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DynaMotive Announces New Orders for DynaPower Wire Cleaning Systems in Europe & Canada

12 December 2000

DynaMotive Announces New Orders for DynaPower Wire Cleaning Systems in Europe & Canada

    VANCOUVER, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ - DynaMotive Technologies Corporation
(OTCBB: DYMTF) announced today that it has received additional orders for its
patented DynaPower metal cleaning systems from new wire industry customers in
Europe as well as a repeat order from a Canadian customer.
    Recent DynaPower orders valued at a total of US$261,000 were received
    from:
    - Sural, S.p.A., a multinational Venezuelan aluminum producer, purchased
      a high speed DynaPower system for their new Italian facility to clean
      aluminum rod.
    - Greening Donald Co. Ltd. of Erin, Ontario, a manufacturer of stainless
      steel wire, purchased their first multi-strand DynaPower system; they
      previously purchased and installed a single strand line.
    - In Europe, one of the world's largest non-ferrous cable manufacturers
      has purchased its first DynaPower system. For competitive reasons, the
      customer has requested that the company name not be mentioned.

    DynaPower, Inc. recently showcased its patented electrolytic and
ultrasonic wire cleaning technology at two international trade shows where the
technology attracted significant interest:

    - Cable Asia Wire Show in Shanghai, China. DynaPower exhibited with its
      new Chinese agent, CHC Manutechnology Co., and generated over 100
      serious enquiries.
    - Wire and Cable Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. DynaPower initiated a new
      agency agreement with Metalimpex S.A. de C.V., a major supplier to the
      Mexican metal industry.

    DynaMotive Technologies develops and markets environmental technologies
that provide clean, competitive alternatives to traditional industrial
processes. The Company's DynaPower, Inc. subsidiary  markets its patented
ultrasonic and electrolytic cleaning systems to the wire manufacturing
industry. The process removes lubricants and oxides and provide a metal
surface that is clean, dry, pH neutral and adaptable for various industry
applications. The cost effective technology produces exceptional surface
cleanliness at high speeds while totally eliminating the use of acids,
caustics and solvents traditionally used by the wire industry to clean its
products. Systems have been sold in 11 countries to date.

    This press release may contain forward-looking statements, within the
meaning of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding
DynaMotive Technologies Corporation. Actual events or results may differ
materially from the Company's expectations, which are subject to a number of
known and unknown risks and uncertainties including but not limited to changes
and/or delays in product development plans and schedules, customer acceptance
of new products, changes in pricing or other actions by competitors, and
general economic and market conditions. Other risk factors discussed in the
Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
may also affect the actual results achieved by the Company.