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Annual Report 2012

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Industries Ser ved: Infrastructure and Energy Heatec, Inc. Heatec, Inc. (Heatec) manufactures, sells and services a broad line of heaters, liquid storage tanks and related products. These products are used mostly at facilities of producers and manufacturers. Key users are hot-mix asphalt (HMA) plants, asphalt terminals, emulsion terminals and concrete producers. Other key users include oil and gas producers, chemical producers, food producers, roofing manufacturers, power plants, etc. Heatec equipment is often used in building new asphalt storage terminals and emulsion plants. The company builds much of the equipment for these facilities and provides related mechanical design and electrical engineering expertise in assisting with the customer's on-site installation. Heatec polymer blending systems are also used at numerous terminals for making Polymer Modified Asphalt Cement. Industrial heaters, unrelated to asphalt, make up a large share of the products Heatec produces. Customers for their industrial heaters are mainly chemical and fossil fuels industries. Heatec builds and delivered a variety of large heaters for the gas and oil industry. Heatec's Firestorm heaters are also proving to be well suited for other industries. The company has orders for smaller versions of these heaters for use by food producers. Heatec has also developed and delivered a new style of heater for barges and a new type of portable asphalt barrel melter for the U. S. Army. The Army project includes a special version of their Helitankā„¢, which combines an asphalt heater and storage tank. A. B. A. New style of Heatec heater for inland waterway barges. B. Large FirestormTM direct-contact water heater. C. Heli-TankTM unit combines a hot oil heater with a portable heated asphalt storage tank. Sizes vary from 10,000 - 35,000 gallons. D. Stationary heater for the oil and gas industry. E. Rubber blending system mixes polymer with liquid asphalt to make PMAC (Polymer Modified Asphalt Cement). F. Portable heater for the oil and gas industry. Heatec facility located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA 24 Expanding Opportunities for Growth

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