ElectriPlast: Enter, the Production Stage

ISO/TS

Certified

Manufacturing

Arm in Place...



By © 2006 BusinessWire
November 29, 2006 9:00:00 AM ET


Integral Technologies Announces Jasper Rubber as the Official Manufacturer of ElectriPlast™


Integral Technologies, Inc.'s ITKG ("Integral"), announces that it has selected Jasper Rubber Products Inc. (Jasper) (www.jasperrubber.com) as the official manufacturer of ElectriPlast™, the world's first highly conductive polymer. Jasper is also a licensee of Electriplast™. This manufacturing agreement moves Integral's ElectriPlast™ from the prototype stage to production stage, as the Company will now be able to get the necessary material to well over 100 companies that are currently under NDA (non-disclosure agreements) with Integral.

Jasper's CEO and President Doug Mathias, commenting on Jasper becoming the official manufacturer of ElectriPlast™ said, "This groundbreaking agreement positions Jasper to contribute to the long-term success of Integral by providing a solid manufacturing source, while delivering ISO/TS certified quality, for the family of ElectriPlast™ materials.

We believe the potential of this large scale agreement combined with the future opportunities of ElectriPlast™ materials will not only provide a new area of direction for Jasper, but will revolutionize the electrically conductive materials market.

The execution of this manufacturing agreement places Jasper squarely in the middle of potentially, one of the largest technological advancements ever to occur in the rubber and plastics industries, and we are proud that Integral has selected us as their worldwide manufacturing partner."

Jasper Rubber, founded in 1949, is a leader in innovative rubber and plastics development. They manufacture a full range of products for major appliance, oil filter, and automotive industries. Jasper's client base includes Fortune 500 companies.


Integral Technologies

Integral Technologies, Inc. (www.itkg.net) is the developer of an innovative electrically conductive resin-based material called "ElectriPlast™," a highly conductive recipe that can be molded into virtually any shape or dimension associated with the range of plastics, rubbers and other polymers. Our IP consists of ElectriPlast™ and thousands of different applications pertinent to a wide variety of industries. To date, we have had 21 US patents issued, or allowed and pending issuance, and 90 patents pending on ElectriPlast™ applications. Various examples of industries where ElectriPlast™ can be used are antennas, shielding, lighting, circuitry, switch actuators, resistors, and medical devices, to name just a few. The company is currently introducing these new products and ElectriPlast™ technology on a global scale.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Actual results could differ materially, as the result of such factors as (1) competition in the markets for the products and services sold by the company, (2) the ability of the company to execute its plans, and (3) other factors detailed in the company's public filings with the SEC. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company can give no assurances that the transaction described in this press release will be successfully completed, and undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

For more detailed information on the company and the technologies described above please visit our web site at www.itkg.net or contact Shareholder Relations at 888-666-8833 or The Investor Relations Group, at 212-825-3210. To review the company's filings with the SEC, please go to www.sec.gov. Contact Information: Integral Technologies, Inc. Michael Pound, Shareholder Relations, 888-666-8833.

ElectriPlast: Designing the Future

Primed to

Change

the World

of Plastics


By PK
ElectriPlast Publisher

A Blog Reader contributed this article.



You may not know it, but almost everything around you was made through plastic injection molding; the mouse you are using to surf, to the containers you used to store your leftover Thanksgiving food.

You see, plastic injection molding is the most important process in the manufacturing of plastic parts. It is done by forcing melted plastic in to a mold cavity until it cools and forms a specific plastic shape. Plastic injection molding is very useful when the plastic parts that need to be produced are too complex or expensive to do by machine or be made with metal. With plastic injection molding, many parts can be made simultaneously, using the same mold.

Just imagine, if you will, many of the electronic metal parts that are inside almost everything in front of you, such as your mouse or the wires leading to the electronics in your computer.


What if a vast majority of those metal parts could be molded as well?

A break thru technology called ElectriPlast provides just that answer. Now metal-like parts in conductance and strength can be molded just as easily as all the plastics that are in front of you are. ElectriPlast can also reduce weights up to 80% of that of conventional metals. In addition, ElectriPlast provides a material that is non-corrosive and even recyclable. (Will that make Mother Earth happy or what?)

The possibilities are endless for this revolutionary technology. As plastics have already changed the world of manufacturing, ElectriPlast is primed to change the world of plastics.

