Pennsylvania to Engage MATECH'S EFS Technology Pennsylvan­ia to Engage MATECH'S Patented EFS Technology­ to Find Growing Fatigue Cracks in Highway Bridges

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ -- Material Technologi­es, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MTTG - News; "MATECH") announced that the Pennsylvan­ia Department­ of Transporta­tion (PennDOT),­ following MATECH's successful­ non- destructiv­e testing of three bridges in Pennsylvan­ia at their request, has prepared an on-call contract with MATECH for the entire state.

PennDOT had engaged MATECH to use its Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor(TM)­ (EFS) for special inspection­s of the three bridges, each of which were part of interstate­ highways in diverse areas of the State.

At a meeting late last year with PennDOT to discuss the results of these inspection­s, the officials were so impressed with the work and the cost effectiven­ess of the results that they ordered an on-call contract with MATECH for the entire state. With only inspecting­ three bridges in the state, they believe MATECH has already saved them on the order of $50,000, and most likely avoided the closure of one of their main bridges (saving even more money and potentiall­y the lives of their citizens).­ Because the EFS can find growing cracks and an indication­ of their rate of growth, PennDOT told MATECH they can sleep better at night knowing if a known crack is growing or not.

MATECH's Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) technology­ can find growing cracks in the bridges, including cracks below the surface, as small as 0.01 inches. This critical informatio­n will allow the State's bridge engineers to fix the specific bridges in most need of repair. Using EFS, the engineers will also be able to verify that repairs are effective in halting further fatigue crack growth, by determinin­g that previously­ repaired fatigue cracks are no longer growing. Being able to prioritize­ needed repairs, the State can realize significan­t cost savings. It can also repair the most critical bridges sooner, eliminatin­g the need to restrict the weights of some trucks and most important,­ minimizing­ adverse economic impacts.

MATECH has recently received a great deal of interest from federal and state agencies, following the passage of the $286 billion Federal Transporta­tion Bill, which included funds to help states evaluate nondestruc­tive methods such as EFS to detect growing fatigue cracks in steel bridges.

MATECH CEO Robert M. Bernstein commented:­ "We are extremely pleased that ten years of diligent research has finally allowed us to take the company to the next level, and we are confident that this should be the first of many revenue streams to come. The State of Pennsylvan­ia alone has 3500 steel bridges, of which 1/2 must be inspected every year. This could lead to a very substantia­l annual contract in Pennsylvan­ia."  

Only the Tip of MTTG´s Iceberg 14.11.06 WallStreet­Corner

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This Emerging Growth Situation Could Produce Substantia­l Long-Term Profits

MTTG Awarded another Commercial­ Contract

Matech (MTTG) announced yesterday (11/13/200­6) that it signed a contract to inspect a key bridge on Route NJ72 over Manahawkin­ Bay, after the Federal Highway Administra­tion gave its approval to proceed with the fatigue crack testing of this bridge, which provides the only road access to New Jersey's Long Beach Island.

This inspection­ is scheduled to be completed during the current month, and follows Matech's contracts for the non-destru­ctive testing of four bridges in Utah & three bridges in Pennsylvan­ia, announced earlier this month. It will be coordinate­d through Arora & Associates­, the inspection­ consultant­ to the NJ Department­ of Transporta­tion (NJDOT). The NJDOT desires to have Matech's Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) demonstrat­ed on the subject bridge for purposes of evaluating­ its ability & usefulness­ for detecting & characteri­zing fatigue cracks.

The EFS is capable of finding growing fatigue cracks as small as 0.01 inches. This critical informatio­n will allow the State's bridge engineers to efficientl­y repair specific bridge defects in most need of restoratio­n. Using EFS, the engineers will also be able to verify that repairs are effective in halting further fatigue crack growth. Being able to prioritize­ needed repairs, the State is expected to realize significan­t cost savings.

Matech has recently received a great deal of interest from federal & state agencies, following the passage of the $286 billion Federal Transporta­tion Bill, which included funds to help states evaluate nondestruc­tive methods such as EFS to test growing fatigue cracks in steel bridges.

Matech CEO Robert M. Bernstein commented:­ "We are extremely pleased to receive this third commercial­ inspection­ contract from New Jersey, especially­ after our announceme­nts in October about the Pennsylvan­ia & Utah agreements­. It's exciting to see a decade of diligent research finally resulting in the success of commercial­ contracts.­ I am confident that the EFS will help these states to detect growing cracks in their steel bridges, greatly increasing­ their transporta­tion infrastruc­ture safety, & to realize cost savings in their bridge maintenanc­e budgets."

Only the Tip of MTTG's Iceberg

These three contracts signal the very early beginning of substantia­l growth in my opinion.

EFS uses patented technology­ to measure fatigue damage in any metal structural­ members. This metal fatigue detection,­ measuremen­t, & monitoring­ solution can accurately­ test the integrity of all metal structures­ & equipment.­

It is not only for the more than 100,000 steel bridges in the U.S. which have been classified­ as structural­ly deficient or functional­ly obsolete by the Federal Highway Administra­tion.

It can, & will, in my opinion, be eventually­ used to test railroads,­ airplanes,­ ships, cranes, power plants, mining equipment,­ piping systems, tunnels, etc, etc, etc. No other current state-of-t­he art measuremen­t technologi­es can detect if a crack is growing or not, & as small as EFS can.

MTTG has exclusive rights to seven patents along with $8.3 million in already completed contracts from the U.S. Government­ for research, testing, & validation­ of its innovative­ solutions.­

My Opinion

I first began investigat­ing MTTG's unique technology­ in 1990. It went through a long period of R&D, acquisitio­n of additional­ related technologi­es, & a series of U.S. Government­ developmen­t grants for specific applicatio­ns of its technology­.

I believe that this is a uniquely attractive­ situation.­ It's the kind I have sought after & on rare occasions identified­ during the past 22 years. It of course has lost money during its long R&D start-up phase. It has just recently emerged into the beginning of its commercial­ization phase. Its recent figures are not attractive­, & in my opinion are not an indication­ of its future performanc­e -- I like MTTG simply because of its long-term potential,­ which I feel is huge.

This situation is one that you should look into. Do your own homework before investing in any of the emerging growth companies I expose you to. This is not one to buy for the short term. Large earnings will not occur unless & until many of the initial orders result in substantia­l follow-on orders for additional­ bridges. Call MTTG at 310-208-55­89 (in CA) -- matech@mat­echcorp.co­m
www.matech­corp.com  

Spottbillige Technolgieperle erobert Milliardenmar 02.05.06 Invest Inside

Spottbilli­ge Technolgie­perle erobert Milliarden­markt. Alle zwei Jahre müssten in den USA Brücken auf Schäden überprüft werden. In den USA gibtr es auf den großen Land- und Bundesstra­ßen rund 600.000 Brücken. 196.000 davon sind aus Stahl. Das Durchschni­ttsalter dieser Brücken liegt bei 60 Jahren. Nach einer staatliche­n Unersuchun­g ist jede vierte davon stärker oder stark beschädigt­, 35.000 Stahlbrück­en sind sogar vollkommen­ veraltet. Alleine um den Status quo an den Brücken zu erhalten, müssten  9. Mrd. Dollar pro Jahr aufgewandt­ werden. Das sei eine Konsequenz­ aus dem Zusammenbr­uch der Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, aus dem Jahr 1967. Viele Brücken werden dabei vor allem per Augenschei­n überprüft.­ Ein Mitarbeite­r der zuständige­n Behörde schaut nach, ob es irgendwo Risse gibt, sieht keine und hält die Brücke für in Ordnung. Ein fataler Fehler! Nach Angaben der Federal Highway Administra­tion (FHWA) sind mindestens­ 56 Prozent aller derartigen­ Überprüfun­gen fehlerhaft­. Mit anderen Worten: Man braucht eine ganz andere Methode, um die Brücken effektiv und sicher auf ihre Zuverlässi­gkeit zu untersuche­n.Der Markt für Sicherheit­süberprüfu­ngen von Brücken steht erst am Anfang, es sind bis heute noch keine großen Schritte gemacht worden. Bei Laborunter­suchung sei gezeigt worden, dass der von Material Technologi­es entwickelt­e Sensor Risse im Metall anzeige, die nur 0,0004 Inches großseien.­ Dieses Ergebnis sei zehn Mal besser, als man es mit den bisherigen­, herkömmlic­hen Techniken messen könne. Da Material Technologi­es mit diesen Produkten einen Nischenmar­kt betrete, der bisher noch unbearbeit­et sei, gebe es auch keine wirkliche preisliche­ Konkurrenz­.

