Environmental Support Solutions acquires Essential Technologies Inc.

April 5, 2002—Environmental Support Solutions has acquired the assets, intellectual property and customer base of Essential Technologies Inc., a developer of enterprise environmental health and safety software. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Essential Information Systems, ESS will bring the company’s enterprise clients and partners a complete, integrated suite of environmental, health and safety (EHS), and emergency management software.

Essential was a privately held company recognized as a pioneer of emissions management, emergency management, hazard communication and health and safety management software. Their PlantWareTM software has been implemented by Fortune companies throughout the world.

In the past year, Environmental Support Solutions has acquired three leading EHS application software companies: RMS Systems, Inc. specialists in integrated health and safety applications, Jordan Systems, Inc. innovators in MSDS and chemical inventory management software and Wixel, Inc., leaders in waste management software. For more information, contact Environmental Support Solutions.