You better watch out.

S A V E T H E D A T E I N T H I S I S S U E

NovaTech, LLC

Volume 15

4th Quarter 2007

NovaTech, LLC Phone: 1-800-253-3842 www.novatechweb.com

March 11: Evans, GeorgiaISA - Central Savannah River Section

March 19 - 20: Charlotte, North CarolinaAM Expo, Booth 940

Feature: Waste-to-Power Partnership with IESProduct News: 8000 Series I/O UpdateEthanol Update: Educational Alliance with

Minnesota West and Loadout ProjectNew NovaTech Office: Portland, Oregon

Copyright 2007 NovaTech, LLC. All rights reserved. D/3, SABL and TotalVision are registered trademarks of NovaTech Process Solutions, LLC. NovaTech is a registered trademark of NovaTech, LLC. All other trademarks and/or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Smarter SolutionsCorporate Communications

11500 Cronridge Drive, Suite 110

Owings Mills, MD 21117

ROMOLAND, CA - International Environmental Solutions (IES; wastetopower.com), a pyrolysis gasification system manufacturer, has selected NovaTech as their exclusive automation partner for pending and future projects worldwide.

IES’s Pyrolysis Gasification Systems use a patented zero-oxygen fuel input technology to convert Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into syngas, a clean-burning hydrocarbon usable for heat and power generation in place of (or in combination with) natural gas. IES technology has been approved for emissions by the California South Coast Air Quality Management District - the most stringent air quality stan-dards in the nation.

Waste-to-Power applications sell power to electric utilities while drastically reducing the transporta-tion costs and pollution incurred in transporting waste streams to farther and fewer landfills. Of the 390 million tons of MSW generated in 2005, 64% (250 million tons) was landfilled. U.S. per capita waste generation continues to rise while diversion rates level off (see chart at right), producing strong, sustainable economic demand for Waste-to-Power services. Tipping fees from local haulers and carbon credits generated by the MSW facility provide additional revenue streams.

The NovaTech D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) will integrate with fuel stream sorting PLCs, control and optimize the pyrolysis gasification reaction to a feedstock of varying moisture and BTU content, and tie into utility substations with the Orion Automation Platform. Documentation and Compliance functions, Energy Management, and other services will form part of a turnkey Waste-to-Power solution.

IES President Karen Bertram notes, “IES chose NovaTech because their process automation and utility integration technologies are a perfect match for our waste-to-power solu-tion. After meeting with NovaTech leadership at this past User Confer-ence, it was further clear that both companies share similar corporate cultures of responsive service, techni-cal innovation and open, clear com-munications among management.”

“Waste-to-Power is an exciting market segment for NovaTech because IES’ technology is immediately practicable and necessary. Waste-to-power financial incentives are strong and multi-faceted - there’s no other renewable fuel source that people literally pay to get rid of - and the environmental benefits to a world of overflowing landfills are equally impressive. The MSW transportation hub, the utility, and the environment all benefit. It’s a win-win-win,” says NovaTech CEO Volker Oakey.

Waste-to-Power: IES and NovaTech to Turn Trash into CashPatented Pyrolysis Gasification Technology Creates Clean, Renewable Energy from Municipal Solid Waste

®Pyrolysis Gasification: Conceptual Overview(above) and Demand Trend (below)

Tons of U.S. Per Capita MSW GeneratedTons of U.S Per Capita MSW Disposed

Tons of MSW Diverted to Remote Landfill

4500

4000

3500

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

4500

30

20

10

0

1988 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

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FIRST CLASSPRESORTEDUS POSTAGE

PAIDWILKES-BARRE, PAPERMIT NO. 413

Savannah Rapids Pavilion, 4:30 - 8:30pm

We’ve made a list. We’ve checked ittwice. And as 2007 draws to a close,NovaTech is on course to exceed 18%sales growth for the fourth year in arow. Our congratulations and thanks tothe NovaTech personnel whose

enabled a number of noteworthyaccomplishments in 2007.

This year has seen the 25th anniversaryof the D/3® DCS, the widespreadadoption of the 8000 Series I/O, anexpanded energy management

able and alternative energy projects.

