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99 -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CATALOGUE SHOWCASE SOL 4853 DUE 092900 POC Anne Novak, (202) 482-8178 WEB: Environmental Technologies Industries, www.environment.ita.doc.gov. E-MAIL: click here to contact Project Manager, Anne_Novak@ita.doc.gov. Environmental Technologies Industries and US Commercial Service To Showcase US companies at at Pollutec in Lyon, France, October 17 -- 20, 2000 and Envibrno in Brno, Czech Republic from October 23 -- 27, 2000 The U.S. Department of Commerce will represent U.S. companies at two major European environmental technologies trade shows this fall; Pollutec in Lyon, France from October 17 -- 20, and Envibrno in Brno, Czech Republic from October 23 -- 27. Companies may participate in Pollutec for $380, Envibrno for $240, or both for $550. These unique, value-added catalogue showcases are being organized by Environmental Technologies Industries, the US Government's foremost supporter of the US ET industry internationally, in collaboration with the US Commercial Service, America's front-line export promotion agency. Pollutec and Envibrno will feature the full range of equipment, technologies and services for all sectors of the environment, especially air, water, waste, recycling and energy. Based on previous years' Pollutec, over 60,000 professional visitors, potential partners and customers from around the globe will come seeking services and technologies to meet their environmental needs. Almost 6 in 10 visitors have become customers of exhibitors they met at Pollutec, and last year's U.S. Pavilion exhibitors reported nearly 1,100 business leads. Envibrno, gives US environmental companies the opportunity to reach a wide audience in Central and Eastern European countries where major improvments in the environment are required for European Union membership. At last year's show 350 companies exhibited and 34,813 professional visitors from 20 countries attended. These catalogue showcases will be managed by experienced Environmental Technologies Specialists from the Commercial Service's offices in France and the Czech Republic, and from the Department's Washington headquarters, to ensure that products are well-represented and that the leads are secured and provided to companies quickly for follow-up andfuture sales. Companies will need to forward sets of catalogue literature, which will be used by the Specialists at the U.S. Pavilions at Pollutec and Envibrno and distributed to interested parties. To register contact Anne Novak by E-mail Anne_Novak@ita.doc.gov; Phone; (202) 482-8178, fax; (202) 501-7909. Posted 08/09/00 (W-SN484084). (0222)

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