Eurotech's EKOR Makes U.S. Debut at Waste Management 2001 Symposium

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Eurotech's EKOR Makes U.S. Debut at Waste Management 2001 Symposium

VIRGINIA, FAIRFAX, Feb. 22 -/E-Wire/-- EUROTECH Ltd. (Amex: EUO - news) announces that representatives from Eurotech will be participating at the Waste Management 2001 Symposium (WM'01), February 25 - March 1 in Tucson, Arizona to introduce the radiation-resistant EKOR to the nuclear waste managers attending from around the world.

Paul Childress, General Manager of Eurotech's Nuclear and Environmental Division will discuss the use of EKOR to stabilize fuel-containing materials at Chernobyl. He will outline the EKOR project at Chernobyl; the extensive testing performed in Russia, and the successful application of EKOR for both encapsulation and contaminated surface stabilization.

Also at WM'01, Mr. Stan Reid, Business Analyst for Eurotech's Nuclear and Environmental Business Unit, will conduct a poster session detailing the superior features of EKOR, including EKOR's high radiation resistance, performance in corrosive environments, and excellent adherence and barrier properties. The poster session will also highlight EKOR's flexibility in application and formulation, and its waste volume reduction benefits. Mr. Reid will emphasize how these properties may be useful to nuclear waste managers across the broad spectrum of applications in the multi-billion dollar U.S. nuclear waste containment market.

There will be over 2,000 decision makers from corporations and government procurement agencies attending in Tucson to focus on the global safe management of nuclear waste. The 27th annual technical conference is organized in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

In a statement related to EKOR's progress, Eurotech's Chairman, Chad A. Verdi, reiterated that the company remains confident that contracts will come in the first quarter of 2001. He also stated the company will soon release a 5-year revenue forecast for EKOR and will use the company's website to keep its shareholder informed as business activity levels increase. EUROTECH, Ltd. works with scientists and research institutes in Russia, Israel and other countries to develop and commercialize innovative technologies that have widespread or critical application. For more information, visit www.eurotechltd.com on the Internet.

Certain information and statements included in this release constitute "forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the Federal Privates Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.

investors, Dawn Van Zant of ECON Investors Relations Inc., [REDACTED-PHONE], or [REDACTED-EMAIL], for EUROTECH Ltd.

http://www.eurotechltd.com

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