NEWS!!QED Connect, Inc.'s Joint Venture Partner, Sofame Technologies, Inc., Seeing Solid Traction in Sales for the Food Processing, Healthcare & Central Heating Plant SegmentsMANCHESTER, N.H., Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- QED Connect, Inc. , a New York Corporation ("QED Connect"), today announced that its Joint Venture partner, Sofame Technologies, Inc. ("Sofame Technologies") (TSX. SDW), has received a letter of intent from a hospital in New England for a Percotherm® stack heat recovery unit. Hospitals typically require stable volumes of hot water in large quantities making them ideal applications for Sofame systems, which raise the fuel to hot water efficiency to as much as 99%. Purchase orders over $1 million already received from the food processing sector are expected to ship this quarter. Additional information to follow.
John Gocek, Sofame Technologies' President & CEO, commented, "Sofame is pleased with its success this quarter and believes the Company is well positioned for 2012. Our network of representatives has been working with several companies and organizations in the food processing, healthcare and central heating plants and is seeing an increasing demand for fuel efficiencies. The Sofame Percotherm® provides a good solution for this need as its performance metrics are among the best in the industry, offering more than 95% gas-to-hot-water efficiency, condensation technology and 140 degrees F leaving water temperature."
Tom Makmann, President and CEO of QED Connect, stated, "QED has been in the process of implementing its business strategy over the last 2 years and is excited that it is now in position to achieve its goals. The economic conditions have obviously made it difficult for companies to achieve their plans. However, by focusing on our core strategy working with our partners, QED is in position to be deliver its business plan and move to become a 'business development company' in 2012."