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EMFP News William Dodge Rueckert Joins Emergency Filtration Products Board of Directors
HENDERSON, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emergency Filtration Products, Inc. (EFP) (OTCBB: EMFP) is pleased to
announce the appointment of Mr. William Dodge Rueckert to its Board of
Directors.
Mr. Rueckert is currently the managing member of Oyster Financial
Partners, L.P., a hedge fund investing exclusively in domestic community
banks. Since 1990, he is also the President of Rosow & Company, Inc. and
International Golf Group, Inc., private companies with interests in
resort, real estate development and project management. From 1988 to
1990, Mr. Rueckert served as Treasurer of Moore & Munger, Inc., a
private holding company with interests in oil and gas, resort and real
estate development. From 1981-1988, he was President, CEO and Chairman
of the Board of Directors of United States Oil Company, Inc., a NASDAQ
listed oil and gas exploration company. From 1978-1981, Mr. Rueckert
served as Assistant to the Senior Credit Officer of Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co.
Since 2005, Mr. Rueckert has served as a director for Glycotex, Inc., a
closely-held bio-pharmaceutical company based in Washington, D.C.
Previously, he has held director positions with Westport Bancorp, Inc.,
a public community bank located in Westport, Connecticut (1992-1996) and
Hudson United Bancorp, Inc., a public regional bank located in Mahwah,
New Jersey (1996-1999). He also has extensive experience as an officer
and director of numerous non-profit and charitable organizations,
including the Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Teachers College, Columbia
University, and International House, a residence in New York City for
750 graduate students from over 100 countries.
“We are very pleased to have Mr. Rueckert join
our Board,” said Douglas K. Beplate,
President, EFP. “Mr. Rueckert’s
business and corporate experience will prove invaluable to assisting our
company to reach its objectives.”
About Emergency Filtration Products, Inc.:
EFP is an air filtration products manufacturer who's patented 2H
Technology™ filter system has produced
filtration efficiencies of "greater than 99.99%" at a particulate size
of 0.027 microns. EFP's initial products were developed for the medical
market: the Vapor
Isolation Valve™ and
RespAide® CPR Isolation Mask used for
resuscitation of respiratory/cardiac arrest cases; and 2H Breathing
Circuit Filter for ventilators, respirators and anesthesia circuitry.
Each has received FDA approval. The Company also markets an Automated
External Defibrillator Prep Kit featuring RespAide; and the
NanoMask®, a nanotechnology enhanced
environmental mask. In addition to filtration products, the company
supplies Superstat®,
a modified hemostatic collagen, to the U.S. Military for surgery and
extreme wound care.
This release may contain statements that are forward looking. Such
statements are made based upon current expectations that are subject to
risk and uncertainty. EFP does not undertake to update forward-looking
statements in this news release to reflect actual results of and changes
in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such
forward-looking information. The actual future results of the company
could differ significantly from such forward-looking statements.
