a1 leasing - Donated Demining Equipment Bound for Nairobi Mine Action Training Center

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KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. (BusinessWire EON) March 1, 2007 -- The initiative
provides that each purchase of a Schonstedt underground pipe and cable
locator - a TraceMaster or XTpc - will trigger a donation in the customer's
name of a Schonstedt magnetic locator for explosive ordnance detection. The
UN Mine Action Service will coordinate the distribution of the locators to
where they are most needed, thereby extending its humanitarian demining
reach throughout the world.

Schonstedt has shipped thousands of magnetic locators - known technically as
gradiometers or magnetometers - to the military and its contractors, as well
as non-governmental organizations, for use in countries like Iraq,
Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, South Korea, Russia and Vietnam.

"We're proud of our reputation for quality instruments, and very proud that
our locators are the top choice of overseas military deminers," says
Schonstedt President Mike Head. "This initiative is aimed at humanitarian
workers engaged in the restoration of land impacted by land mines,
unexploded ordnance and other explosive remnants of war. As a company, we
want to do our part to heal the wounds of war; we think our customers will
feel the same way."

Examples of UXO are landmines, grenades, mortars, shells, and cluster bombs,
collectively known as explosive remnants of war. Manual detection of these
ferrous metal objects is dependent on an instrument's ability to sense
subsurface anomalies within the earth's magnetic field, and Schonstedt's
reputation for sensitive instrumentation is well established. They have been
making laboratory quality magnetometers since 1953, and were the first
company to offer a handheld magnetic locator.

"With the help of Schonstedt and its customers, we'll be able to work with
any number of populations for which UXO clearance would not otherwise be
possible," says Max Gaylard, Director of the UN Mine Action Service.

The initiative will continue indefinitely, since most experts predict a
decades-long need for humanitarian demining.
Received on Tue Sep 18 2007 - 03:54:13 EDT