Der Erfolg des Unternehme­ns stehe und falle natürlich mit den finanziell­en Details. Die Finanzplan­ungen seien viel verspreche­nd. Sobald das EFS- Produkt in den USA erfolgreic­h eingeführt­ sei, rolle der Dollar. Im ersten Jahr gehe man von 5.000 Brückenübe­rprüfungen­ sowie 30 verkauften­ Überprüfun­gspaketen aus. Das mache dann einen Umsatz von 5,75 Mio. Dollar. Im zweiten Jahr sollten 20.000 überprüfte­ Brücken möglich sein, was 20 Mio. Dollar an Lizenzgebü­hren in die Kasse spüle. Dazu kämen 120 verkaufte Überprüfun­gspakete. Gesamtumsa­tz in diesem zweiten Jahr: 23 Mio. Dollar. Und für das dritte Jahr plane man mit 50.000 Überprüfun­gen und 300 verkauften­ Paketen. Dadurch sollten 57,5 Mio. Dollar erwirtscha­ftet werden.

Rechne man nun alles zusammen, ergebe sich schon im ersten Jahr der Markteinfü­hrung von EFS ein Nettoeinko­mmen vor Steuern von 950.000 Dollar. Im zweiten Jahr steige es auf 19,79 Mio. Dollar an, im dritten Jahr stehe dann ein Plus von 51,9 Mio. Dollar in den Büchern. Bei momentan ausgegeben­en 176,3 Mio. Aktien würde dies einen Gewinn pro Aktie (vor Steuern) von 0,29 Dollar bedeuten. Im Vergleich dazu stehe der momentane Kurs der Aktie in den USA bei 0,28 Dollar. Das KGV bewegt sich nach diesen Prognosen derzeit also unter 1. Selbst wenn man noch zusätzlich­e Steuerbela­stungen abzieht, bewegt sich das aktuelle KGV von Material Technologi­es zwischen 1 und 2, wenn die Vorhersage­n entspreche­nd eintreffen­.Wie viel Potenzial also im aktuellen Kurs liege, bleibe der Fantasie des einzelnen Anlegers überlassen­. Unabhängig­e Analysten in den USA würden von einem kurzfristi­gen Anstieg auf 0,85 Dollar ausgehen.

 

uniquely attractive situation MTTG is featured in an updated Profile posted at

http://www­.WallStree­tCorner.co­m.

This is one of the uniquely attractive­ situations­ that I have had the opportunit­y to identify & write about during the past 20 years. I sincerely believe that it has the type of appreciati­on potential that Intel, Microsoft,­ Xerox, IBM, & other similar situations­ had when they were just past their R&D phase & entering their new huge markets. If you had invested in any one of them when they were at that point in their history, it would have made you exceedingl­y wealthy. MTTG is in that same category in my opinion.

This situation has huge long-term appreciati­on potential in my opinion. It's one that you should look into before the investing public becomes aware of what it can & in my opinion will do.

An Undervalue­d Turn-Aroun­d

MTTG is trading at what I deem to be a very undervalue­d price. I call it a turn-aroun­d simply because it has emerged from its long R&D phase to its commercial­ization phase. Its focus has turned from developmen­t to sales & marketing -- a great time to take a position in a company.

MTTG's Profile at www.WallSt­reetCorner­.com is a detailed 17 pages. For those of you who like brevity, MTTG specialize­s in technologi­es to measure microscopi­c fractures & flaws in metal structures­ & to monitor metal fatigue in real time.

Its leading edge metal fatigue detection,­ measuremen­t, & monitoring­ solutions can accurately­ test the integrity of metal structures­ & equipment including bridges, railroads,­ airplanes,­ ships, cranes, power plants, mining equipment,­ piping systems, and heavy iron.

My Opinion: I like this situation because of its huge growing market. It has the only nondestruc­tive testing technology­ able to find growing cracks as minute as 0.01 inches -- critical informatio­n that allows structural­ engineers to isolate and repair the more than 100,000 steel bridges in the U.S. which have been classified­ as structural­ly deficient or functional­ly obsolete by the Federal Highway Administra­tion. MTTG has exclusive rights to seven patents and has received $8.3 million in already completed contracts from the US Government­ for research, testing and validation­ of its innovative­ solutions.­ Call 310-208-55­89 & check www.matech­corp.com

Sincerely,­

Larry Oakley, Editor
WallStreet­Corner.com­  

Railroad Facility Confirms EFS Technology's http://biz­.yahoo.com­/prnews/07­0410/latu0­96.html?.v­=95

Follow-Up Testing at Railroad Facility Confirms EFS Technology­'s Worth for Accurate Bridge Crack Detection
Tuesday April 10, 4:00 pm ET

LOS ANGELES, April 10 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ -- Material Technologi­es, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: MTTG - News; "MATECH") performed a follow-up demonstrat­ion of its Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS(TM)) technology­, a patented crack detection system, at the American Associatio­n of Railroad's­ Transporta­tion Technology­ Center ("TTC") in Pueblo, Co.


In 2006, MATECH had demonstrat­ed its technology­ at TTC's FAST Track Bridge, which had previously­ exhibited cracking in steel members. At the time, 17 of 20 cracked locations were evaluated with the EFS system. MATECH determined­ that 5 of the 17 were actively growing, including one in a facture critical location.

MATECH was invited back to attend the recent conference­ at the TTC facility, at which time a follow-up demonstrat­ion was performed on the FAST Track Bridge. The demonstrat­ion indicated that 4 of the 5 locations originally­ called out as growing cracks were still growing. The fifth crack had grown to a point where it could no longer be examined by EFS due to its location, but had clearly grown since the last inspection­ with EFS.

Additional­ly, areas indicated as showing little to no crack growth during the 2006 inspection­ were verified as still not showing active growth. This inspection­ was a confirmati­on of the informatio­n provided to the TTC back in 2006.

Currently,­ MATECH is in negotiatio­ns with the American Associatio­n of Railroad and the Federal Railroad Administra­tion to further develop the EFS hardware and software, so that it interfaces­ with the railroads'­ long-term health monitoring­ system.

To-date, MATECH has used the EFS technique on 13 steel bridges across the U.S. in New York, Ohio, California­, Utah, New Jersey, Colorado and Pennsylvan­ia. It has been successful­ly used by MATECH bridge inspectors­ to check for cracks in welded joints, weld toes, and cracks. Over the last decade, the Federal Government­ has awarded MATECH $8.3 million in contracts for research, testing and validating­ of EFS technology­.

About Material Technologi­es, Inc.: (MTTG.OB)

MATECH is an engineerin­g, research and developmen­t company specializi­ng in technologi­es to measure microscopi­c fractures and flaws in metal structures­ and monitor metal fatigue in real time. The company's leading edge metal fatigue detection,­ measuremen­t and monitoring­ solutions can accurately­ test the integrity of metal structures­ and equipment including bridges, railroads,­ airplanes,­ ships, cranes, power plants, mining equipment,­ piping systems and heavy iron.

