FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,
Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. (NASDAQ: OBCI) said today in an
interview with CEOLIVE.TV that its new product,
Performacide®, kills bacteria, mold, mildew and
non-enveloped viruses that the CDC has issued guidance
on including a disinfectant for Ebola.
Performacide® has been approved and registered with
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, as well as all
50 state environmental agencies. The CEO interview can be
viewed in its entirety at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeSLD2juFzk. Ocean Bio-Chem owns
100 percent of the patents for the chlorine dioxide generating
system which allows retail as well as commercial applications to
safely and efficiently use Performacide®. The
product has already been sent to Africa to aid in the fight against the Ebola
virus.
Ocean Bio-Chem. Inc. President and CEO Peter Dornau in the interview said the Company
has added a Vice President of Sales & Marketing to market and
sell this product to potential large markets, including hospitals,
cruise ship lines, veterinary offices, food processing and the
household retail sector.
Jeff Barocas, CFO, said, "There
will be no patent royalty payments and no partners. One
hundred percent of the profit from the sale of the products will
accrue to Ocean Bio-Chem after buying out our partners earlier in
the year."
Mr. Dornau also explained that Performacide® can safely kill the
microorganisms that prematurely destroy food and that the Company
is studying applications in that sector also.
Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. is principally engaged in the
manufacturing, marketing and distribution of a broad line of
appearance and maintenance products for boats, recreational
vehicles, automobiles, power sports, outdoor power equipment and
motorcycle markets under the Star brite®
StarTron® and other trademarks within the United States of America and Canada. In addition, the Company produces
private label formulations of many of its products for various
customers and provides custom blending and packaging services for
these and other products. It manufactures its products in a 300,000
square foot facility in Montgomery,
Alabama, from which they are distributed across the
globe.
The Company trades publicly under NASDAQ Capital Markets, Ticker
Symbol: OBCI.
The Company's web sites are:
www.oceanbiochem.com, www.Starbrite.com, www.Startron.com,
www.nos-guard.com, and www.performacide.com
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our industry, reliance on certain key customers, changes in
consumer demand for marine, recreational vehicle and automotive
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and other factors.
Contacts:
Peter Dornau
President & CEO
pdornau@starbrite.com
954-587-6280
Jeff Barocas
Vice President & CFO
Jbarocas@starbrite.com
954-587-6280
Paul Knopick
E & E Communications
pknopick@eandecommunications.com
940-262-3584
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