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Mirachem(R) Becomes Official Parts Washer for NCTS Race Team

22 January 1998

Mirachem(R) Chosen Official Parts Washer/Cleaning Solution Supplier To #88 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Racing Team

                      Racing Teams Prefer Safe Solutions

    TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 22 -- Tempe, Arizona-based Mirachem
Corporation ( http://www.iepinc.com ), has announced that it has been chosen the
official parts washer/cleaning solution supplier to the #88 NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Racing Team.  "We're trying to make the performance racing industry
responsive to environmental concerns," says driver Terry Cook.  "And besides,
we want to get toxic solvents out of our shops to protect our drivers and
teams."
    Mirachem products are in widespread use among NASCAR racing teams and car
enthusiasts, including Hendrick MotorSports and Robert Yates, and were
formulated by Jim Edwards, a vintage auto racer who was seeking a solution to
his own problems with solvent sensitivity as he restored cars.
    Mirachem, a 20-year old environmental technology company that produces
aqueous, non-volatile cleaners and parts washer systems for the automotive and
performance racing industries, has received a Clean Air Solvent certification
from the South Coast Air Quality Management District in Orange County,
California.  This stamp of approval from a California air quality board
considered among the strictest in the world ensures that these products comply
with the most stringent legislation on the horizon.
    Mirachem fluid products and parts washers are also used by such
environmentally conscious companies as Chrysler Corporation and BF Goodrich,
and are developed to ensure worker safety and environmental protection without
sacrificing effectiveness.
    Businesses in southern California that use Clean Air Solvents will be
exempt from record-keeping requirements and emissions fees under SCAQMD rules
covering solvent cleaning operations.  Businesses are required to switch to
lower-polluting degreasing solvents, to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC)
or hydrocarbon emissions from solvent degreasing tanks by December 31, 1998.
    Mirachem Corporation of Tempe, Arizona, manufactures and markets Mirachem
500, Mirachem 250, Mirachem 750, Mirachem Press Room Cleaner, Insight Firearms
Cleaner, and through its affiliated company, Now Products, Inc., manufactures
and markets Now(R) brand cleaning products for the home.

SOURCE  Mirachem Corporation