VISTA, Calif., June 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EcoBlu Products, Inc., (OTCBB:ECOB) announced today it has signed an agreement with Global Flying Hospitals (GFH) that will permit GFH to offer EcoBlu Products' new EcoShelter™ transitional housing product and medical buildings to developing countries around the world.
EcoShelter™ is a transitional housing design that is delivered pre-cut with all of the materials needed for rapid assembly. These structures are pre-treated with BLUWOOD™ technology and are affordable and ecologically sound. Various standard sizes are available to suit the needs of many applications.
Global Flying Hospitals provides medical missions in developing countries around the world with the support of their Flying Teaching Hospital, E-Training, rapid deployment dome shelters and life saving equipment.
"Global Flying Hospitals provides the resources for life-changing medical work around the world, but most poor countries lack the basic infrastructure and facilities. We believe our EcoShelter™ can provide housing and medical facilities in a cost effective way to make a real difference in peoples' lives," said Steve Conboy, President and CEO of EcoBlu Products.
The need for this product is immense and the market in countries like Haiti which have tropical environments will benefit greatly as this product protects lumber against mold, fungus, rot-decay, wood ingesting insects, termites and fire. At the start of the rainy season in Haiti and twenty four weeks after the earthquake, approximately 600,000 Haitians are still living in makeshift camps and remain in "bedsheet" dwellings. In other regions of the world, there is a significant refugee population that is in desperate need of the EcoShelter™ product. In Pakistan alone there are more than one million displaced people living along the border. More than 2.6 million internally displaced people are in Darfur and over 250,000 are living in refugee camps in Chad.
"The need for affordable, rapid deployment, environmentally friendly shelters has never been greater," said Kelly Barker, International CEO of Global Flying Hospitals. "Our alliance with EcoBlu will change the way that humanitarian shelter can be addressed," added Barker.
For more information about Global Flying Hospitals visit: www.globalflyinghospitals.org
About Global Flying Hospitals
Global Flying Hospitals is a non-profit humanitarian health organization which provides mobile medical access to state-of-the-art urgent and preventative medical care for people in over 100 developing countries. GFH provides the resources for life saving surgical procedures through our medical missions. Additionally, GFH provides medical training, equipment and supplies which extends their healing work.
About EcoBlu Products, Inc.
EcoBlu Products, Inc. is a manufacturer of proprietary wood products coated with an eco-friendly chemistry that protects against mold, fungus, rot-decay, wood ingesting insects, termites and fire with EcoBlu's FRC™ technology (Fire Retardant Coating). EcoBlu products utilizing BLUWOOD™ and FRC™ technology is the ultimate in wood protection, preservation, and fire safety to building components constructed of wood; from joists, beams and paneling, to floors and ceilings.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this release relating to completion of the acquisition and the positive direction are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Some or all of the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements may not occur. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, contractual difficulties which may arise, the failure to obtain necessary approvals, the future market price of EcoBlu Products, Inc. common stock and the ability to obtain the necessary financing.