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CALMETRIX OPENS SALES OFFICE IN INDIA

Arlington, MA, USA and Mumbai, India, May 16, 2011

Calmetrix announced today the openig of a sales office in Mumbai, India.

This move comes in response to the incredibly strong and growing interest for calorimetry products in the Indian market. India has the second highest cement consumption in the world and both its housing and infrastructure are growing rapidly. Educational Institutions and Research Centers are also increasingly investing resources into research in civil and construction engineering, with heavy investment foreseen in laboratory equipment.

"Calmetrix's deep knowledge of the cement and concrete industry can be put to work immediately in this very large market", said Marc Zacharias, President of Calmetrix Inc. "The speed with which construction projects have to be completed, and the high utilization of fly ash in concrete makes calorimetry a perfect tool".

India uses predominantly Pozzolanic Portland Cement, which contains 30% or more fly ash in subtitution of Ordinary Portland Cement. The ensuing variability and often poor quality of fly ash make quality control and mix design a challenging task.

"Calmetrix has several products under development that will put us in the right price range and provide features that are adapted to the local market", adds Zacharias. 'We understand the Indian market well and will put the speed of our product development process to our customers' and our advantage".

The Mumbai office will serve the Indian market, and will also be overseeing sales in neighboring countries in the Middle East, as well as Bangladesh.

For more information about Calmetrix, please contact us at (617) 203-2090, or info@calmetrix.com.

About Calmetrix.

Calmetrix Inc., which is based in Arlington, MA, is a provider of calorimetry equipment and software to the cement and concrete industry. Calmetrix products are used for daily Quality Control, and for Research and Development and are provided to a broad base of industrial customers in the construction industry. Website: www.calmetrix.com

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CALMETRIX INTRODUCES THE I-CAL LINE OF ISOTHERMAL

CALORIMETERS FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN CONCRETE

Arlington, MA, January 29, 2010

Calmetrix, supplier of innovative Quality Control solutions today announced its release of I-Cal 8000, its newest calorimetry equipment for the Concrete and Cement Industry.

I-Cal 8000 is a robust, yet precise isothermal calorimeter with multiple applications in Concrete manufacturing. It can be used by research institutions, producers of cement and concrete, as well as suppliers of fly ash, slag or chemical admixtures to optimize mix designs, troubleshoot quality issues and to predict concrete performance. I-Cal is also designed to be able to infer maturity and activation energy for crack prediction on mass concrete.

Users can test up to eight samples of cement paste, mortar or even real concrete, including coarse aggregates,

I-Cal works by maintaining the ambient temperature around samples constant at a predetermined value. This enables users to simulate curing of Concrete as it would happen outside of the laboratory in the real world and to test performance at different temperatures. Precise measurements of heat exchange are used to trace the “heat curve”, a picture of the hydration reaction taking place as Concrete hardens.

Data is collected and analyzed by CalCommander, Calmetrix’s proprietary software. CalCommander contains the interface to operate I-Cal and other equipment. It also offers a modular design with multiple tabs for instant and user-friendly data analysis.

Calmetrix’s integrated hardware-software design was conceived by a team of professionals that combine knowledge of equipment, software, and a deep understanding of the concrete industry, making I-Cal the right fit for advanced concrete testing throughout the value chain.

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STAN ELEKTROV TO JOIN CALMETRIX AS

VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING

Arlington, MA, February 12, 2010

Calmetrix, supplier of innovative Quality Control solutions in the Cement and Concrete Industry today announced the appointment of Stan Elektrov as Vice President of Engineering.

Stan has more than 25 years of experience in developing electronic and electro-mechanical devices. During the course of his career, he was a Principal Engineer in design and development of multiple products in scientific, industrial, educational and consumer electronics fields, both within several start-up and well established Companies. Stan holds a double Master's degree in Physics and Electronics from St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia, as well as an Associate's degree in Chemistry from St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

“Stan brings an outstanding track record to Calmetrix, with very complementary skills to the rest of our team. His appointment reflects our focus on designing calorimeters where software and equipment are tightly integrated. This gives Calmetrix equipment the blend of user friendliness and high performance that our customers in the Concrete Industry are asking for.”, said Marc Zacharias, President of Calmetrix Inc.

Calmetrix now has the perfect team to bring equipment and software design under the same roof.

“I am thrilled to join Calmetrix. Calorimetry is a proven technique, which has been used by a number of industries for decades, but is still in its infancy in the Concrete Industry. With ever more complex concrete mixes and new materials, I believe the potential for a tool like calorimetry is substantial”, added Stan Elektrov.

Calmetrix calorimeters are operated through its proprietary CalCommander suite of software applications. Bringing together the design of the software and the equipment in one product enhances the user experience and maximizes the potential of calorimetry as a Quality Control tool while maintaining user friendliness and reducing failure rates.

For more information about Calmetrix and its products, please contact us at (617) 203-2090, or info@calmetrix.com.

