Prime Time for Enzyme Environmental Solutions
January 06 2009 - 11:37AM
Marketwired
Despite tough economic times, Enzyme Environmental Solutions Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: EESO), a Fort Wayne, Indiana company, is reporting
record success. It involves one main ingredient found in virtually
all of its products, but it's an ingredient that's not widely
known.
This story took Newschannel 15, Fort Wayne, Indiana's local CBS
affiliate, to an area hog farm. While it may be one of the
cleanest, the smell is a different story and that's where local
entrepreneur Jared Hochstedler comes to the rescue.
"Even though the economy is down for the most part, our sales
and orders have been much higher than what we ever anticipated,"
Hochstedler said.
Hochstedler's Fort Wayne company, Enzyme Consultants, has
developed a way to remove the stench from manure; something that's
mandated in parts of Asia, where it's estimated there are more hogs
than people.
"They passed this law back in February of 2005. In the process
of them passing the law, we started to do some tests in South Korea
and were able to develop this product," Hochstedler told
Newschannel 15's Matt McCutcheon.
The issue worldwide is larger than most people realize as a
simple news search will produce thousands of results. A recent
article ("Proposed Fee on Smelly Cows, Hogs Angers Farmers"; Bob
Johnson, Associated Press Writer - Yahoo News) puts it simply when
quoting Rick Krause, the senior director of congressional relations
for the American Farm Bureau Federation as he states, in reference
to pending egregious fees suggested by the EPA to be placed on
farmers for air-polluting animals, "It's something that really has
a very big potential adverse impact for the livestock
industry."
"Fees won't cure the environment," says Hochstedler. "That's
what the powers that be consistently fail to realize. Money can't
solve this problem; only strategic actions in favor of the
environment that will enable the livestock industry to flourish
minus the pollution, and I believe we have that solution in
hand."
While there's not much competition for the company overseas,
it's a different scenario here in the U. S. Increasing expenses
squeeze into farmers' profits, and with little money left over,
it's unlikely they'll voluntarily invest in odor-removing
products.
Despite some difficulty appealing to U.S. farmers, Enzyme
Consultants has other products in the United States. In the Spring
of 2009, a company will take Enzyme Consultant's nearly three-dozen
household cleaning products nationwide; and they all use enzymes as
the main ingredient.
"What enzymes do is attack food fats, food oils, and food
greases. And our product works well in those environments," said
Gene Sherrill of Enzyme Consultants.
Enzymes are also safer is most cases. A dictionary offers this
definition of an enzyme: "a protein that helps other organic
molecules enter into chemical reactions with one another."
A simple test, like with the company's enzyme-based
stain-removing pen, shows just how effective enzymes can be. But
while the products work and can be safer than other cleaners,
company officials say their biggest challenge is changing public
perception of harsher cleaners.
"It's kind of like taking medicine. If it doesn't taste bad,
then it doesn't work. If this cleaner doesn't stink like pine, or
smell like chlorine or whatever, it doesn't work," said Bill White,
Enzyme Consultant's VP of Sales.
"Say, I have a flyswatter in my left hand and a baseball bat in
my right hand. Both of those can kill a fly. But this is an
overkill with the baseball bat, and it's a danger to the person
who's using that bat for that purpose. And it's a danger in that
environment he's using it to kill a fly," further explained
Sherrill.
"Everyone is using these products now; we're just going to give
you an alternative that is safer," said White.
Enzyme Consultants projects total sales of $8 million in 2008,
and nearly five times that in 2009. Enzyme Consultants employs
about ten people in Fort Wayne, which is expected to grow as more
of their products take off.
This release is based on a televised run of an interview with
Hochstedler about his proprietary biotech offering in odor
remediation worldwide. A video of the feature can be viewed at:
http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/Enzyme_Consultants
Enzyme Environmental Solutions, Inc. will be hosting an open
house at their headquarters located at 6020 Huguenard Road, Fort
Wayne, IN 46818. The open house will be from 1pm to 3pm and, among
others, will feature principals from new partnerships which have
yet to be released publically.
Safe Harbor: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Statements contained in this release that are not
historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements.
Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are
inherently uncertain. Actual performance and results may differ
materially from that projected or suggested herein due to certain
risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, ability to
obtain financing and regulatory and shareholder approvals for
anticipated actions.
Contact: Newbauer Media Relations Enzyme Environmental Solutions
Email: mark@enzymeconsultants.com
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