Introducing Earth Armour™, an Effective, Safe, Cost-Effective Dust Suppressant For Roadways, Runways, Construction Sites and More

When the challenge is dust, the solution depends on how you want to treat it. . .

Canton, Ohio – November 29, 2009 – Treat the dust, and nothing but the dust. When simple dust control is all that’s needed, Earth Armour is the answer.

Midwest’s line of dust-control solutions tackles everything from fines preservation to road and runway enhancement. Now we also offer a simple, economical alternative to water or other methods used simply to keep dust from becoming airborne. For this purpose, there is no solution more effective than Earth Armour.

“In today’s economy, more than any time I can think of in the last 30 years,” said Bob Vitale, founder and CEO of Midwest, “slashed budgets are forcing customers to make tough buying decisions. They do not want to sacrifice quality, but where once they could opt for premium products that provide benefits that go beyond simple dust control, they now must find ways to control dust more economically than ever before,” he said. “That’s why we developed Earth Armour.”

Earth Armour is a synthetic organic fluid that effectively suppresses dust and agglomerates fines for up to one year depending on climate. “It affords our customers a more-cost effective solution,” Vitale said, “when the presence of dust is simply not an option.”

When trucks and cars roll down unpaved roadways, the resulting dust often coats plant life, cars, yard furniture and whatever else is near the road. It also gets into wheel mechanisms and engines, increasing maintenance costs.

Similarly, when planes take off in a cloud of dust, those left on the ground can barely breathe. “And it’s not only their lungs that are at stake,” Vitale said. “Repeated take-offs and landings on untreated runways wreak havoc on airplane engines, wheel mechanisms, and the runways themselves,” he said. Construction sites, too, suffer diminished visibility and pose health risks to the community.

An odorless, colorless synthetic fluid, Earth Armour:

• Is environmentally friendly: safe for human, animal, and plant life
• Applies neat; no diluting or mixing
• Re-workable
• Can be applied in all climates
• Works with all types of soils and aggregates
• Has no set-up or cure time
• Is non-corrosive, non-flammable, non-volatile
• Will not freeze down to -40ºF

Earth Armour is easily applied with any standard spray system or with the portable, versatile and compact E-Sprayer, which can be mounted on any light-duty truck from an F-150 flatbed one-ton trailer to a military humvee. Powered by a 4.7-hp Diesel /JP8 fuel electric start engine and Gorman-Rupp pump, the E-Sprayer requires only one person to operate and facilitates universal application with an

8-foot spray bar. Flow is easily controlled with the throttle or motorized regulator.

Earth Armour is available through Midwest sales representatives (1-866-662-3878). “Earth Armour customers are assured of the same level of service and application expertise Midwest brings to more complex challenges,” Vitale said.

Midwest lives in, manufactures for, and delivers Earth-conscious solutions to clients in the quarry, mining, construction, iron/steel and other industries whose success depends on overcoming dust, erosion, ice, soil stabilization and other operating issues.