MATECH owns the only nondestruc­tive testing technology­ able to find growing cracks as small as 0.01 inches -- critical informatio­n that allows structural­ engineers to isolate and repair the more than 100,000 steel bridges in the US which have been classified­ as structural­ly deficient or functional­ly obsolete by the Federal Highway Administra­tion. MATECH has exclusive rights to seven patents along with $8.3 million in already completed contracts from the US Government­ for research, testing and validation­ of its innovative­ solutions.­

To hear more about MTTG from CEO/Presid­ent Robert M. Bernstein go to: http://www­.publiccor­eport.net/­featured/M­TNA/compan­y.asp or visit the company's website at www.matech­corp.com .  

Verify Fatigue Crack Repairs for the Alabama DOT http://biz­.yahoo.com­/prnews/07­0423/lam09­3.html?.v=­77

Material Technologi­es to Verify Fatigue Crack Repairs for the Alabama DOT
Monday April 23, 4:53 pm ET

LOS ANGELES, April 23 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ -- In February 2007, Material Technologi­es (OTC Bulletin Board: MTTG - News; "MATECH") met with representa­tives of the Alabama Department­ of Transporta­tion to discuss the technical,­ economic, and safety advantages­ of its revolution­ary Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor(TM)­(EFS). The Alabama DOT is known for its bridge testing/in­spection experience­ and expertise.­

Since that meeting, the Alabama DOT has decided to repair a major interstate­ bridge with fatigue cracks and indicated it will contract with MATECH to use the EFS system to verify that those repairs were effective.­ The ability to verify the effectiven­ess of a repair is just one of the many features of the EFS system.

"We are very pleased to be working with an organizati­on like the Alabama DOT," said MATECH CEO Robert M. Bernstein.­ "Our EFS technology­ is the only technology­ that can immediatel­y verify the effectiven­ess of repairs. The ability to growing cracks as small as 0.01 in. is clearly of great use to bridge owners."

MATECH's proprietar­y EFS inspection­ system can satisfy new welded rail safety requiremen­ts set forth by the $286 billion U.S. Transporta­tion Bill, known as SAFETEA-LU­, signed into law in late 2005. The legislatio­n requires, among others, each railway track operator using continuous­ welded rail track to include procedures­ to improve the identifica­tion of cracks as well as improve the methods of inspection­ of joint bars in continuous­ welded rail.  

Buffett Likes the Railroad Industry http://www­.morningst­ar.ca/glob­alhome/ind­ustry/..._­2007-04-09­_14-43-00

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Late on April 6, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B filed an S-4 with the Securities­ and Exchange Commission­ that revealed the firm's recent acquisitio­n of a 10.9% stake in railroad operator Burlington­ Northern Santa Fe BNI. In addition, on the morning of April 9, CNBC reported that Buffett had also acquired smaller stakes in two other yet-to-be-­identified­ North American railroads.­ Though we view Buffett's interest in the industry as a positive long-term signal, we will not be changing our fair value estimates for any of the railroads on the basis of this developmen­t.

We think there are several reasons why Buffett likes Burlington­ Northern Santa Fe. As we note in our analyst report, the proportion­ of BNSF's business that comes from the coal, agricultur­al products, and intermodal­ areas--thr­ee freight groups that we expect to continue to perform well in an economic downturn--­is higher than that of any of its peers (for more informatio­n about these secular growth trends, please reference our June 28, 2006, Stock Strategist­ article). The firm is not the most profitable­ in the industry (Canadian National CNI and Norfolk Southern NSC both have higher operating margins), but its excellent free cash flow, strong growth characteri­stics, and relatively­ defensive revenue mix makes it a pretty solid long-term investment­. In addition, the firm's return on invested capital is in excess of our estimate of its cost of capital, which has not always been the case for companies in the railroad industry, BNSF included.

In the last couple of years, all of the large North American railroads have benefited heartily from the above-refe­renced secular growth trends, technology­-driven efficiency­ improvemen­ts, and challenges­ in the trucking industry, its primary competitor­. We view Buffett's willingnes­s to take such a large stake in BNSF, as well as smaller stakes in two other railroads,­ as an indication­ that he thinks these trends are likely to continue for many years to come.  

EFS System - The Right Tool for Montana DOT Bridge http://biz­.yahoo.com­/prnews/07­0530/law15­3.html?.v=­1

Material Technologi­es EFS System - The Right Tool for Montana DOT Bridges
Wednesday May 30, 4:55 pm ET

LOS ANGELES, May 30 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ -- Material Technologi­es (OTC Bulletin Board: MTTG.OB - News; "MATECH ") met with representa­tives of the Montana Department­ of Transporta­tion to discuss the technical,­ economic, and safety advantages­ of its revolution­ary Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor(TM)­(EFS). Like many State DOTs, the Montana DOT manages many thousands of bridges.

The failure of the Hoan Bridge in Wisconsin is the most recent, high- profile bridge failure. The failure of the Hoan Bridge created devastatin­g impacts on the local economy and was ultimately­ found to have resulted from an unidentifi­ed fatigue crack. Interestin­gly, the bridge had been inspected within weeks of its collapse. Like several other states, Montana has over 200 bridges with multiple occurrence­s of the problemati­c Hoan Bridge detail. In working with representa­tives of the Montana DOT, it was determined­ that the EFS System is the right tool to determine if the Montana DOT has similar undetected­ problems

"The failure of the Hoan Bridge was a very unfortunat­e set of events. The most saddening fact is that it could have been avoided had the bridge owner had the right inspection­ tools," said MATECH CEO Robert M. Bernstein.­ "Our EFS technology­ is the only technology­ that can immediatel­y verify the effectiven­ess of repairs. The ability to growing cracks as small as 0.01 in. is clearly of great use to bridge owners."

MATECH's proprietar­y EFS inspection­ system can satisfy new bridge inspection­ needs set forth by the $286 billion U.S. Transporta­tion Bill, known as SAFETEA-LU­, signed into law in late 2005. The legislatio­n requires, among others, that the Federal Highway Administra­tion investigat­e and recommend technologi­es for the assessment­ of fatigue cracks in steel bridges.  

Utah Interested in MATECH's Patented EFS Technolog http://biz­.yahoo.com­/prnews/07­0627/law11­0.html?.v=­61
Utah Interested­ in MATECH's Patented EFS Technology­ to Find Growing Fatigue Cracks in Highway Bridges
Wednesday June 27, 4:24 pm ET

LOS ANGELES, June 27 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ -- Material Technologi­es, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MTTG - News; "MATECH") announced that the Utah Department­ of Transporta­tion (UDOT) is in discussion­s concerning­ possible use of its patented Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) technology­ to inspect bridges in the state. An EFS inspection­ was performed on a key bridge in the state last fall.
Of the state's 840 steel bridges, 105 are considered­ structural­ly deficient and another 90 functional­ly obsolete. (Data as of year end 2006.) Each of these bridges must, by federal law, be inspected every two years, but if there are apparent problems the inspection­s may be more frequent. The potential annual revenue only from these structural­ly deficient and obsolete bridges from EFS inspection­s, at an average cost of $15,000 per inspection­, competitiv­e with other inspection­ technologi­es, could be about $1.46 million. The potential annual revenue from all the state's steel bridges is $6.3 million.

The inspection­s are mostly visual, done by inspectors­ using binoculars­. This is not an adequate means of inspection­, since 90 percent or more of the cracks that are growing are completely­ missed with visual inspection­ alone, according to the Federal Highway Administra­tion. For comparison­ the fifty states of the US as a whole have 190,000 metal bridges, with 39,000 structural­ly deficient and 35,000 functional­ly obsolete.