ElectriPlast: Profile of a Cinderella Story

Best

of the Best


By Stephen
[With ElectriPlast Editor Vince S.]


Special to the

ElectriPlast Blog


[Blognote: Recently, Integral Technologies was honored with its third award in less than ten years. What is the significance of this prestigious highly-sought honor? Will this recognition have a positive impact on the future of this promising nanocap?]



A “killer application” positions itself to change the electronics industry

In a recent dramatic announcement, it was revealed that Integral Technologies was selected as a recipient of a Consumer Electronics Show Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Award in the Enabling Technologies category. The 42-judge panel, all distinguished engineers, technologists and trade journalists, awarded Integral and its disruptive technology, ElectriPlast, one of the highest scores in that category.

The Enabling Technologies category was established for raw materials technologies or components that have the ability to make existing technologies better. For example, fellow category finalists include Fujitsu, Intel, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments, all of whom make enabling technologies. The award for this category is quite rare. In fact, this is the first such Enabling Technologies award in the last five years. And according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), sponsor of the CES awards, it is reserved for “the best of the best," the technology enablers. When Thomas Aisenbrey, the inventor of ElectriPlast and Integral’s Chief Technology Officer, heard the great news, he said “ElectriPlast has the ability to be a killer application for the electronics industry.”


Alphabet soup; understanding the standards.

To appreciate the significance of Integral’s award, one has to understand the international standards pecking order and what the standards process means to manufacturing.

The International Organization for Standardization is a worldwide federation of national bodies who set industrial and commercial standards for global manufacturers. Known by the initials, ISO, the organizational name derives from the Greek word Isos, which means equal, a reference to the standards authority equally granted to all 130 member countries. Their ranks include manufacturers, retailers, content providers and creators, broadband developers, wireless carriers, cable and satellite TV providers, installers, engineers, corporate buyers, government leaders, financial analysts and the media.

The US delegate to ISO, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), streamlined standards processes by accrediting CEA to act autonomously in the consumer electronics sector. As such, CEA sets standards and is empowered to judge electronic inventions or new product development. As an accredited ANSI body, CEA answers directly to ISO, a very difficult accreditation to obtain.


The Best of the Best!

CEA members accounted for over $100 billion in sales during 2005. That the CEA, which ranks some of the biggest, best and brightest, gave their Enabling Technologies Award to Integral Technologies says volumes about the standards process, the CEA and the potential of ElectriPlast. This endorsement from the most preeminent consumer electronics trade association in the world is huge for Integral Technologies.

The CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Award in the Enabling Technologies category is truly awesome. In the consumer electronics industry, it is like the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and the Golden Globe all rolled into one.

What remains to be seen is the extent to which the CEA membership, who manufacture the majority of the consumer electronics gadgets produced globally, will utilize our IP as a new material with the potential to take their products to new heights. With the latest mega consolidation in the copper industry, the price of copper is on an upward trajectory. Since ElectriPlast can conduct electricity better than copper, but is 80% lighter, it will be interesting to see how quickly industry users make the change.

Cinderella is on her way to the big dance, and she's going to have more than one “Prince Charming” queuing to take her for a waltz around the dance floor. And in terms of dance tickets, this Cinderella will have hundreds of new suitors next year.

Then, my friends, it's straight to the alter.

ElectriPlast: CES 2007 Innovations Award Recipient

CES Praises


ElectriPlast's


Disruptive


Technology


By © 2006 BusinessWire
November 08, 2006 5:00:00 PM ET



[ElectriPlast Blog Publisher's Note -- To those watching & realizing that this is the beginning, congratulations on your astute perspective. Others have observed ripple-effects elsewhere, and I thought I would take a moment between postings to point them out. See mentions in: http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/product_design/default.asp and in the webzine http://www.appliancemagazine.com/news.php?article=10949. This is nothing compared to the awareness campaign on the horizon -- that will come with the first of many contractual announcements. For now, if you are invested, consider yourself fortunate because from this point on, it is extremely doubtful that the buying opportunity recently observed will happen again. . . The pending news is simply too close. Cheers and blessed holidays to all, PK sends...]


Integral's ElectriPlast™ Chosen As a 2007 CES Innovations Award Recipient


Integral Technologies, Inc.'s ITKG ("Integral"), revolutionary ElectriPlast™ technology has been selected as a recipient of a CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Award in the Enabling Technologies product category. Not only was Integral's ElectriPlast™ selected as an Innovations 2007 honoree but the judges also awarded it one of the highest scores in the Enabling Technologies product category.

