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The information on this board is put together based on information in past filings, PR's, company website and also from information supplied by Kieth Fryer on the telephone. All information supplied on the telephone is denoted as "telinfo" at the beginning and end of each section. Liquid rubber from recycled tires ? Rubberized asphalt ? Just two elements of Advanced Recycling Sciences prime focus for which they have undertaken many years of research. Read on for some of the other specialties they are focused on Mission Statement Advanced Recycling Sciences, Inc., has a simple but determined plan to facilitate the clean-up of our fragile global ecosystem. We intend to accomplish that goal by following this corporate mission statement: "ARS is focused on the acquisition and development of scrap tire and waste rubber recycling technologies and products. Our goal is to develop and market these systems and technologies on a worldwide basis while systematically growing our core business through the creation of a sound platform via technology development, worldwide equipment sales and licensing agreements. ARS intends to become a world leader in the field of tire recycling technologies." Corporate Office Address: 2030 Main Street, Suite 1300 Irvine, California 92614 USA Corporate Contact: Keith J. Fryer President and COO 949.260.4728 Mobile: 949.413.9190 E-mail Contact info@arsciences.com - General Inquiries www.arsciences.com See also: www.tires2oil.com Share Structure (from ARYC website) Common shares outstanding: 34,140,126 (as of January 1, 2007 according to company website) Pinksheets.com lists Outstanding Shares: 24,544,366 as of 2003-05-20, but a PR came out in March 2003 announcing the inclusion of Wolfgang Seiler in the company to secure financing, so the additional shares in the OS in 2007 may be due to that) Restricted Stock (from company website) 27,510,304 Estimated Public Float (from company website) 6,629,822 Market Cap: (from company website) (based on $0.02 price) $682,803 The Company's common stock is also listed on the Third Segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under German Securities Code Number 882879 Board of Directors: Ehrenfried Liebich - Chairman & CEO Keith J. Fryer - President & COO Advisory Board: Bjorn Goossens - Chairman Cees Nater Wolfgang W. Seiler (Brought on board in March 2003 - Primary Initiative to Lead European Debt and Equity Financing Program) Balance sheet on yahoo finance shows no debt, although the information today (May 2007 could be outdated). I speculate the ARYC would have bought in the necessary financing between March 2003 and May 2007, which may explain the + / - 10 million additional shares in the OS Scientific Advisory Board: Dr. Bill Farone (Chair) Former head of Applied Research at Lever Brothers and Philip Morris Tobacco. Founder, Applied Power Concepts, contract laboratory specializing in biochemistry, clean energy, new product development. Dr. Farone has received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, M.S. in Chemistry and B.S. in Chemistry. Corporate Structure Tires2oil™, Inc. www.tires2oil.com - This subsidiary develops and will market Tires2oil™ technologies based on a patented "Super Critical Fluid" process (see patent info. section below) and the products derived from it: oil, carbon black and other by-products. Tires2oil™ intends to enhance its marketability by creating secondary systems, including power generation from oil and activated carbon processing for carbon black, which will increase its profitability. Revultec, Inc. - After several years of work, in collaboration with the Applied Power Concepts laboratory in Anaheim, California, as well as the Goodyear Tire Company and the US Department of Energy (Advanced Technology Program), ARS has now moved far beyond the processes envisioned in the original T2O patent. ARS believes that these refined processes will lead to the establishment of multiple new patents, which ARS will own directly. These patents will include, but not be limited to: oil recovery, raw tire materials slurry and sulfur-recovery technologies. Advanced Surfacing Technologies, Inc. (AST) - In April 2002, AST signed an exclusive representation agreement with CEI Enterprises, Inc., to market CEI's proprietary rubberized asphalt blending and reaction systems throughout Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, AST will utilize its European sales and marketing infrastructure to bring CEI's rubber-asphalt blending technology and products to the forefront of the European road building industry. Deutsche Gummi Asphalt AG - ARS is seeking to leverage its significant intellectual property and experience gained in Germany with this concept in order to attract investment partners directly into its subsidiary Advanced Surfacing Technologies, Inc., which will be a new umbrella organization to embark on a fast track European development program, starting in Germany via an AST subsidiary (under formation), Deutsche Gummi Asphalt Technologies AG , which will have exclusively assigned in Germany the technology and know-how rights to develop this new market opportunity. Eurectec, Inc. - a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Recycling Sciences, Inc., specializing in the design and delivery of tire recycling systems to produce crumb rubber