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March 1, 2008
EcoCover News
Greetings,
A few quick news items:
Your Help Needed for a Prospective Grant Award
If you are in North America, you can help
improve the possibility of bringing an EcoCover
manufacturing plant to the USA. Some prospective
plant purchasers have the opportunity to earn a
grant to help build an EcoCover plant and the
grantor would like to see proof of life
regarding interest in EcoCover products.
Here are some assumptions regarding the price
and volume discounts of EcoCover and EcoCrop
which are guesstimates only base on current
costs in New Zealand, prices here are in USA
Dollars, FOB factory freight collect.
Standard EcoCover Mulch Mat
$0.25 per square foot in small quantities
Sliding volume discounts for order quantities at
5,000, 10,000, 15,000 square feet
Maximum 30% discount for quantities exceeding
20,000 square feet
EcoCrop Crop Mat
$0.07 per square foot in small quantities
Sliding volume discounts for order quantities at
10,000, 20,000 square feet
Maximum 30% discount for quantities exceeding
30,000 square feet
Assuming the above, which is all conjecture at
this point, a statement preferably on letterhead
or with full signature via email stating:
"I have tried your EcoCover products, or I would
like to try your EcoCover products. If they
were available in the USA, I would buy this much
to begin. And assuming I like the way it works
for me, I would buy this much this often."
If you would please send this statement in an
email to
murray.cruickshank@ecocover.com with a copy
to me
ron.castle@ecocover-america.com I would
really appreciate it. You are under no
obligation by doing so. Thank you for your
assistance.
EcoCover Manufacturing Plant
Price Increase
The combination of the all time record high of
the New Zealand Dollar and the near record low
of the USA Dollar requires a price increase on
the EcoCover manufacturing opportunity to US$1.8
million. Based on instability in the exchange
rate this price might be even higher at any
given moment, and could come down if the
exchange rate improves. Note that this change
is required solely due to currency values.
Things are what they are.
Coffs Harbour Australia Plant Is Manufacturing
EcoCover
The EcoCover plant in Australia owned and
operated by Coffs Harbour Challenge is now in
production. There is some new EcoCover
literature that has been created for Coffs.
You can download copies here in a WinZIP file.
The file is 1.7 MB. There is also a newspaper
story and photo from the Coffs Harbour
Advocate.
You can download here in PDF.
EcoCover Czech Republic Plant Begins
Installation
The first EcoCover plant in Europe will be
installed starting in mid-March and will begin
production before the end of April. More
information to follow.
A Few Rolls of EcoCrop Still Available
The EcoCrop inventory in California is more than
half sold but we still have a few rolls. 1 x
100 meters = 3.3 x 330 feet. The price is
US$69.00 per roll FOB Los Angeles area. Please
email me with the number of rolls you would like
and your complete shipping address including ZIP
or Postal Code and we will get you a freight
quote. You can see some photos of the EcoCrop
we used here in Tennessee last year at my farm
website
www.nealcreekfarm.com.
Cheers,
Ron Castle
Tennessee USA Office
Director North American Business Development
EcoCover Developments Limited (New Zealand)
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