HTFx OPENS NEW FDA CLASS II COMPLIANT PRODUCTION FACILITY IN MELBOURNE, FL.

HTFx, a world-leading developer of thermal control products has expanded its operations to include a new clean-room production facility to meet the needs of OEM clients in the medical products industry.

Melbourne, FL – Aug 23, 2010 - HTFx, Inc. is proud to announce the opening of a new FDA Class II compliant clean-room manufacturing facility for its wholly owned subsidiary, 50d Medical. Located at 420 Stan Drive in Melbourne, Florida, the 4500 square foot facility serves as the company’s new primary manufacturing location for medical thermal management products.

“Over the last year, we have built 50d Medical and developed the company’s line of RiteTempTM Medical Products. These products are are unique in the way they provide cold therapy that is both mobile through a full range of patient motion and self-regulating, allowing cold treatment over longer periods than ice or gel without the risk of frostbite. The entire product line makes use of HTF Exotherm® and its ability to provide efficient, cooling or warming to exact temperatures,” says HTFx Vice President of Operations John McMorris. “Our body-cooling products designed to reduce heat stress among operating theater staff drew the attention of one of North America’s largest medical suppliers, and we have constructed the new facility to meet their requirements as an OEM supplier. We are pleased to announce that it has passed their on-site inspection and we are moving forward into production.”

While HTFx has relocated its manufacturing and corporate contacts to the new facility, research and development as well as production of its long-standing line of 50d SafetyTM and 50d TacticalTM products remain at its original 315 Stan Drive location.

“In addition to meeting medical manufacturing requirements, the expansion also is helping us keep up with this year’s increased production demand,” says McMorris. “Our gulf-coast distributors had an unexpected surge in orders for our industrial safety body cooling vests due to the oil spill clean-up efforts, and giving medical manufacturing its own facility has dramatically increased our production capacity.”

HTFx has expanded its staff over the last several months, and plans to bring more jobs to the Spacecoast this Fall, following scheduled production increases in OEM medical products.

HTFx is a leading developer of green thermal management solutions. For contact information please visit www.HTFx-inc.com Learn more about the RiteTemp Medical Product line at www.RiteTempMedical.com.

WEST VEST RITETEMP TAKES TO THE DIAMOND ON OPENING DAY.

Major League Baseball umpire “Cowboy Joe” West to wear the all new West Vest RiteTemp umpire vest for improved protection from impacts and heat stress during the opening day face-off between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees on April 4th  at Fenway Park.

Melbourne, FL March 23, 2010 – When the top hitters of the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees take on The Green Monster for their 30th opening day game since 1904, MLB umpire Joe West will be behind the plate wearing the new West Vest RiteTemp.

The current president of the World Umpires Association, West began his career as a National League umpire in 1976 and has officiated over four World Series. Currently the crew chief of MLB umpire crew H, West is the designer of the patented West Vest, a chest and shoulder protection system utilized by all Major League Baseball umpires and extremely popular world-wide among amateur and international professional league umpires.

“I designed the original West Vest to meet umpire’s needs for both protection and comfort, and it has done exactly that” says West. “While I was working on the next generation West Vest, World Series MVP Bucky Dent introduced me to the RiteTemp Performance ProductsTM he’s been using during training at his baseball school. I went to the manufacturer and they had the technology I was looking for.”

The new West Vest RiteTemp utilizes an inner layer of HTF Exotherm®, a proprietary heat transfer and storage material from HTFx, Inc. Easily charged in just a few minutes, the vest’s HTFx UniPakTM insert provides over two hours of thermally regulated cooling to umpires on the diamond which helps increase umpire comfort during hot summer days and nights.
“The self-regulating nature of HTF Exotherm® is the key to its ability cool efficiently,” says HTFx Vice President of Operations John McMorris. “It absorbs heat from the body only as fast as is necessary to reach a comfortably cool temperature.” As an added bonus, the layer of HTF Exotherm® helps dissipate blunt force trauma, providing umpires with improved physical protection.

Advances in protective foam technology are also found in the new vest, in the form of Zorbium® from Ohio-based Team Wendy. Patented Zorbium® foam is a revolutionary visco elastic material that provides unmatched energy absorption and impact protection. The characteristics of Zorbium® are so profound that it is the only material authorized for use in ground combat helmets to protect against non-ballistic impacts.

West has already seen the benefits of the West Vest RiteTemp during Spring Training games at Joe Merchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida. “It really beats the heat,” said West. “With one less stress on the body, it lets us keep our mind focused where it should be – on the game. The impact protection is better than ever. We wear protective gear for one reason, and sometimes you just have to ask yourself, ‘do you want more protection or less?’”

Game officials are not the only people in the stadium to benefit from Exotherm® cooling technology. West also intends to distribute a stadium seat pad with an integrated Exotherm® UniPakTM. The West Vest design team has finalized the West Vest RiteTemp and is gearing up production to deliver pad and cooling upgrades for the West Vest Gold and West Vest Platinum umpire vests in time for late Spring and Summer games in 2010.
Joe West serves as the crew chief of Major League Baseball’s umpire crew H, and is the designer of the patented West Vest used by major league and amateur baseball umpires around the world. For more information or to purchase umpire supplies, please visit www.UmpireJoeWest.com.

Team Wendy is the developer of Zorbium® foam and the only approved manufacturer of helmet pad inserts for members of the US Army and Marine Corps. For more information, please visit www.TeamWendy.com.

HTFx is a leading developer of green thermal management solutions. For contact information please visit www.HTFx-inc.com.

HTF Exotherm, UniPak and RiteTemp Performance Products are trademarks or registered trademarks of HTFx, Inc. Zorbium® is a registered trademark of Team Wendy. WestVest, West Vest Gold, West Vest Platinum and West Vest RiteTemp are trademarks of Joe West.