in various gradations. Eurectec utilize proprietary and patented systems including compact shredding and granulating systems capable of processing up to 6,000 tons (600,000 tires) of auto and truck tire feedstock per annum as well as much larger systems capable of processing up to 24,000 tons (2,400,000 tires) of feedstock per annum generating a yield of between 50-65% depending upon the feed stock quality and source. Crumb rubber is used in many applications including rubberized asphalt paving which provides longer road surface life expectancy (1-2 times longer than normal asphalt construction) reduced noise levels and shorter braking distances; as well as a wide range of sports and playground safety surfacing and sound reduction membranes used in a variety of construction applications. A full consulting service can be provided including project research, development, and business plan creation. These services are available to qualified clients under a standard engagement agreement and fee arrangement. Upper Management Ehrenfried Liebich is Chairman & CEO Keith J. Fryer is President and COO Check the link below for stellar careers in the case of both men. http://www.arsciences.com/html/executive_summary.html _______________________________________________________________ Verifiable Patent Information Patent Name and Number: "Method of Reclaiming Scrap Vulcanized Rubber Using Supercritcal Fluids" (TECHNOLOGY) Inventors: Jagdish C. Dhawan and Richard C. Legendre. US Patent Number 5,418,256. USA is the owner of US Patent Number 5,418,256. ARYC bought the exclusive worldwide rights to the patent from the University of Alabama in an agreement in June 2000 according to information in the following filing: 10 Q SB for the quarter ended June 2000. Use following link for news FOX / NBC / WKAG news clips: http://www.tires2oil.com/html/media.html Tires2Oil(TM) Super Critical Fluid Process Excerpt From Form 10K SB For the period ended 31st December 2002 "In June 2000, the Company acquired the exclusive worldwide licensing rights to certain Super Critical Fluid ("SCF-Oil(TM)") tire recycling technology developed and patented by the University of South Alabama. Through a simple one-step process, this technology can be used to produce synthetic crude oil which can easily be upgraded in existing oil refineries. In addition to synthetic crude oil, the process also produces carbon black, which has a number of manufacturing uses or with further processing can be converted to activated carbon used in water and air purification system technologies. The Company believes this technology will provide another environmentally conscious means of recycling scrap tires. Based on preliminary laboratory results achieved at the University of South Alabama, this SCF-Oil(TM) process appears to be capable of producing significantly more oil per ton of processed tires than currently existing processes such as pyrolsis. The Company believes this technology, unlike currently existing technologies, represents the first commercially feasible tires to oil recycling process. To date, this technology has been demonstrated only in the laboratory. The Tires2Oil(TM) process can also be applied to the surface of crumb rubber to de-vulcanize and liquify it. The Company believes this treated, liquified rubber can be used to produce new tires and other rubber products. " "telinfo"This is the patent that UTEK helped ARYC to get, which UTEK took with them when they divested their shares. ARYC are working on their own patents at the time of this writing (June 2007)."telinfo" "telinfo"The patents they are working on are for the liquid rubber technology that the Saudis invested in and also the butyl rubber for the construction industry. The patent for liquid rubber (for tires) is close to an original Goodyear patent that Goodyear did not file because it was too expensive a process. The ARYC patent is a method close to Goodyear's (they are working with one of the Goodyear former technical people) but it is more cost effective and ARYC expect it to be commercially viable. This is ongoing in the lab and the pilot plant in Anaheim (up and running June 2007) will be making the samples for the rubber and tire industry."telinfo" _________________________________________________________________ Important Links for Information / Relevant Articles 1. http://www.green.ca.gov/EPP/Vehicles/RAC.htm#vendors (Thanks go to ihubber - rlfb06 - for spotting Advanced Recycling Sciences on the vendor list for rubberised asphalt use in California. 2. [b]https://www.rma.org/publications/market_information/index.cfm?PublicationID=11453&CFID=15105848&CFTOKEN=17205926.Very interesting report: -- 299 million tires discared in 2005 (page 12) -- What do you do with them? - Landfill not acceptable (haven for disease carrying mosquitoes) - Tire Derived Fuel (TDF). Possible future threat from the Environmental Protection Agency as air quality rules tighten over time as alternatives to TDF become more cost effective. Pages 27 - 28 - Rubber Modified Asphalt. The process of grinding up rubber tires and using them in roads. Page 44 onwards Of interest in the tire report is no mention of ARS' patented method "tires2oil" or "tires2tires", which (in the case of tires2tires) the press release in May said is getting funding from the Saudi businessmen Rashid and Sons. Could this mean that ARYC is moving onto new ground with the technology in the sense of being the first company to recycle tires into tires (and in the future into oil) in a cost effective way with a significantly higher recycled content than previously achieved ([b]"telinfo"15 - 20% versus the current best of 3%"telinfo")? That is one of the reasons for the excitement on this board. 