OFI Testing Equipment, Inc. Earns ISO 9001:2000 Certification

HOUSTON, Texas — August 9, 2004 — OFI Testing Equipment (USA), a leading manufacturer of testing instruments for the drilling fluids, cementing, and wastewater industries, recently announced that they have been awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification.

The ISO 9000 series of standards are a set of international quality management system standards and guidelines. ISO 9000 has become an international reference for quality management requirements in business-to-business dealings. The revised ISO 9001:2000 focuses on quality and customer satisfaction.

Perry Johnson Registrars, Inc. issued Certificate Number C2004-02293 in accordance with the requirements of the standard and scope of supply defined as "design, manufacture, and service of instruments and reagents for testing drilling fluids, completion fluids, and waste water."

"Customer satisfaction has always been of utmost importance to us," states Kyle Schroeder, President of OFI Testing Equipment. "Making a conscious commitment to document our processes and continually improve our quality management system, simply provides our customer with a higher level of confidence that they indeed come first."

In addition to manufacturing testing equipment, OFITE also offers extensive repair services and custom-designed equipment to companies worldwide.