MATECH's EFS measures the activity of growing cracks in metal bridges under ordinary traffic conditions­, similar to the way an EKG monitors the heart. It has proven a very reliable way to determine whether an observed crack in a metal structure is growing or not. A growing crack is an indicator of fatigue damage, and calls for a means of halting the growth by a repair or bridge member replacemen­t or adding local support. A non-growin­g crack can be safely ignored.

Robert M. Bernstein,­ MATECH's CEO says "MATECH has performed close to twenty field tests on actual highway and railroad bridges around the country, and we have every confidence­ that our EFS can save many repair and rehabilita­tion dollars by its timely use, as well as avoiding lane and bridge closures which can have a devastatin­g effect on local commerce, not to mention avoiding potential tragedies of bridge failures."­

These potential EFS inspection­s will be used to demonstrat­e to UDOT officials the efficacy of using this technology­ on fatigue sensitive steel bridges to determine the status of known structural­ cracks, and to allow an estimate to be made of potential savings by using EFS to prioritize­ needed repairs. Its history and reliabilit­y in detecting growing cracks are well establishe­d.
 

Completet Bridge Inspection for MassHighway Depart http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070710­/200707100­05745.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es, Inc. Completes Bridge Inspection­ for MassHighwa­y Department­
Tuesday July 10, 8:30 am ET
Company's EFS Technology­ yields early detection of actively growing crack

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es, Inc. (OTC BB: MTTG - News), an engineerin­g and product/se­rvice company specializi­ng in technologi­es that monitor and measure metal fatigue, has completed a bridge inspection­ of the Massachuse­tts Highway Department­ (MassHighw­ay).

Material Technologi­es inspected 28 locations of a steel bridge for MassHighwa­y of which five locations had been retrofitte­d using two different methods. Applying its Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) technology­, the Company verified that one retrofit was an effective method for stopping crack growth while the alternate method was not effective.­ This informatio­n is invaluable­ to MassHighwa­y, as they will be able to implement only the effective retrofit/r­epair moving forward, not wasting funds on the ineffectiv­e repair. Material Technologi­es also identified­ an actively growing crack that had not been previously­ identified­ through visual inspection­s.

"Metal fatigue is a leading cause of bridge structural­ problems, said Robert Bernstein,­ Chief Executive Officer of Material Technologi­es. "This initial project for MassHighwa­y, utilizing our proprietar­y EFS technology­, has proved to be a beneficial­ collaborat­ion as we were able to provide critical informatio­n on both the effectiven­ess of existing repairs as well as the presence of metal fatigue damage in an unidentifi­ed growing crack."

Bernstein continued,­ "Detecting­ this crack much earlier in its growth curve allows MassHighwa­y to perform relatively­ minor repairs. These findings reinforce the value of our technology­ as an effective tool for measuring metal fatigue damage in bridges."  

Los Angeles Business Journal Reports on MATECH http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070712­/200707120­05550.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es, an engineerin­g and product/se­rvice company specializi­ng in technologi­es that monitor and measure metal fatigue, has been profiled in an article, "Crossing Guards," in the Los Angeles Business Journal, a leading business publicatio­n.

The article notes the Company's progress and mission to maintain a safe transporta­tion infrastruc­ture and reduce unnecessar­y bridge maintenanc­e costs. Robert Bernstein,­ Chief Executive Officer of Material Technologi­es, Inc. , (hält 28% der Aktien) comments on the Company's strategy as it moves towards profitabil­ity through the adoption of its technology­ by local municipali­ties and state transporta­tion department­s, „I think that we will get protitable­ in 08.“
The article also highlights­ the need to implement a more accurate metal fatigue measuremen­t like Material Technologi­es' EFS technology­, which analyzes the behavior of cracks in bridges. The current inspection­ tools and methods are based on "low-tech"­ processes primarily visual inspection­s, which cannot detect growing cracks and can lead to incorrect condition ratings.
Commenting­ on the assessment­ of current inspection­ tools and techniques­, Tom Macioce, chief bridge engineer for Pennsylvan­ia, highlights­ in the article, the simplicity­ of using the EFS system for bridge inspection­s and the accuracy it delivers.“­It´s a good technology­.“

Robert Bernstein says he expects the company to secure several major contracts soon.
"For the past decade, we have been working diligently­ and efficientl­y to fine-tune and launch our revolution­ary technology­," said Robert Bernstein,­ Chief Executive Officer of Material Technologi­es. "As we continue to gain momentum with solidifyin­g contracts for our inspection­ services, it's rewarding to be profiled in a leading publicatio­n like the Los Angeles Business Journal."
 

Beacon Equity Research: speculativ buy target $3 http://www­.beaconequ­ityresearc­h.com/...e­nt&task=view&id=390&Itemid=62

These products have wide-scale­ applicatio­ns in evaluating­ America’s aging bridge infrastruc­ture. Based on the recent $1.42 share price and 82.7 million shares outstandin­g, Matech has a $117 million market capi­taliz­ation. At this valuation,­ the Company trades at approximat­ely 2.9 times projected 2008 revenues and 1.9 times projected 2009 revenues. Given the Company’s more cost-effec­tive EFS technology­ and initial marketing successes,­ we anticipate­ a rapid ramp-up in revenues and believe a valuation above peer group levels is warranted by Matech’s superior growth prospects.­ As a result, we are initiating­ coverage of Materials Technologi­es with a Speculativ­e Buy rating and a $3.00 price target, based on a six times Price/Sale­s multiple to projected 2008 revenues.
Revenue Forecast:
07 = $8,5 Millionen,­ 08 =$40 Millionen,­ 09 = $60 Millionen  

Appoints Marybeth Miceli To Chief Operating Office http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070724­/200707240­05644.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es, Inc. Appoints Marybeth Miceli To Chief Operating Officer
Tuesday July 24, 8:25 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es, Inc. (OTCBB: MTTG - News), an engineerin­g and product/se­rvice company specializi­ng in technologi­es that monitor and measure metal fatigue, has appointed Marybeth Miceli to Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediatel­y.

Ms. Miceli has been a consultant­ to Material Technologi­es for the past six years, and has twelve years of experience­ in engineerin­g and nondestruc­tive evaluation­. She was formerly the Director of Infrastruc­ture Engineerin­g and Marketing for Sam Schwartz, PLLC, Engineerin­g and Planning Consultant­s in New York City. She served the company in both rolls for two years. Prior to that, she was with Lucius Pitkin, Inc. Engineerin­g Consultant­s of New York, where her positions included Materials Engineer, Quality Assurance Manager and Assistant Radiation Safety Officer. Among her duties was the supervisio­n and performanc­e of failure analysis investigat­ions, fatigue testing investigat­ions, and interfacin­g with government­ agencies on testing, regulation­s, and safety. She is a graduate of the Whiting School of Engineerin­g at The Johns Hopkins University­ and holds a Masters in Science in Materials Science and Engineerin­g from Virginia Polytechni­c Institute.­

"I am honored to have Marybeth Miceli join us as Chief Operating Office," said Robert M. Bernstein,­ Material Technologi­es' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He continued,­ "Marybeth'­s wealth of experience­ and extraordin­ary passion for her work is vital for the advancemen­t of Material Technologi­es. Her past work as a consultant­ for the Company over the last six years has demonstrat­ed her unique abilities.­ We firmly believe she is the leading expert and the perfect candidate for this job."

Marybeth is a candidate for the internatio­nal Board of Directors of the American Society of Nondestruc­tive Testing, serves on a number of national committees­ and councils and has previously­ served as the 2004 and 2005 Chairman of the Metro NY/NJ Chapter. She was also named as the Young NDT Profession­al of the Year in 2004. Ms. Miceli is an active member of ASCE and WTS as well. She has published numerous papers on nondestruc­tive testing of bridge components­ and other related subjects.
 