Our joint venture with JohnsonControls, Inc. (JCI) to provide renewable

University of South Carolina will go livein early 2008. A recent agreement withInternational Environmental Solutions(IES - see article in this issue) makesNovaTech an exclusive automationsolutions provider to the leading

manufacturer. Another Memo ofUnderstanding with Minnesota WestCommunity and Technical College will

NovaTech and Minnesota West Com-munity and Technical College (MNWest) have signed an agreement topackage and promote the NovaTechEthanol Training Simulator (NETS)together with MN West’s classroomcurriculum and teaching materials tocreate a Total Renewable EnergyEducation Solution (TREES). The

and sold to colleges and universities

seeking to add renewable energyproduction technologies to theircurriculum and research facilities.

“With nearly a third of U.S. Ethanolproduction being controlled by theD/3® DCS, an education and trainingpartnership that provides thesefacilities with operators already familiarwith the D/3 control architecture is a

Western Sales Dwight Wood.

The relationship will encompass thedevelopment of marketing strategies,sales initiatives and the delivery andsupport of educational products andservices to Colleges, Universities andTechnical Schools with interest inimplementing Renewable Energyand/or Biofuel Technical EducationPrograms.

Portland, Oregon this October toserve existing customers and pursuenew business on the west coast,particularly in alternative energyapplications.

"The west coast business culture in

particular support alternative energyinitiatives - including biodiesel,biomass energy projects, andmunicipal waste to energy - as a

social responsibility," said Gunther

training engineers to run thesefacilities as well as tax incentives andeconomic support for new technolo-

gies and forward-thinking initiatives.As these new alternative energysolutions emerge, their complex

automation and utility integrationtools and services that NovaTech isalready developing.”

with a sales representative for the

as projects come online.

Ethanol Loadout ProjectExpansion Underway

In 1996 a new ethanol productionfacility was brought online in Blair,Nebraska. This loadout applicationconsisted of standard D/3® applica-tions in conjunction with a customloadout management application.This application continues to operatethe plant today and manages thecontrolling D/3 programs whileinterfacing to and monitoring anAccuload batch controller. In additionto loading railway cars and trucks, thesystem tracks, stores, and documentseach load-out process in a local

relational-like database. It providesdata to the upper-level corporatesystem (an IBM AS400 in Minneapolis)in a semi-real time basis regarding

allows the distribution people withinthe global enterprise to know withinseconds, if needed, about orders that

NovaTech is currently working on anexpansion project to double theethanol loading facility to two railcarand two truck loading locations.

provide the ethanol industry with a

the plants that will produce approxi-mately 30% of U.S. ethanol in thecoming year with the D/3.

In our utility division, an objectiveindustry survey that asked U.S. electricutilities which brand of communica-tion processor/automation platformthey intended to purchase in thecoming year, NovaTech tied for secondwith industry giant GE.

In short, the future of NovaTech looksvery bright, and we wish to thank youfor your continued business. It allows

us to expand our R&D and supportinfrastructure so that we can bringeven more value to your operation inthe future.

From all of us at NovaTech, we wishyou and yours a safe and joyousholiday season.

Sincerely,

Buz Zey

Volker Oakey

B U Z W O R D S

Dear Valued NovaTech Customer,

Volker Oakey, Chairman Buz Zey, President

E T H A N O L U P D A T E

Agreement with Minnesota West Uses NETS to sell TREES

Bill Keller

Software DesignEngineer

over 15,000 NovaTech 8000 Series I/Omodules have been delivered and areoperational in plants around theworld.

Product Marketing Director LeoCharpentier notes, “the 8000 SeriesI/O is a high quality, state-of-the-art,DCS I/O family. It addresses ourcustomers’ needs for new installationsand provides a plug compatible

8 0 0 0 S E R I E S I / O

ech is adding new and excitingfunctionality, such as the 1 to 6redundancy solution, which is uniqueto D/3®, HART® capable modules, andintrinsically safe I/O for hazardous

also the result of a well-managedalliance with MTL Instruments Group. “MTL and NovaTech share a commit-ment to open architectures and highstandards,” says Vince Horvath,

integration of this advanced I/Ohardware into the D/3 system hasbeen well-managed through the

organizations."

