| SOUTHAMPTON, Pa.: May 28, 2003 - Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) today announced that Michael Willis has been appointed to the role of Engineering Manager for the Test and Simulation Systems Division. Mike has extensive experience in providing the automotive and HVAC industries with environmental/climatic simulation test equipment throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and South, Central and North America. He has been personally involved in the design, installation and commissioning of over 24 full vehicle test chambers over 100 component test stands for the automotive industry and more than 16 test stands in the HVAC industry. These installations have included 2,400hp refrigeration systems. These systems have been installed in over 40 countries around the world. Mike was the Vice-President of Technology at Ransco Industries for the last 6 years where he was responsible for the technological development of the Company including product designs and personnel capabilities. Prior to that he held a variety of posts from Manufacturing Director to R & D. ETC'S Test and Simulation Systems (TSS) Division provides systems that simulate, control, and repeat the weather. TSS designs, manufactures and installs test equipment including Climatic chambers for HVAC and emissions testing, SHEDs, Corrosion chambers, Conditioned air supply units for engine testing including pressure control, altitude and RAM air simulation. We also provide test stands and calorimeters for testing a/c components such as compressors, condensers, and evaporator and heat cores. We also retrofit control systems using LabviewÒ based software systems. William F. Mitchell, Chairman and president of ETC, said, " Mike will bring a great deal of experience and knowledge to ETC. ETC now has by far the most experienced team in Environmental Test Systems world wide and can apply unrivalled and exceptional technical know-how to the environmental/climatic simulation test market both from within the division and through synergies with its other products. " ETC designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, and related products for domestic and international customers. The environmental test and simulation division builds test facilities for simulating, repeating and controlling climatic conditions for the automotive, HVAC and other industries. This report contains certain 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. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company that may cause our 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", "could", "would", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "continue", or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that may 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 our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 22, 2002. |
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