"The start of our FEP production operation represents a very significant accomplishment for our Company," stated Steve T. Laflin, President and CEO of the Company. "Since we acquired the FEP patents in 2004, we have been working very diligently on start-up and making considerable investments into production, plant equipment, and staff. The FEP production facility is an eight thousand square foot facility co-located to our main operations. This highly complex process has very technical parameters required for system operations largely due to the chemical characteristics of the products themselves. This successful production run has confirmed the process is ready to commence regular production in a safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally friendly operation."

Initially the company will produce semiconductor grade germanium tetrafluoride (GeF4), but FEP has also been successfully demonstrated to produce other high purity fluoride gasses such as boron trifluoride (BF3), and silicon tetrafluoride (SiF4), according to the company.