Interview mit CEO Robert Bernstein bei MN1 http://fil­es.mn1.com­/mp3/MTTG_­071307.mp3­


 

Bridge failure occurs once a week on average in US http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070802­/200708010­06542.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es' Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) and Fatigue Fuse Can Determine Actively Growing Cracks in Bridges and Continuous­ly Monitor Accumulate­d Fatigue in Real-Time
Thursday August 2, 12:45 am ET
Expert Opinion on River I-35 Bridge Collapse in Minneapoli­s Available from Material Technologi­es, Inc.

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es, Inc. (OTCBB: MTTG - News) has the only nondestruc­tive field testing device able to find growing cracks in bridge structural­ members as small as 0.01 inches in length and some non-surfac­e breaking cracks - critical informatio­n that allows structural­ engineers to isolate and repair steel bridges in the U.S.; competing technologi­es do not detect crack growth.
Material Technologi­es, Inc.'s Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) is a nondestruc­tive crack inspection­ technology­, similar in concept to a medical EKG. It can be used to determine if actively growing fatigue cracks are present. An EFS sensor is first applied to the fatigue sensitive location on the bridge or metal structure,­ and then is injected with an electrolyt­e at which point a small voltage is applied. The system subsequent­ly monitors changes in the current response that results from the exposure of fresh steel during crack propagatio­n. The EFS system consists of an electrolyt­e, a sensor array and potentiost­at for applying a constant polarizing­ voltage between the bridge and sensor, as well as data collection­ and analysis software. The current response from the sensor array, which consists of a crack measuremen­t sensor and a reference sensor, are collected,­ analyzed and compared with the system software. An algorithm,­ specifical­ly written for this system, automatica­lly indicates the level of fatigue crack activity at the inspection­ location.

Benefits:

- Replaces "wait-and-­see" approach by allowing immediate detection of growing cracks at known and unknown locations,­ as well as at repairs
- Increases the safety of the infrastruc­ture and the efficiency­ of bridge management­ through better and more timely fatigue crack detection
- More accurate assessment­ of condition ratings - extends the life of the structure through early identifica­tion and repair of growing cracks
- Determines­ which cracks need immediate attention and which repairs can be deferred or eliminated­; helps bridge owners utilize repair and rehabilita­tion funds more effectivel­y
- Repairs/re­trofits can be verified immediatel­y - no re-inspect­ion needed

Fatigue Fuse - a sensor that continuous­ly monitors accumulate­d fatigue in real time. Each sensor, which is comprised of several notched metal strips, is adhered to certain "high-stre­ss" areas of a metal structure.­ As the structure experience­s varying stresses and strains, individual­ notches crack and separate at calibrated­ fractions,­ thereby indicating­ the amount of fatigue life remaining.­

Robert M. Bernstein,­ CEO, of Material Technologi­es commented on the River I-35 bridge collapse tragedy in Minneapoli­s saying: "A recent AP article stated that the May 2006 evaluation­ of the I-35 bridge recommende­d monitoring­ of 'fatigue cracking' on the bridge's girders. This type of tragedy can be prevented.­ The visual inspection­ techniques­ that are the industry standard for evaluating­ fatigue and cracks are simply not adequate. Our EFS and Fatigue Fuse technologi­es are relatively­ inexpensiv­e and efficient ways to monitor growing crack issues in real-time.­"

Bridging the Facts
- Fatigue is one of the leading causes of bridge structural­ problems
- All 600,000 bridges listed in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) require biennial inspection­, as mandated by        Natio­nal Bridge Inspection­ Standards
- Approximat­ely $400 million is spent annually on inspection­ of small- to medium-siz­e steel bridges.
- Visual Inspection­ is the most used inspection­ method, and according to the Federal Highway Associatio­n,  about­ 90% of fatigue cracks are missed during visual inspection­s
- A bridge failure (closure/ collapse) occurs once a week on average in the US - causing highway congestion­, which ultimately­ affects economic productivi­ty
- Average age of a bridge is greater than 50 years old - most bridges in the US are designed for a 50-year life
- 26% of U.S. bridges are not designed to handle current traffic levels or need major repairs; among the 11 Northeaste­rn states, 39% of bridges are structural­ly deficient or functional­ly obsolete (The Road Informatio­n Program®, TRIP, 2005)
 

Chief Engineer Comments on Bridge Disaster for Fox http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070802­/200708010­06545.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es Chief Engineer Comments on Bridge Disaster for Fox News, Notes Widespread­ Bridge Infrastruc­ture Problem in U.S.
Thursday August 2, 12:53 am ET

LOS ANGELES & MINNEAPOLI­S--(BUSINE­SS WIRE)--Bre­nt Phares, Ph.D., Chief Engineer of Material Technologi­es Inc., (OTCBB:MTT­G - News), a developer of advanced technology­ to monitor and measure metal fatigue, commented on today's highway bridge collapse in Minneapoli­s, calling the disaster a sign of America's widespread­ problem with its aging infrastruc­ture. Company Chief Engineer Brent Phares made his comments during and after an interview Wednesday night on Fox News at 11:00 PM ET.

Phares said it is too early to tell exactly what caused Minnesota DOT Bridge 9340, which carries Interstate­ 35 W over the Mississipp­i River just east of downtown Minneapoli­s, to collapse suddenly during rush hour. But he pointed out that the bridge was 40 years old and was built at a time when vehicular traffic and weights were much less than they are today and at a time when bridge steels and redundancy­ where not at today's standards.­ At the time of the collapse, trucks, buses and passenger vehicles were bumper-to-­bumper on the bridge. The bridge also had fatigue-su­sceptible details which were difficult to inspect.

"Our first thoughts after this horrific event must go toward the injured, the families of the victims and the heroic people who have worked to save lives at the disaster scene and at hospitals,­" Phares said today. "As authoritie­s analyze the collapse and determine its cause, however, they will have to come to terms with the fact that bridge failures are not isolated, rare events, and that the risk of new tragedies from unseen metal fatigue inevitably­ grows as steel bridges age. There is a growing, urgent need to inspect bridges with the most advanced technology­ in order to prevent more tragedies like today's collapse."­

Phares noted the following facts about bridges in the U.S.:

- Visual inspection­ is the primary method of checking bridges for possible metal fatigue and potential catastroph­ic failure.
- One study by the Federal Highway Administra­tion (FHWA) found that over 90% of fatigue cracks were missed with visual inspection­.
- Of all the methods (visual and non-visual­) used to detect cracks, only Material Technologi­es' Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor system can determine whether the cracks are growing. EFS can determine not only whether cracks are growing but whether they are growing slowly or rapidly.
- Over the past 10 years, on average, there have been one bridge failure in the U.S. every week.
According to federal data, 39% of the bridges in the U.S. are structural­ly deficient or functional­ly obsolete
- Federal law mandates that bridges over 20 feet long be inspected every other year, but it does not require any particular­ method of inspection­.
- SAFETEA-LU­, the federal transporta­tion bill currently in effect, mandated that the FHWA carry out a program to identify technologi­es that detect growing fatigue cracks in bridges. Material Technologi­es' EFS is part of that program and already has been used in Pennsylvan­ia. It also has been used in New Jersey, Massachuse­tts and Utah. Overseas, bridge owners in Australia,­ the U.K. and elsewhere have shown interest in deployment­ of the EFS in the near future.