Strong Sales for 8000 Series I/O

Director of Corporate Programs. "Theenvironments.” The 8000 I/O success is

tion panels. With the 8000 I/O, NovaT

-

We’ve made a list. We’ve checked ittwice. And as 2007 draws to a close,NovaTech is on course to exceed 18%sales growth for the fourth year in arow. Our congratulations and thanks tothe NovaTech personnel whose

enabled a number of noteworthyaccomplishments in 2007.

This year has seen the 25th anniversaryof the D/3® DCS, the widespreadadoption of the 8000 Series I/O, anexpanded energy management

able and alternative energy projects.

Our joint venture with JohnsonControls, Inc. (JCI) to provide renewable

University of South Carolina will go livein early 2008. A recent agreement withInternational Environmental Solutions(IES - see article in this issue) makesNovaTech an exclusive automationsolutions provider to the leading

manufacturer. Another Memo ofUnderstanding with Minnesota WestCommunity and Technical College will

NovaTech and Minnesota West Com-munity and Technical College (MNWest) have signed an agreement topackage and promote the NovaTechEthanol Training Simulator (NETS)together with MN West’s classroomcurriculum and teaching materials tocreate a Total Renewable EnergyEducation Solution (TREES). The

and sold to colleges and universities

seeking to add renewable energyproduction technologies to theircurriculum and research facilities.

“With nearly a third of U.S. Ethanolproduction being controlled by theD/3® DCS, an education and trainingpartnership that provides thesefacilities with operators already familiarwith the D/3 control architecture is a

Western Sales Dwight Wood.

The relationship will encompass thedevelopment of marketing strategies,sales initiatives and the delivery andsupport of educational products andservices to Colleges, Universities andTechnical Schools with interest inimplementing Renewable Energyand/or Biofuel Technical EducationPrograms.

Portland, Oregon this October toserve existing customers and pursuenew business on the west coast,particularly in alternative energyapplications.

"The west coast business culture in

particular support alternative energyinitiatives - including biodiesel,biomass energy projects, andmunicipal waste to energy - as a

social responsibility," said Gunther

training engineers to run thesefacilities as well as tax incentives andeconomic support for new technolo-

gies and forward-thinking initiatives.As these new alternative energysolutions emerge, their complex

automation and utility integrationtools and services that NovaTech isalready developing.”

with a sales representative for the

as projects come online.

Ethanol Loadout ProjectExpansion Underway

In 1996 a new ethanol productionfacility was brought online in Blair,Nebraska. This loadout applicationconsisted of standard D/3® applica-tions in conjunction with a customloadout management application.This application continues to operatethe plant today and manages thecontrolling D/3 programs whileinterfacing to and monitoring anAccuload batch controller. In additionto loading railway cars and trucks, thesystem tracks, stores, and documentseach load-out process in a local

relational-like database. It providesdata to the upper-level corporatesystem (an IBM AS400 in Minneapolis)in a semi-real time basis regarding

allows the distribution people withinthe global enterprise to know withinseconds, if needed, about orders that

NovaTech is currently working on anexpansion project to double theethanol loading facility to two railcarand two truck loading locations.

provide the ethanol industry with a

the plants that will produce approxi-mately 30% of U.S. ethanol in thecoming year with the D/3.

In our utility division, an objectiveindustry survey that asked U.S. electricutilities which brand of communica-tion processor/automation platformthey intended to purchase in thecoming year, NovaTech tied for secondwith industry giant GE.

In short, the future of NovaTech looksvery bright, and we wish to thank youfor your continued business. It allows

us to expand our R&D and supportinfrastructure so that we can bringeven more value to your operation inthe future.

From all of us at NovaTech, we wishyou and yours a safe and joyousholiday season.

Sincerely,

Buz Zey

Volker Oakey

B U Z W O R D S

Dear Valued NovaTech Customer,

Volker Oakey, Chairman Buz Zey, President

E T H A N O L U P D A T E

Agreement with Minnesota West Uses NETS to sell TREES

Bill Keller

Software DesignEngineer

over 15,000 NovaTech 8000 Series I/Omodules have been delivered and areoperational in plants around theworld.

