent degreasing tanks by December 31, 1998.
    Mirachem Clean Air Solvents, along with Ma.Gi.Do parts washers and
Blackstone Ultrasonics, will be displayed and demonstrated at the Performance
Racing International West show in  Reno, Nevada, January 8-10, 1998 at booth
number 1131 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    Mirachem Corporation of Tempe, Arizona, manufactures and markets Mirachem
500, Mirachem 250, Mirachem 750, Mirachem Press Room Cleaner, Insight Firearms
Cleaner, and through its affiliated company, Now Products, Inc., manufactures
and markets Now(R) brand cleaning products for the home.

SOURCE  Innovative Environmental Products