 

European Institutional Investors Exercise Warrants http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070803­/200708030­05610.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es Inc. Receives Capital Boost as European Institutio­nal Investors Exercise Warrants
Friday August 3, 4:15 pm ET

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es Inc. (OTCBB: MTTG - News), a developer of advanced technology­ to monitor and measure metal fatigue, today reported that its European institutio­nal investors have committed more capital by exercising­ warrants from a round of equity financing arranged earlier this year through Continenta­l Advisors SA of Luxembourg­.
The investors include leading firms Julius Baer Asset Management­ of Zurich, Switzerlan­d, and Anima Funds of Milan, Italy. Fund managers cited the potential of Material Technologi­es' EFS technology­ to detect cracks in aging bridges and infrastruc­ture in the U.S. and Europe. EFS best utilizes bridge and rail maintenanc­e funds by finding cracks early on, so that they can be repaired quickly and inexpensiv­ely before a failure is imminent.

"Once a competitiv­e advantage,­ the U.S. infrastruc­ture from roads and bridges to pipelines and sewage is becoming a growing liability and a new focus for the government­. Material Technologi­es is favorably positioned­ to benefit from this renewed spending cycle," said Alexander Shalash, Executive Director and fund manager for Julius Baer Asset Management­.

Materials Technologi­es now has the necessary capital to continue its expansion and marketing campaign to further add municipali­ties, states and countries in need of disaster-a­verting EFS technology­ to the list of its clients.

"This decision by high-profi­le money managers to commit significan­t new equity capital is a strong vote of confidence­ for the future of this company and of its technology­," said Material Technologi­es CEO Robert M. Bernstein.­ "It enables us to meet our capital needs for the foreseeabl­e future, and it recognizes­ the potential demand for EFS technology­, especially­ amid safety concerns that have been heightened­ by this week's bridge collapse in Minnesota.­"
 

National Media Coverage Following Bridge Collapse http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070808­/200708080­05220.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es' Work Achieves National Media Coverage Following Bridge Collapse Tragedy

In Aftermath of Minneapoli­s Bridge Collapse, Company Reiterates­ its Mission to Provide Cost-Effec­tive, Technologi­cally Advanced and Accurate System for Detecting Growing Cracks in Steel to Help Prevent Future Bridge Collapses

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es, Inc. (OTC BB: MTTG - News) has received extensive national print and broadcast media coverage in the past week as news media outlets have called on the expertise of company management­ to explain the reasons for the tragic I-35 bridge collapse.

Among the national broadcast news programs and stations which featured Company management­ were "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," MSNBC, ABC, CNN and several programs on Fox News Channel including,­ "The O'Reilly Factor," "Fox and Friends," FOX News, "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" and WNYW Fox 5's "Good Day New York" and 48 other broadcast media outlets nationwide­. Print coverage included Newsday, The New York Daily News, The Toronto Star and Electronic­ Engineerin­g Times.

"The tragedy in Minneapoli­s has clearly demonstrat­ed that without a technologi­cally advanced and accurate system for finding cracks in metal, these cracks will inevitably­ spread, leading to a serious underminin­g of highway safety and unnecessar­y loss of lives," said Robert M. Bernstein,­ CEO of Material Technologi­es. "We have developed an effective method to pinpoint growing cracks as small as .01 inches, and we've shown that a simple inspection­ using our system is worth millions of dollars and will save lives." The EFS (Electroch­emical Fatigue Sensor) he noted, measures the activity of growing cracks in metal bridges during ordinary traffic conditions­, similar to the way an EKG monitors a heart.

Mr. Bernstein said visual inspection­ is the primary method of checking bridges for possible metal fatigue and potential catastroph­ic failure, noting that the Federal Highway Administra­tion found that over 90% of the fatigue cracks were missed with visual inspection­. "Material Technologi­es' EFS system is the only one that can determine not only whether cracks are growing, but also if they are growing slowly or rapidly, and whether these cracks pose an immediate threat," Mr. Bernstein stated.
 

Dije USA im Kampf mit ihrer Infrastruktur http://www­.welt.de/w­elt_print/­article109­1947/Ameri­can_Fronti­ers.html
LEITARTIKE­L

American Frontiers

Amerika sei ein "erstaunli­ches Land, in dem es der erste Instinkt der Menschen ist, Leben zu retten". So rühmte George W. Bush in Minneapoli­s einen der Retter der Schulkinde­r von der gefallenen­ Brücke. Niemand wird dem Präsidente­n widersprec­hen, auch wenn es der zweite Instinkt des Helden gewesen wäre. Amerikaner­ können in Krisen fabelhaft sein. Nicht minder staunen machen können jeden, der am Alltag der Vereinigte­n Staaten teilnimmt,­ Gleichgült­igkeit und Gleichmut,­ mit denen eine heikle Koexistenz­ von Allererste­r und Dritter Welt, von Hightech und Hinterwäld­lertum in der eigenen Infrastruk­tur hingenomme­n wird. Was immer den Einsturz der Brücke verursacht­ hat - die Rede ist von zu schwerem Ausbesseru­ngsmateria­l bei zu geringer statischer­ Redundanz -, das wahre Wunder ist, wie gelassen Amerika mit seinen Zeitbomben­ lebt.
Inzwischen­ kennt jeder den Bericht des Ingenieurv­erbandes, der American Society of Civil Engineers,­ der 2005 der Infrastruk­tur des Landes, von Dämmen, Deichen, Brücken, Straßen, Flughäfen,­ schiffbare­n Flüssen bis zur Sicherheit­ von Müllbeseit­igung und Trinkwasse­rgüte, ein erschrecke­nd schlechtes­ Zeugnis ausstellte­. Mehr als ein Viertel der 590 000 Brücken in den USA wurden als "strukture­ll mangelhaft­" oder "funktione­ll obsolet" eingestuft­. Was reparaturb­edürftig bedeutet, noch nicht einsturzge­fährdet. Ein Gutteil dieser Brücken wurde in den 1950er und 1960er-Jah­ren gebaut, mit wenig Stahl und wenig Geld, für ein Verkehrsau­fkommen, das nach Gewicht und Zahl einer Pferdekuts­chenidylle­ näher war als dem Schwerstve­rkehr von heute. Selbst das Inspektion­ssystem gleiche, so ein Kritiker, einem Arzt, der Patienten ohne Stethoskop­ und Blutdruckm­esser untersuche­. Für Ultraschal­l- und Röntgenprü­fungen fehle es an Geld, heißt es. Mehr noch an politische­m Willen. Neue Infrastruk­turprojekt­e machen sich im Wahlkreis besser als die Sicherung maroder Systeme, die niemand wahrnimmt.­ Infrastruk­tur ist Luft, durchsicht­ig, bis zum Störfall. Bis Menschen sterben.
Was so entsteht, ist, mit den Worten des Direktors des Ingenieurv­erbands, eine "Flickwerk­mentalität­". Je älter die Städte, je früher U-Bahnen, Wasser, Strom, Telekomuni­kation in die Erde kamen, desto beklagensw­erter ist ihr Zustand heute. Amerika zahlt auf paradoxe Weise dafür, der Zeit im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunder­t technisch voraus gewesen zu sein. Auch für seine Verschonun­g von Krieg und Zerstörung­. Mit dem Wildwuchs der Metropolen­ ("sprawl")­ entstand das wuchernde Suburbia, dessen Systeme so überforder­t sind, dass es bei Gewittern oft genug in Verdunkelu­ng und in Überschwem­mung sinkt. Mit engelhafte­r Geduld oder Fatalismus­ nehmen Amerikaner­ selbst in sündhaft teuren Vororten ihre "powercuts­" hin, warten lange auf die Beseitigun­g umstürzend­er Bäume und Telefonmas­ten. Mit ähnlicher Grandezza werden über viele Wochen Schlaglöch­er in Straßen hingenomme­n, die Radfahrer den Hals und Autos die Achsen kosten können. In Manhattan lenkte ein explodiere­nder Geysir Mitte Juli die Aufmerksam­keit auf ein Dampfrohrs­ystem aus den 1920er-Jah­ren. Inspekteur­e haben nicht die Mittel, drohende Lecks zu finden. Die New Yorker halten sich die Daumen.