Product Marketing Director LeoCharpentier notes, “the 8000 SeriesI/O is a high quality, state-of-the-art,DCS I/O family. It addresses ourcustomers’ needs for new installationsand provides a plug compatible

8 0 0 0 S E R I E S I / O

ech is adding new and excitingfunctionality, such as the 1 to 6redundancy solution, which is uniqueto D/3®, HART® capable modules, andintrinsically safe I/O for hazardous

also the result of a well-managedalliance with MTL Instruments Group. “MTL and NovaTech share a commit-ment to open architectures and highstandards,” says Vince Horvath,

integration of this advanced I/Ohardware into the D/3 system hasbeen well-managed through the

organizations."

Strong Sales for 8000 Series I/O

Director of Corporate Programs. "Theenvironments.” The 8000 I/O success is

tion panels. With the 8000 I/O, NovaT

-

You better watch out.

S A V E T H E D A T E I N T H I S I S S U E

NovaTech, LLC

Volume 15

4th Quarter 2007

NovaTech, LLC Phone: 1-800-253-3842 www.novatechweb.com

March 11: Evans, GeorgiaISA - Central Savannah River Section

March 19 - 20: Charlotte, North CarolinaAM Expo, Booth 940

Feature: Waste-to-Power Partnership with IESProduct News: 8000 Series I/O UpdateEthanol Update: Educational Alliance with

Minnesota West and Loadout ProjectNew NovaTech Office: Portland, Oregon

Copyright 2007 NovaTech, LLC. All rights reserved. D/3, SABL and TotalVision are registered trademarks of NovaTech Process Solutions, LLC. NovaTech is a registered trademark of NovaTech, LLC. All other trademarks and/or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Smarter SolutionsCorporate Communications

11500 Cronridge Drive, Suite 110

Owings Mills, MD 21117

ROMOLAND, CA - International Environmental Solutions (IES; wastetopower.com), a pyrolysis gasification system manufacturer, has selected NovaTech as their exclusive automation partner for pending and future projects worldwide.

IES’s Pyrolysis Gasification Systems use a patented zero-oxygen fuel input technology to convert Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into syngas, a clean-burning hydrocarbon usable for heat and power generation in place of (or in combination with) natural gas. IES technology has been approved for emissions by the California South Coast Air Quality Management District - the most stringent air quality stan-dards in the nation.

Waste-to-Power applications sell power to electric utilities while drastically reducing the transporta-tion costs and pollution incurred in transporting waste streams to farther and fewer landfills. Of the 390 million tons of MSW generated in 2005, 64% (250 million tons) was landfilled. U.S. per capita waste generation continues to rise while diversion rates level off (see chart at right), producing strong, sustainable economic demand for Waste-to-Power services. Tipping fees from local haulers and carbon credits generated by the MSW facility provide additional revenue streams.

The NovaTech D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) will integrate with fuel stream sorting PLCs, control and optimize the pyrolysis gasification reaction to a feedstock of varying moisture and BTU content, and tie into utility substations with the Orion Automation Platform. Documentation and Compliance functions, Energy Management, and other services will form part of a turnkey Waste-to-Power solution.

IES President Karen Bertram notes, “IES chose NovaTech because their process automation and utility integration technologies are a perfect match for our waste-to-power solu-tion. After meeting with NovaTech leadership at this past User Confer-ence, it was further clear that both companies share similar corporate cultures of responsive service, techni-cal innovation and open, clear com-munications among management.”

“Waste-to-Power is an exciting market segment for NovaTech because IES’ technology is immediately practicable and necessary. Waste-to-power financial incentives are strong and multi-faceted - there’s no other renewable fuel source that people literally pay to get rid of - and the environmental benefits to a world of overflowing landfills are equally impressive. The MSW transportation hub, the utility, and the environment all benefit. It’s a win-win-win,” says NovaTech CEO Volker Oakey.

Waste-to-Power: IES and NovaTech to Turn Trash into CashPatented Pyrolysis Gasification Technology Creates Clean, Renewable Energy from Municipal Solid Waste

®Pyrolysis Gasification: Conceptual Overview(above) and Demand Trend (below)

Tons of U.S. Per Capita MSW GeneratedTons of U.S Per Capita MSW Disposed

Tons of MSW Diverted to Remote Landfill

4500

4000

3500

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

4500

30

20

10

0

1988 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

40

50

60

70

80

90

FIRST CLASSPRESORTEDUS POSTAGE

PAIDWILKES-BARRE, PAPERMIT NO. 413

Savannah Rapids Pavilion, 4:30 - 8:30pm