| SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Tectonics
Corporation (Amex: ETC) is proud to announce that it has achieved CE
accreditation for its BARA-MED(R) acrylic monoplace hyperbaric chamber. This
enables ETC to freely market and sell this hyperbaric chamber within the
European Union and those countries that have adopted their codes and
standards. "For us, achieving this accreditation is particularly gratifying," said Michael W. Allen, VP BioMedical Systems Group. "As far as we know, the BARA- MED(R) is the first monoplace chamber to be accredited in accordance with the new CE requirements which, for hyperbaric equipment, demand compliance with the 97/23/EEC Pressure Equipment Directive as well as the 93/42/EEC Medical Devices Directive. This means that we are now in full compliance with the two most stringent regulatory requirements in existence, those laid down by the FDA and the European Union. "We have always prided ourselves on the way in which ETC has led in equipment safety and innovation throughout its diverse product range. This is no less the case with the BARA-MED(R) which has many unique features not available from other manufacturers. A recent example is the introduction of SMOOTH-RIDE(TM) pressure-change technology that has been shown to reduce the difficulties patients have equalizing pressure in their middle ears during compression by 67%." ETC also designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental (clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, public entertainment systems and related products for domestic and international customers. This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ETC has based these forward- looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about ETC that may cause its actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "could", "would", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "continue", or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, contract cancellations, political unrest in customer countries, general economic conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in ETC's Securities and Exchange filings, and other public documents, including, without limitation, ETC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 22, 2002. |
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