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Amerityre Will Make ITEC 2008 Presentations


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BOULDER CITY, Nev., Sept. 17, 2008 - Amerityre Corporation ("Amerityre") announced today that Dr. Gary N. Benninger, Amerityre's President and Chief Executive Officer, will make two presentations today as an invited speaker at the International Tire Exhibition and Conference (ITEC) in Akron, Ohio, North America's original home for tire research, development and manufacturing.

ITEC typically attracts 2,500 visitors from as many as 20 countries. Attendees include tire plant technical directors, plant managers, manufacturing managers, tire development personnel, tire compounders, chemists, chemical engineers, materials engineers, tire designers, tire performance engineers, quality assurance, tire testing, product analysis, product development, tire mold designers, and others involved in the development, design, and manufacturing of tires. The three-day event features a trade show with more than 100 global exhibitors and ample opportunities to network with hundreds of tire industry professionals from around the world.

Dr. Benninger's first presentation is titled "A Status Report on the Amerityre Pneumatic Polyurethane Passenger Car Tire" and is a report on Amerityre's successful completion of FMVSS 139 testing on a 245/45R17 polyurethane passenger car tire. He will also discuss Amerityre's efforts to continue prototype manufacturing operations to further evaluate tire properties and to finalize process elements to achieve a production rate of one tire per minute.

The second presentation is titled "Price Competitive High Volume Solid Polyurethane Tire Production." Dr. Benninger will discuss Amerityre's process for manufacturing cost-competitive MDI polyurethane solid tires at a high rate of production and present laboratory and vehicle test data. In addition, a detailed pricing model will be presented to demonstrate competitive pricing of the MDI polyurethane tire with a solid rubber tire. Performance and manufacturing economics will also be discussed.