Chuck.MacDowell@loparex.com

joanne.cooney@loparex.com

• National Hardware Show®

About Loparex Inc.

EASY MASK products can be found in over 85% of the paint departments in
the US and are sold through paint stores, hardware stores and home centers -
including giant retailers and mom-and-pop independents. The products are
distributed through paint manufacturers,paint sundry distributors, hardware
co-ops, hardware distributors and occasionally through Industrial supply houses.

EASY MASK products are not price sensitive and allow the retail store full
margins. Initial sales are normally impulse purchases generated in the paint
department. Purchases are further prompted through the usage information on
the package, in-store merchandising and knowledgeable store personnel, Repeat
business, which is dependent on performance, creates EASY MASK's products
biggest selling advantage - THEY WORK.

EASY MASK products are designed to:

• Improve job performance
  
• Save time
  
• Save money

All internal software at Loparex Inc. has been upgraded to be Year 2000
Compliant. We currently trade the following EDI documents:

• 810 - Outgoing Invoice
  
• 820 - Incoming Remittance Advice
  
• 830 - Incoming PO Release
  
• 850 - Incoming Purchase Order
  
• 856 - Advance Shipping Notice