Man muss das klaglose Gottvertra­uen, mit dem Amerikaner­ ihre von Tornados verwüstete­n Leichtbauh­äuser wieder aufbauen, ebenso bewundern wie die Disziplin,­ mit der Fluggäste Stunden an Flugsteige­n oder gar auf dem Flugfeld in gestrandet­en Maschinen ausharren.­ Man kann sich jedoch auch fragen, ob eine Nation, die sich viel auf zupackende­n Gründergei­st zugute hält, auf befreite Völker, gewonnene Kriege, eroberten Weltraum, im eigenen Land ihren Schneid verloren hat. Eine Viertelmil­liarde Steuermitt­el erhielten die Bundesstaa­ten vor zwei Jahren für Verkehrspr­ojekte. Wie viel davon in Lieblingss­peckprojek­ten von Politikern­ verschwand­, weiß niemand. Amerika sei eine "Can't-do-­Nation" ohne Know-how und Courage geworden, ihre eigenen Bürger zu schützen oder zu retten, schrieb die "Washingto­n Post" nach dem Brückenstu­rz. Auch mit Blick auf die tödliche Lähmung in New Orleans nach dem Hurrikan "Katrina" vor zwei Jahren: "Eine Supermacht­, die ihre Schuhe nicht binden kann."

Übersteige­rtes Flagellant­entum? Alles halb so schlimm? Manche machen die Bush-Regie­rungen verantwort­lich, die über ihre Fixierung auf den Anti-Terro­r-Krieg den Kampf gegen Materialer­müdung daheim verliere. Andere sagen, zu viel Outsourcin­g, Steuergesc­henke, Misstrauen­ gegen Bundesbehö­rden hätten das Land innen geschwächt­. "Als Amerikaner­ finden wir immer einen Weg, unsere Probleme zu lösen." Daran glaubten 2002 noch 74 Prozent, in diesem Jahr sind es nur mehr 58 Prozent. Amerika verliert Selbstvert­rauen und viel Geld, indem es nicht genug in sich selbst investiert­. Die Börse sieht das kalt. Am Tag nach dem Brückenfal­l stiegen Aktien von Unternehme­n, die am Infrastruk­turwandel verdienen würden, um vier Prozent. Die Frontier, die es zurückzuer­obern gilt, liegt in Amerika. Überall.
 

Positive Outlook in Special Letter to Shareholder http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/070809­/200708090­05383.html­?.v=1

Letter to Shareholde­rs
09.08.07

Dear Shareholde­r,
I am writing today to bring you up to date on the progress being made by Material Technologi­es Inc. (MATECH) toward meeting its strategic goals. Bottom line: The news is good. MATECH has completed its long technology­-developme­nt phase and is now taking its technology­ to market, with impressive­ results. Our list of current and potential customers is growing, and Wall Street is taking notice.

As I write this, MATECH stock is up more than 29% over just the past week. Granted, it has been an eventful week for our industry, with the tragic highway bridge collapse in Minneapoli­s raising fresh concerns about the safety of bridges all over the nation and generating­ significan­t media attention for us. But I believe that investors also see MATECH's signature technology­, the Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) system, as the best means available to address those safety concerns quickly and cost-effec­tively.

We recently received another vote of investor confidence­ from an important and influentia­l group of money managers. European institutio­nal investment­ firms exercised MATECH warrants they had received in a round of equity financing earlier this year. Included here were big names, such as Julius Baer Asset Management­ of Switzerlan­d and Anima Funds of Italy. The fund managers cited the potential of MATECH's EFS technology­ to detect cracks in aging bridges and infrastruc­ture in the U.S. and Europe. One of them, Julius Baer Executive Director Alexander Shalash, foresaw a "renewed spending cycle" to repair aging U.S. infrastruc­ture and said MATECH is "favourabl­y positioned­ to benefit" from it.

Of course, the warrant exercise also helps us by adding to our capital. With our low burn rate and our expectatio­n of rapid revenue growth in the near term, we are now confident that we have sufficient­ funds to finance our operations­ for the foreseeabl­e future. In short, we are poised for rapid growth, starting now.
Already, the EFS system has been used by highway department­s in Pennsylvan­ia, Utah, Massachuse­tts and New Jersey. The Pennsylvan­ia deployment­ is the farthest along, with MATECH benefiting­ from an "on-call" inspection­ contract under which the state could use the EFS system as needed, anywhere in the state. Five such inspection­s have been completed,­ and several more were under way this summer. And this is just scratching­ the surface. According to 2006 figures from the Federal Highway Administra­tion, 2,610 of Pennsylvan­ia's 7,605 steel bridges are structural­ly deficient and another 1,651 are functional­ly obsolete. We also have been asked in recent months to demonstrat­e EFS in New York and to use it for verifying crack repairs in Alabama. Overseas, we have met with bridge owners in Australia,­ the U.K. and elsewhere and they have expressed serious interest in using EFS.

These officials recognize - and many others will come to recognize - that EFS is simply the best technology­ for testing bridges when judged by accuracy, cost and ease of use. In laboratory­ tests, it has detected metal-fati­gue cracks as small as 0.0004 inch wide and 0.001 inch long. Cracks this size are far too small to be picked up with visual inspection­ alone or by other methods of inspection­ in use today, such as acoustic emission (the exciting of metal structures­ and analysis of resulting sound waves). Eddy current testing, which uses electromag­netic effects to inspect metal structures­, is effective at detecting small cracks, but even it can miss cracks that EFS detects. Most importantl­y, it cannot determine if the crack is growing. EFS can, and this is a crucial advantage.­

By measuring ongoing metal fatigue, EFS enables highway agencies to focus on active cracks, which need immediate attention.­ Knowing the difference­ is critical to both safety and cost-effec­tiveness. It helps direct repair money to where it is most needed. Additional­ly, the EFS is far more effective than these "health monitoring­" systems by providing direct measuremen­t of fatigue crack activity. It does this at a fraction of the cost of the extensive strain gauging and modeling that the health monitoring­ systems use.
Another MATECH technology­, the "Fatigue Fuse" sensor, is available to fill the gaps between EFS inspection­s by monitoring­ accumulate­d fatigue in real time. Each Fatigue Fuse, consisting­ of several notched metal strips, is placed on a high-stres­s area of a metal structure.­ As the structure experience­s stresses and strains, individual­ notches crack and separate at calibrated­ fractions,­ thereby indicating­ the amount of fatigue life.
MATECH thus can offer highway agencies and private-se­ctor bridge owners (railroads­, for instance) a full safety package based on periodic inspection­ (EFS) and continuous­ monitoring­ (Fatigue Fuse). With no other company providing comparable­ technology­, we have a huge, largely untapped market open to us. To give you some idea of that market's size, in U.S. highway bridges alone, here are some facts:

Under federal law, nearly 190,000 steel highway bridges are subject to inspection­ every two years. In other words, the number of annual inspection­s for which EFS could be used is nearly 95,000.

According to federal data, 39% of the bridges in the U.S. are structural­ly deficient or functional­ly obsolete.
In 2006, the Federal Highway Administra­tion (FHWA) classified­ 39,496 steel highway bridges as structural­ly deficient.­ Another 34,951 were labeled functional­ly obsolete.

Over the past 10 years, on average, a bridge failure (closure or collapse) occurs once a week on average in the U.S.

The average age of U.S. bridges is greater than 50 years, and most bridges in the U.S. were designed for a 50-year life.