Integral's proprietary ElectriPlast™ technology is a capsulated, highly conductive recipe, specifically designed for molding or extruding. Various selections of base resins and polymers (plastics & rubbers) can be utilized using this technology. Engineers now have the moldable design flexibility to better utilize valuable and shrinking real estate within electronic devices, including thermal and acoustical management. ElectriPlast™ carries electrical currents as capably as silver, copper or even superconductors.

Thomas Aisenbrey, Integral's Chief Technology Officer, and inventor of the ElectriPlast™ technology has said "ElectriPlast™ has the ability to be a killer application for the electronics industry."

Presented by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Innovations Awards recognize advancements in technology and engineering. This year, an independent panel of judges evaluated more than 1,000 entries from over 160 companies. The preeminent panel of judges evaluates products based on these weighted criteria: (1) The product's intended use/function and user value (2) Engineering qualities of the product, including technical specifications and materials used (3) Unique and novel features (4) Contributions to the quality of life (5) Aesthetic and design qualities (using visuals provided) (6) Impact on the manufacturer's business model.

Now in its 10th year, the Best of Innovations Awards are given to the most highly honored products in all facets of the consumer technology industry. Integral's ElectriPlast™ technology will be on display in the Innovations 2007 Showcase in Innovations Plus at the 2007 International CES, January 8-11, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.


CEA

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry through technology policy, events, research, promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA's resources are available online at www.ce.org .


Integral Technologies

Integral Technologies, Inc. (www.itkg.net) is the developer of an innovative electrically conductive resin-based material called "ElectriPlast™," a highly conductive recipe that can be molded into virtually any shape or dimension associated with the range of plastics, rubbers and other polymers. Our IP consists of ElectriPlast™ and over 100 applications of ElectriPlast™ in various industries. To date, we have had 19 US patents issued, or allowed and pending issuance, and 90 patents pending on ElectriPlast™ applications. Various examples of industries where ElectriPlast™ can be used are antennas, shielding, lighting, circuitry, switch actuators, resistors, and medical devices, to name just a few. The company is currently introducing these new products and ElectriPlast™ technology on a global scale.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Actual results could differ materially, as the result of such factors as (1) competition in the markets for the products and services sold by the company, (2) the ability of the company to execute its plans, and (3) other factors detailed in the company's public filings with the SEC. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company can give no assurances that the transaction described in this press release will be successfully completed, and undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

For more detailed information on the company and the technologies described above please visit our web site at www.itkg.net or contact Shareholder Relations at 888-666-8833 or The Investor Relations Group, at 212-825-3210.

Contact Information: Integral Technologies, Inc. Michael Pound, Shareholder Relations, 888-666-8833 or Investor Relations Group 212-825-3210 www.itkg.net

ElectriPlast: The China Conundrum

Boon


or


Boomerang




By Vince S.
ElectriPlast Blog Editor



[Blognote: Several times in the past, Integral has made business trips to China. Now that Heatron and JARCO are ready to produce ElectriPlast products, a steady stream of low cost raw materials is needed. China is the best source, but that raises a red flag (no pun intended) for many. Given China’s penchant for intellectual property theft, can we really trust them? Are shareholders’ concerns valid?]


Recent history

Two decades ago, the People’s Republic of China placed a sign on the Great Wall: “Open for business. We have a continuous stream of low-cost labor, a fast-growing industrial base and an increasingly competent high tech manufacturing sector. Inquire within.” With that notice, the Middle Kingdom, as China is sometimes called, put the US, Japan and Europe on notice that it was ready to become the world’s manufacturer of choice.

After the chaos of the Great Leap Forward, the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution and the brutal take down of political dissent in Tiananmen Square, Western governments were eager for a more moderate China, even if it meant dealing with Beijing’s pragmatic brand of capitalism. International corporations, many of which had offices in Hong Kong prior to the British turnover of that former colony to China, expanded into Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. By the end of the millennium, China had become the “go-to” source for low cost, quality goods and materials.