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CALMETRIX EXPANDS CALCOMMANDER SOFTWARE

TO USE OF COMPETITOR EQUIPMENT

Arlington, MA, February 22, 2010

Calmetrix, supplier of innovative Quality Control solutions in the Cement and Concrete Industry today announced the release of new software to collect and analyze data from equipment manufactured by a number of companies. With this new version of its proprietary software, Calmetrix opens up the user-friendliness and analytical power of its CalCommander suite of software applications to users of competitive calorimetry equipment.

Equipment supported by this new version of CalCommander will be, in addition of Calmetrix’s own calorimeters: TA Instruments’ TAM Air, Quadrel’s Q-Drum and W.R. Grace’s AdiaCal and AdiaCal TC.

Marc Zacharias, President of Calmetrix Inc. said: “We understand that many customers have legacy equipment in their laboratories. In many instances, software updates for their old equipment don’t exist or are simply cost-prohibitive. We want to give customers a software tool that helps them use the calorimeter of their choice, whether that is Calmetrix equipment or from other brands”.

Both existing and new users of CalCommander can purchase a license to expand the use of CalCommander to their older calorimetry equipment.

CalCommander is Calmetrix’s proprietary software suite. It contains a user friendly interface to collect, display and analyze data. Built in-house by an experienced team of software programmers and concrete laboratory specialists, CalCommander does not require lengthy training sessions. Its intuitive design enables users to start logging and interpreting data instantaneously.

For more information about CalCommander or Calmetrix, please contact us at (617) 203-2090, or info@calmetrix.com.

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PAUL SANDBERG JOINS CALMETRIX AS

VICE PRESIDENT, APPLICATIONS AND SUPPORT

Arlington, MA, July 31, 2010

Calmetrix announced today the appointment of Paul Sandberg to the position of Vice President of Applications and Support. In his new role, Paul will be responsible for the creation of new products and software tailored to industry applications. He will also be overseeing all support functions including after-sales service and training.

Paul's first foray into calorimetry dates back to when he was a PhD student looking for a commercially available device to test cement and concrete .He quickly found that the market had little to offer and hence took an active role in the creation of devices that would fit his needs. Since then, he has been working with calorimeters for over 20 years. He is intimately familiar with the uses and potential applications of calorimetry equipment in the field of cement and concrete research, and has participated in a number of technical committees and authored numerous papers on the subject. Before joining Calmetrix, Paul was a Sr. Scientist at WR Grace & Co., a supplier of chemical additives for cement and concrete.

“We are incredibly lucky to have Paul join our team", said Marc Zacharias, President of Calmetrix. "His experience, passion and knowledge in the field will help take our product offering to the next level."

Paul will take an active role in the new development of software applications to further the reach of Calmetrix's existing calorimetry equipment. "Calmetrix has the ability to design both the software and the equipment in-house, a competitive advantage that lets users benefit from products that are easier to use and just more adapted to the actual work they perform", adds Zacharias. "Paul will unforld the full potential of this integrated equipment-software approach".

For more information about Calmetrix, please contact us at (617) 203-2090, or info@calmetrix.com.

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CALMETRIX INTRODUCES NEW SOFTWARE MODULE

FOR ACTIVATION ENERGY

Arlington, MA, September 15, 2010

Calmetrix today announced the release of a new software module as an integral part of its CalCommader software suite. The new module, named I-Cal AE, lets users of isothermal calorimetry equipment derive the activation energy of a concrete mix. It can be used with Calmetrix's I-Cal 8000 calorimeter or any other isothermal calorimeter operated with the CalCommander software.

I-Cal AE analyzes samples tested in an isothermal calorimeter at at least three different temperatures. The program infers both the activation energy and the Arrhenius plot for a given mix. Users have a choice to calculate the actyivation energy using algorithms developed by Prof. Anton Schindler of Auburn University, or Lars Wadso of the University of Lund.

"Knowing the activation energy opens a whole new world of possibilities in the application of calorimetry to the science of cement and concrete", says Paul Sandberg, Vice President for Applications and Support. "It not only provides important input on temperature sensitivity, but also opens the door to advanced uses of modeling software such as ConcreteWorks, including the prediction of cracks, especially in concrete mixtures containing high levels of cement substitutes such as fly ash or slag".

The ConcreteWorks software was developed by the Concrete Durability Center at the University of Texas, Austin as part of research funded by the Texas Department of Transportation. The main purpose of the software is to improve the constructability and durability of mass concrete bridge members. ConcreteWorks is a license free application that can can be downloded at:

http://www.texasconcreteworks.com.

A Demo version of CalCommander, including I-Cal AE, can be downloaded at:

http://calmetrix.com/downloads-softwa.html

For more information about CalCommander or Calmetrix, please contact us at (617) 203-2090, or info@calmetrix.com.

CALMETRIX OPENS SALES OFFICE IN INDIA

Arlington, MA, USA and Mumbai, India, May 16, 2011

Calmetrix announced today the openig of a sales office in Mumbai, India.

The Mumbai office will serve the Indian market, and will also be overseeing sales in neighboring countries in the Middle East, as well as Bangladesh.

For more information about Calmetrix, please contact us at (617) 203-2090, or info@calmetrix.com.

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