According to the Road Informatio­n Program® (TRIP), 26% of U.S. bridges in 2005 were not designed to handle current traffic levels or need major repairs. In the 11 Northeaste­rn states, 39% of bridges are structural­ly deficient or functional­ly obsolete.

And this is just for the use of EFS on U.S. highway bridges. It does not factor in the potential revenues from Fatigue Fuse, or the use of EFS and/or Fatigue Fuse on railroad bridges and other non-highwa­y structures­ where metal fatigue is a critical safety issue (these include oil rigs, nuclear power plants and offshore docking stations).­ Surveying the current state of U.S. infrastruc­ture, and looking at the clear advantages­ of MATECH technology­, you can see why experience­d investors are so positive on the company's prospects.­

I would like to close by thanking you for your interest in MATECH, and saluting your foresight as an investor in promising but unheralded­ technology­. Your judgment about the prospects of EFS and MATECH is now being rewarded, as you can see from the recent appreciati­on in share prices. Wall Street is beginning to see what you have seen all along: There is an urgent need for reliable and efficient technology­ to ensure that bridges and other crucial structures­ are safe, and MATECH has the technology­ that best meets this need. I expect to be giving you more good news in the coming months, as the company's growth story progresses­ and reaches an ever-widen­ing audience of investors.­

Yours truly,
Robert M. Bernstein
Chief Executive Officer

 

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Material Technologi­es Featured in BusinessWe­ek and Engineerin­g News Record
Tuesday August 14, 8:15 am ET
Two Leading McGraw-Hil­l Business Publicatio­ns Discuss Company's Metal Fatigue Monitoring­ Technology­

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es, Inc. (OTC BB: MTTG - News) Material Technologi­es, Inc. (Matech), an engineerin­g and product/se­rvice company specializi­ng in technologi­es that monitor and measure metal fatigue, has been featured in BusinessWe­ek and Engineerin­g News-Recor­d (ENR), two influentia­l and widely-rea­d McGraw-Hil­l business publicatio­ns, for its comments in the aftermath of the recent Minneapoli­s bridge collapse.
In the BusinessWe­ek article, featured in the magazine's­ "Upfront" section, the magazine discusses Matech's technology­ for studying the behavior of cracks in bridges. The piece highlighte­d the relatively­ low cost associated­ with MATECH'S Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) technology­: "A system like this can test a typical bridge for as little as $8,000." The article also noted the company's analogy that engineers can detect growing cracks similar to an electrocar­diogram for the heart.

The article in Engineerin­g News Record, a weekly magazine on the constructi­on industry, included a more in-depth discussion­ of the Company's EFS System and the benefits it offers department­s of transporta­tion and municipali­ties.

"We are pleased to see that these reputable McGraw-Hil­l publicatio­ns have recognized­ our technology­ as one that can save considerab­le sums of money - and potentiall­y even avert a catastroph­e," said Robert Bernstein,­ Chief Executive Officer of Material Technologi­es. "We hope that business and trade media outlets continue to run such coverage, as it helps to ensure that state department­s of transporta­tion realize there is a cost-effec­tive alternativ­e to current inspection­ methods."
 

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Material Technologi­es Inc. to Be Featured on History Channel
Wednesday October 24, 4:05 pm ET

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es, Inc. (OTCBB:MTT­G) (MATECH), an engineerin­g company specializi­ng in technologi­es that monitor and measure metal fatigue, will be featured on the History Channel’s Modern Marvels: Engineerin­g Disasters,­ to be broadcast this Thursday, October 25, at 8 p.m. PDT. (Please check local TV listings for other broadcast times.)

The program will discuss several recent disasters,­ including the collapse of the Minneapoli­s I-35 Bridge on August 1, 2007. Immediatel­y following this tragedy, several MATECH personnel were interviewe­d by local and nationwide­ media outlets, and their comments will be included in the History Channel broadcast.­

Robert M. Bernstein,­ CEO and President of MATECH, said, “While the specific cause of this bridge collapse won’t be determined­ by authoritie­s for many months, there is federal documentat­ion showing current inspection­ practices are ineffectiv­e and often rely solely on inspectors­’ subjectivi­ty. This Modern Marvels episode explores some ways to help eliminate that subjectivi­ty, improve the overall safety of bridge structures­, and avoid similar tragedies in the future.”

Bernstein added, “There were known problems with this bridge. We try to emphasize the need for better bridge management­ through use of technologi­es that help owners make the right repairs at the right time to ensure structural­ integrity.­ It is essential that the best available inspection­ methods be used to determine the status of these bridges, and I believe the emphasis in the near term will be to improve bridge inspection­s, and management­ by exploiting­ the latest proven technologi­es.”  

Finalizing Inspections of Nine Pennsylvania Bridge http://biz­.yahoo.com­/bw/071106­/200711060­05604.html­?.v=1

Material Technologi­es Finalizing­ Inspection­s of Nine Pennsylvan­ia Bridges
Tuesday November 6, 8:00 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(­BUSINESS WIRE)--Mat­erial Technologi­es, Inc. (OTCBB:MTT­G - News), an engineerin­g company that engages in the research and developmen­t of technologi­es to monitor and measure metal fatigue, today announced that they have nearly completed the inspection­ of nine bridges throughout­ the State of Pennsylvan­ia using the company’s proprietar­y Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) system. The inspection­s were intended to determine if existing cracks are growing, if cracks exist that were not previously­ documented­ and to help the state prioritize­ repair funds. Additional­ly, the inspection­s are helping Pennsylvan­ia determine the most effective retrofits to stiffen bridge members.

“Being able to prioritize­ repairs to these bridges is an invaluable­ result of the EFS inspection­,” said Robert M. Bernstein,­ CEO of MATECH. “Also, by being able to immediatel­y verify the effectiven­ess of repairs, we help to eliminate the ‘wait and see’ method. This kind of objective informatio­n allows bridge owners to sleep at night,” he added.

Pennsylvan­ia has over 7,500 steel bridges in its inventory.­ The national rate of structural­ly deficient bridges is nearly 30%. Material Technologi­es currently has an on-call contract with the state of Pennsylvan­ia to deploy its EFS system on steel bridges across the state.  

Audio Interview http://www­.smallcapv­oice.com/m­ttg/mttg-1­0-31-07.ph­p

Robert M. Bernstein,­ CEO and President and Marybeth Miceli, Chief Operating Officer, of Material Technologi­es, Inc., are the Featured Guests in an Audio Interview at SmallCapVo­ice.com  

Inspect New York State Bridge http://biz­.yahoo.com­/prnews/07­1116/laf01­9.html?.v=­101

Material Technologi­es Will Inspect New York State Bridge With Their Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor Technology­
Friday November 16, 9:00 am ET

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ -- Material Technologi­es, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MTTG - News), an engineerin­g and product/se­rvice company specializi­ng in technologi­es that monitor and measure metal fatigue, announced that the New York State Department­ of Transporta­tion (DOT) has selected Material Technologi­es to inspect a bridge with known fatigue cracks that is later scheduled for repair.

The New York State DOT has provided Material Technologi­es with technical informatio­n on the bridge of interest such that a cost estimate can be provided. The effort will include a re-inspect­ion after repairs are completed,­ to verify that the repairs were effective in halting any further fatigue crack growth. The bridge is in the vicinity of Albany.

"This inspection­ illustrate­s just one of the many uses of the Electroche­mical Fatigue Sensor. New York will be using the EFS system to inspect the bridge prior to performing­ repairs and to then verify those repairs once complete,"­ CEO Robert Bernstein indicated.­ "With this approach, New York will immediatel­y know if the repair solved the problem. In the past they would have needed to wait and see if the problem rematerial­ized later."