3. http://www.rubberpavements.org/links.html 4. http://www.asphaltrubber.org/ari/index.html 5. http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/tires/workgroup.htm 6. http://www.scraptirenews.com/99sept1.html 7. http://www.epa.gov/garbage/tires/faq.htm#ques11 What nobody wants in their backyard ("Nibmy's") Recycling of Tires - a few thoughts The holy grail with recycling is to be able to achieve what is known as "cradle to cradle" recycling. Downcycling (such as using ground up rubber tires in rubberized asphalt and other construction materials), creating energy from tires by burning them (TDF) are both desireable if there is no other option, but you can't reuse the rubber a third time. The reason cradle to cradle recycling is so desireable, is that it becomes possible to reuse (in this case) rubber on an undetermined number of occasions because the rubber is broken down back down into raw material form, which can then be used to make more new tires and a whole host of other products. The project for making tires2oil will be slower to progress due to greater technical challenges, but tires2tires is much faster to progress. If ARYC's patented process (patents yet to be filed at the time of writing in June 2007) is capable of achieving this goal in a cost effective manner, this stock will become a serious winner in this field. With 1 tire per person (299 million) being thrown away in the United States alone every year, it is clear to see why the tire companies are so interested in this. The legislation in Europe requiring manufacturers (of cars and other materials) is indicative of what is likely to happen elsewhere in the world vis a vis recycling. "telinfo"To use tires as one example, recycled rubber has been used by tire manufacturers for about 15 years, but only 3% of the material used to make the tire. ARYC's process (if the trials are successful) will take the recycled content per tire to 15 - 20%."telinfo" "telinfo"I found out from a call to the company (heresay until news or filing released) that ARCY will be filing two new patents for their tires2tires / tires2oil technology within six months. ARYC also have an ex Goodyear man helping them through the process of working on getting approval from tire manufacturers and the Anaheim pilot plant is almost up and running. If the materials produced by the Anaheim pilot plant are of the right quality, then ARCY are confident that they will be able to get their recycled tire material to industry specifications within six months of being given the initial go ahead."telinfo" "telinfo"The company have also informed me that they are working on bringing all their filings up to date, which includes preparing audited financials, so that the company can again be listed on the OTCBB. An indication that this is more than hearsay, is the fact that they began to file an annual report again on 9th of June 2006, for the period ended 31st of December 2002."telinfo" "telinfo"Possible Timelines from today (25th June 2007) 1. Within the next 3 to 4 months, the samples will be ready for submission to the rubber and tyre industry. 2. Within six months, Kieth expects the testing of the rubberised asphalt in Germany (will be five years by the time it is complete) to be complete and for projects to snowball after that. 3. The Al Riyad's have a tire recycling plant in Saudi Arabia, so have a large supply of the raw material required by ARYC's. ARYC's trial plant is in Aneheim to prove commercial viability of processes coming out of the lab. This is one of the milestones that the Al Riyad's are waiting on. 4. ARYC are working hard on getting the filings up-to-date and could do this faster with more cash."telinfo" "telinfo"The key for ARYC right now is money and they are trying to secure financing at the moment from the following avenues: 1. Money coming from the Al Riyad's based on milestones in May's PR 2. Private placement being worked on in the US based on the liquid rubber tech in Aneheim. 3. Private placement being worked on in Germany based on work ongoing with the rubberised asphalt test project, on the back of which ARYC's subsidiary will be able to secure projects on the Autobahn and elsewhere in Europe that will be using Germany's (11 kilometre / 7 mile) test area as a green light for projects of their own when given the go-ahead by the Germans. 4. Hedge funds are also interested apparently."telinfo" As we expected at the start, this won't be a PR a week pump and dump type play and will instead continue to be a good longer term play. I REPEAT: Treat as hearsay until you see a PR or a filing as this is information from a phone conversation with the company and not an official release. The information on this board is put together based on information in past filings, PR's, company website and also from information supplied by Kieth Fryer on the telephone. All information supplied on the telephone is denoted as "telinfo" at the beginning and end of each section. Chart
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