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ETC Forms New Subsidiary and Appoints Division President
Southampton, Pa, January 5, 2007: - Southampton, PA, January 5, 2007 - Environmental Tectonics Corporation (AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") announced today that the National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) CenterSM has been established as a wholly owned subsidiary. Richard A. (Dick) Leland, currently ETC's Vice President of Aircrew Training Systems, has been appointed President of the Center. Mr. Leland joined ETC in April 1996 to direct ETC's AeroMedical Training Institute (AMTI). He has overseen all training activities, both at ETC's Southampton, Pennsylvania headquarters and at ten worldwide sites. Mr. Leland holds a B.A. in Biology, M.A. in Human Resources Development. He has held National Board Certification as a Hyperbaric Technologist and has 25 years of progressive experience as a course developer, training manager, platform instructor, personnel and project manager, human resource specialist, operations director, and hyperbaric team manager. Mr. Leland is a former USAF pilot with over 3100 hours in high performance jet aircraft and has also piloted a variety of general aviation aircraft. He is a retired USAF Field Grade officer with over 20 years of service. Mr. Leland said, "I am excited to be leading the NASTAR Center as we establish a state-of-the-art facility for aviation and space training and research." The NASTAR Center will accommodate the training and research requirements of military and commercial aviation along with private and government-sponsored space travel. William F. Mitchell, ETC's President and Chairman, stated, "Dick has been developmental in expanding ETC's aeromedical training business. He is a perfect fit to manage the NASTAR Center whose purpose will be provide the aerospace industry with an economical alternative to meet their growing training and research needs." FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ETC CONTACT: Duane D. Deaner, CFO of Environmental Tectonics Tel: 215-355-9100, ext.1203 Fax: 215-357-4000.
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. 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. 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", "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, failure to obtain new contracts, political unrest in customer countries, unfavorable results in litigation, 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 24, 2006.