NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Alan Katchmar

Strategic Technologies, Inc., 412.731.4200

akatchmar@rcm2.com

Michele Rothert

Esteta Communications, 412.322.0281

mr@estetacommunications.com

New STI Website Features Timely Information

About Physical Asset Management and RCM 2

http://www.strategictechnologiesinc.com

PITTSBURGH, PA (October 11, 2001) – Strategic Technologies, Inc. (STI) has launched a new website that provides a wealth of information about physical asset management and Reliability-centered Maintenance II (RCM 2), a recognized process that helps companies achieve performance improvement, competitive advantages and greater profitability.

The STI website is divided into insightful, user-friendly sections with material that:

· Shows how effective management of physical assets – like plants, equipment and buildings – has become a top priority for all sections of business and industry.

· Describes the growing need for physical asset management in today’s competitive marketplace where major developments -- particularly the growth of automation and mechanization, technological complexities and spiraling costs—require companies to follow precisely focused strategies.

· Relates how new technologies require unprecedented approaches for managing equipment and facilities and how RCM 2 creates the framework for organizational performance, greater profitability and lasting improvement.

· Provides RCM 2 terminology, definitions, articles and history dating to the aviation industry in the 1960s.

· Outlines STI’s comprehensive series of RCM 2 courses, along with public seminars that introduce organizations to the concept. Viewers can review course descriptions and a schedule of upcoming public seminars. They can enroll conveniently online and contact STI for more information.

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“Our website conveys a strong message and provides meaningful information to help organizations understand the critical importance of physical asset management. Reliance on past skills, policies and procedures is simply not enough. It’s costing companies millions of dollars per year and is even dangerous,” said Alan Katchmar, president, STI. “An effective physical-asset management strategy can prevent catastrophic failures and lead to significant cost-savings. Since 1987, we’ve helped organizations realize hundreds of millions of dollars in profit improvement,” Katchmar added.

With headquarters in Pittsburgh (Forest Hills), PA, and alliances worldwide, Strategic Technologies, Inc. (STI) is a leading corporation and employer within the dynamic field of strategic resource management with a focus on physical asset management, performance improvement and energy management. STI offers training, consulting, software and other services to clients in a wide range of industries that includes petrochemicals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food processing, electric utilities, facilities, metals including steel and aluminum, pulp and paper, breweries, railways, mining, packaging, armed forces, water distribution, courier services, automotive, nuclear facilities, consumer electronics, offshore oil extraction and Internet service providers. More information: http://www.strategictechnologiesinc.com

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