ENTEK ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL ADDITIONS TO SALES DEPARTMENT

Lebanon, OR (November 18, 2008) . . . ENTEK Manufacturing Inc. has announced the addition of two employees to its sales and marketing department. Effective November 1 Steve Wilson has joined the department as Sales Project Coordinator, and Lori Wilcox is the department’s new Customer Care Specialist.

Steve Wilson is replacing Linda Campbell, who served as ENTEK’s Inside Sales Manager since 2000 and is now the company’s full time West Coast Sales Manager; and Lori Wilcox is replacing Tammy Heider, who has moved into a new role as Business Development Coordinator for the department.

As Sales Project Coordinator, Steve is responsible for managing all quoting activities and seeing quotes and orders through to fruition. He will work closely with ENTEK’s salespeople and will be the liaison between the customer and the company’s Engineering Department during the extruder build and installation process. He has worked at ENTEK for the past 5 years as Production Scheduler in the Manufacturing Department, where he scheduled and tracked all orders through the shop to ensure on time deliveries. Prior to joining ENTEK Steve worked in outside sales and purchasing, shipping and receiving for a company in Albany, OR.

In her new role as Customer Care Specialist, Lori will handle most customer requests and will work to ensure customer satisfaction. In addition to general inquiries she will specifically manage all customer requests regarding replacement wear parts, including screws, barrels and related equipment for both ENTEK twin-screw extruders as well as other OEM brands. She joins the sales department after working in ENTEK’s Purchasing Department for the past year. Prior to that she worked as a police dispatcher and was part owner of an automobile repair shop, where she managed all business duties.

“We are pleased to have professionals of Steve and Lori’s caliber joining our department,” said John Effmann, Director of Sales and Marketing at ENTEK. “Our extruder and parts sales have increased substantially over the past two years, and it was necessary to add new employees to provide the best customer support possible.”

About ENTEK

ENTEK Extruders are produced by ENTEK Manufacturing, Inc. Headquartered in Lebanon, Oregon, USA, ENTEK is a customer focused manufacturer of turnkey production systems, twin screw extruders, and components. The company is a leader in the extrusion of natural fiber-plastic composites (wood decking), pelletizing, custom compounding (mixing of colorants, fillers, etc), specialty sheet lines, and other markets including food and medical applications. In addition to producing state-of-the-art twin screw extruders, ENTEK’s highly-trained engineering department helps companies optimize production, and ENTEK’s turnkey expertise helps customers establish complete plant-wide operations, often from the ground up.

ENTEK began operations in the 1980’s as a producer of highly filled specialized plastic sheet for the maintenance-free automotive battery market. At that time the company was purchasing commercially available twin-screw extruders to support its core business, but quickly determined that it needed to develop its own extrusion solutions to support production of this difficult to process material. ENTEK Manufacturing, Inc. was established initially as a sister company to ENTEK International, to provide machinery and all turnkey engineering support.

Building off this success with its sister company, ENTEK has grown to become one of the industry’s leading providers of twin screw extrusion solutions. The company provides complete, turnkey engineering support that enables customers to develop and operate highly productive, efficient processing plants for a wide variety of materials. ENTEK Extruders feature high throughput and wear resistant components that can successfully process highly abrasive materials with minimal downtime.

Today, ENTEK is committed to continuing its dynamic growth by helping customers meet or exceed their business objectives, worldwide.