Garfield Industries™, Incorporated, a Texas corporation ("Garfield Industries"), was established in 2001 to develop, manufacture and market high-quality, indoor air-purification systems for commercial and residential markets based upon their photo-catalytic oxidation ("PCO") processes. To date, Garfield Industries™ has successfully created a limited line of proprietary air purification products for institutional environments offered by no other firm.

Garfield Industries™ was established specifically to utilize a proprietary process that permits the use of PCO in air-purification applications for schools, hospitals and other public buildings, as well as in homes and offices. In 2001, Garfield Industries'™ founders began to validate laboratory research concerning the efficacy and economy of PCO in air purification systems and incorporate the same information into useable and effective commercial and residential products. Since its inception, Garfield Industries™ has developed the most efficacious line of PCO products and has further secured in respect of such PCO processes an Underwriters Laboratories listing and U.S. patent pending.

During the past seven years, Garfield Industries™ has refined the proprietary PCO product with the primary goal of differentiating the PCO process employed by Garfield Industries™ from the limited competing PCO products now found within the marketplace. The Garfield Industries™ PCO process is premised upon titanium dioxide (TiO2), a chemical compound that becomes highly reactive when irradiated with certain wavelengths of ultraviolet (UV) light. Through extensive product testing and application since 2001, Garfield Industries™ has confirmed the development of the process that extends the effective longevity of the TiO2 when applied to the product's components. Through careful research and testing in elementary and middle school classrooms, Garfield Industries™ created a product that would outlast any competitor's equipment currently in the field.

Garfield Industries'™ Innovative PCO™ involves the action of ultra violet germicidal irradiation light focused on a catalyst in the presence of water vapor, which generates hydroxyl radicals that destroy microbes and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air.

In this innovative process, TiO2 is the semiconductor photocatalyst with a band gap energy of 3.2 eV. When this material is irradiated with photons of less than 385 nm, the band gap energy is exceeded and an electron is promoted from the valence band to the conduction band. The resultant electron-hole pair has a lifetime in the space-charge region that enables its participation in chemical reactions. The most widely postulated reactions are shown here.

OH- + h+_________> .OH

O2 + e- _________> O2-

Hydroxyl radicals will oxidize VOC's absorbed on the catalytic surface. They will also kill and decompose absorbed bioaerosols.

This process is referred to as heterogeneous photocatalysis or, more specifically PCO.

The Garfield Industries™ PCO process has been validated, confirming the longevity of the TiO2 reaction.

Several attributes of PCO make it a strong candidate for indoor air quality applications. Pollutants, particularly VOCs, are preferentially adsorbed on the surface and oxidized to primarily CO2. Thus, rather than simply changing the phase and concentrating the contaminant, the absolute toxicity of the treated air stream is reduced, allowing the photocatalytic reactor to operate as a self-cleaning filter relative to organic material on the catalyst surface.

Photocatalytic reactors may be integrated into new and existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems due to their modular design, room temperature operation, and negligible pressure drop. Garfield Industries™' Innovative PCO™ reactors also feature low power consumption, long service life, and low maintenance requirements. These attributes contribute to the potential of PCO technology to be an effective process for removing and destroying low level pollutants in indoor air, including bacteria, viruses and fungi.

Garfield Industries™ proprietary process permits the use of PCO in air-purification applications for schools, office buildings, government facilities, homes, and other institutional buildings.

This Innovative PCO™ process will create a healthier indoor air environment, raise the level of productivity in institutional settings, and reduce HVAC system operating costs.

The product line of Garfield Industries™ can be applied across many diverse market settings, including commercial, residential and institutional. From a starting point of one multi-dimensional unit, three different product types that appeal to each sector of the marketplace have been strategically developed and manufactured. This unique product line meets the needs of the smallest residential application as well as the largest commercial application. Click for more detailed product information.

• Biological air contaminants are significantly reduced -- not just transferred to another media
• The PCO process cleans and disinfects the air
• Effective on microbes, endotoxins, allergens, VOCs, odors and chemical compounds
• Removes toxic organic compounds hazardous to humans
• NO toxic chemicals are used
• TiO2 is a non-toxic, naturally occurring compound found in the earth's crust
• VOCs are destroyed up to six-times more effectively than previous commercial and laboratory applications
• NO ions or ozone is generated

Kirk Garfield, President and Chief Executive Officer
Kirk Garfield is a graduate of the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University. Mr. Garfield brings more than 29 years of experience in the HVAC industry. He began his career at Frymire Engineering in Dallas, Texas, and has served in sales and management positions at Texas Distributors, Inc., Snyder General Industries, and Lennox Industries, all leaders in the HVAC industry. Throughout his career, he has primarily concentrated on developing new commercial markets.

John Potter, Chief Operating Officer and International Operations Manager
John Potter served five years as an officer in the United States Army and began his business career with Xerox Corporation. He moved into finance, handling the national leasing division of Wells Fargo & Company and later founded Alpha Leasing, which he built into one of the largest independent leasing companies in the Southwest. In 1994, Mr. Potter founded Airtech International Corporation, a pioneer in the air-purification field.

Scientific Health Development, Ltd. ("SHD")
Scientific Health Development, Ltd. is an investment fund that invests exclusively in the health, science, medical, and wellness industries. SHD was founded by Philip Romano and Stuart Fitts and its limited partners are a diverse and noteworthy group of high net worth individuals, primarily based in the Dallas area.