Boon or Bane

For a while, it looked like a win-win relationship. Chinese goods flowed across the Pacific turning some US regional retailers into major national players, soon to become global powerhouses. Consumers were happy, retailers thumped their chests and their cash registers and Wall Street crowed about the rising power of the retail sector. Preoccupied with capitalism, modernization and reform, the PRC appeared less militant. Saber-rattling over Taiwan became muted. Then Western economists noticed a shifting dynamic. The first was China’s growing trade surplus, which lead to huge currency reserves. The second was China’s disregard for foreign intellectual property (IP) rights.

Although a member of the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization, China did not feel constrained by treaty obligations to eliminate piracy and counterfeiting. As it opened its doors to allow more foreign companies to compete for the huge China market, those who joined the China gold rush did so at considerable risk. In many cases, what had been seen as a boon for Western business turned into a boomerang as China selectively copied Western IP to benefit the home market.

Legal reform in China is a slow-moving work in progress. While several attempts have been made to amend (1984) and revise (2004) the Chinese constitution, laws protecting intellectual property rights have remained woefully inadequate. In a culture where it has always been easier to copy than innovate, the PRC looked the other way because the hundreds of “unofficial” factories that churn out counterfeit and pirated goods also provide jobs for millions of workers who migrated to the eastern population centers in search of work. Jobs stimulate the economy; unemployment stimulates unrest and civil disorder. To shut down the “unofficial” factories is to invite another, more explosive version of the Tiananmen Square “insurrection.” And clearly, China’s world image and free-wheeling economy could not afford those consequences.


Those Integral Trips to China

Before the advent of ElectriPlast, Integral Technologies sought to develop a business relationship with China. In October 2000, two Integral officers went to China to pitch antennas to the PRC and to sow the seeds for future business relationships.

With the discovery of ElectriPlast, however, Integral has morphed into the conductive polymer field. So far, 111 of a targeted 300 plus patents in nearly every manufacturing sector have been filed. They cover aviation, consumer electronics, automobiles, maritime, general transportation, defense, medical, toys and other sectors, all multi-billion dollar areas. Naturally, this attracted the attention of many national and international interests.

For example, Tom Aisenbrey spoke on Molding an Electric Flexible New Frontier at the National Plastics Exposition in Chicago on June 19, 2006. Attendance at NPE exceeded 65,000, but China fielded the largest foreign contingent with 127 representatives. Several days after NPE ended, the ElectriPlast Blog site indicated a marked increase in inquiries from China. Statistics indicate a continuation of those inquiries. Coincidence? Maybe.

Most Americans know little about the Middle Kingdom other than what they surface on the Internet, see on PBS or read in the print media. In fact, considerably less than one percent of Americans have been to mainland China, although US tourists are going there in increasing numbers. So, it is not surprising that one of the frequently asked questions sent to the ElectriPlast Blog is: Can we trust China to provide the raw material for ElectriPlast?


Beijing Boomerang?

Before I answer that question, the following are just a few examples of how the People’s Republic of China values the intellectual property of others.

The US motion picture, recording, music, software, and book publishing industries, hard hit by Chinese knock off artists, lost $1.85 billion in IP rights in 2002 alone.

Microsoft and others report that 93% of business software sold in China is pirated. (Lenovo, a Chinese computer company recently purchased IBMs PC and laptop business. It will be interesting to see if the Lenovo products sold here in the US come equipped with legitimate business software.)

General Motors and partner Daewoo discovered that an “unofficial” factory in An Hui Province was copying the Chevrolet Spark and selling them all over China.

Among the numerous US companies doing business in China, Cisco Systems, 3M, DuPont, IBM, Kodak and Procter & Gamble are just a few who are concerned about counterfeiters. (Cisco has actually filed litigation.)

Patrick Powers, director of the Beijing office of the US-China Business Council, a trade group, recently said, "If you do business in China, you should assume that your designs and products can and will be copied."


The Bottom Line

The evidence is clear and compelling; the question is relevant. Can we trust China to supply the raw material for ElectriPlast without stealing us blind?

Rest easy, fellow shareholders. We’re only establishing the raw material supply chain with China. They can sell what we need to make ElectriPlast pellets much cheaper than anyone here in the United States. (Besides, the US guys wanted a slice of the pie!) The Chinese will not have the formula for ElectriPlast. So, like the famous Coca-Cola formula (developed in 1886 and stashed in a vault), the ElectriPlast formula is safe.

Now, let's take this puppy to market!



[NB: The author served in Southeast Asia and has traveled to Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.]