SP Adds 5 New Member Companies to Its membership

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Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP)

Apr 19, 2010, 10:00 ET

WASHINGTON, April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) today announced that five companies have joined the organization: AGS Technology Inc., Arcalis Scientific, LLC, Green Tree Products & Technologies LLC, Lear Corporation and TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc. In addition, the State Government of Victoria, Australia, will be joining SP as a liaison member.

SP Chair Randy Leslie, Vice President and General Manager, Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Experience, stated, "These company additions to SP will enhance the organization as a whole, and provide more opportunities for the organization to improve environmental and economic excellence, while sharing best practices to improve individual company performance."

Adam Westerdale, COO of General Oil Company and Chair of SP's Membership Development Committee added, "We are excited to have these companies working with us and a new liaison member to SP. In addition, we are particularly pleased to welcome back one of our founding members, Lear Corporation."

The new member companies' representative to the SP Board of Directors will be:

AGS Technology Inc.: George Staniulis, Vice President
Arcalis Scientific LLC: Pat Beattie, President
Green Tree Products & Technologies LLC: Sam Cremin, Managing Director
Lear Corporation: Barbara Boroughf, Vice President, Global Environmental, Health & Safety
TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc.: Dave Lanzola, National Account Manager

The new liaison to the SP Executive Committee for the State Government of Victoria will be Scott Adlington, Invest Victoria, and Investment Manager.

SP is a partnership between automobile original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). SP Work Groups address issues that improve the environment while providing value throughout the automobile supply chain. SP provides a forum for small, mid-sized and large automotive and vehicle suppliers to work together, learn from each other, and share technologies and environmental best practices.

Steve Hellem, Executive Director of SP states, "As SP continues to expand its membership, so does the scope of SP's mission to improve the environment through innovative collaborations between automobile suppliers and the U.S. EPA. We look forward to working with these new companies, and continuing our pursuit of environmental excellence and the economic viability of the automobile supply chain."

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) is an innovative collaboration between automobile manufacturers, their suppliers, and the U.S. EPA. SP's members include: 2V Industries, Inc., Advanced Environmental Management Group, AGS Technology, Inc., Allegiant Global Services, LLC, ARCADIS, Arcalis Scientific, Asset Recovery & Management Group, LTD, Atwater Steel Trading Corporation, Chemico Systems, Chrysler LLC, Crystal Filtration, DENSO International America, Inc., ECO Environmental Consulting, The Environmental Quality Company, Federal-Mogul Corporation, Ford Motor Company, FTS Technologies, Gage Products Company, Gayle Technologies, Inc., General Motors Corporation, General Oil Company, Inc., Goodwill Association of Michigan, Green Tree Products and Technologies LLC, Infiniti Environmental, Johnson Controls Inc., Lear Corporation, Merit Laboratories, Inc., Mobile Fluid Recovery, Inc., MPS Group, OmniChem LLC, Performance Environmental Services, Inc., Peter Feamster & Associates, Inc., Quaker Chemical, RTI Laboratories, Inc., TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc., VMX International, Inc.

More information about SP can be found at www.supplierspartnership.org.