Clemex increases its presence in the steel industry – Despite the severe slowdown in the manufacturing sector

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LONGUEUIL, QC, May 13 /CNW Telbec/ – Clemex Technologies Inc. (TSX Venture: CXG.a – News) announces today that it has sold two Clemex CIR instruments to assess steel cleanliness to major US Steel Mills Carpenter Technology Corporation of Reading PA and to SSAB (Swedish Steel AB) of Muscatine Iowa. In addition to the steel cleanliness rating system, SSAB also purchased one of the newly launched Clemex CMT.HD instrument to measure the hardness of metal. All three systems will be installed in the Research and Development facilities of the clients while Carpenter Technology already uses another Clemex system in the steelmaking plant.

Clement Forget, President and CEO of Clemex Technologies commented; “We are extremely pleased to make these important sales to the metallurgical industry sector in these difficult times. This sounds promising in view of the anticipated steel industry bounce back”. He continued; “Our R&D engineers are currently updating the Clemex CIR software in order to make it compliant with the new European Steel Cleanliness standard ISO/EN10247 and this should translate in a series of upgrades for our existing clients and in new sales in Europe and Asia in the Steelmaking industry in the near future.”

About Clemex Technologies, Inc.

Clemex Technologies Inc. develops, manufactures and markets image analysis systems and software used by quality control and research microscopy laboratories. Clemex’s customer base spans over many countries in America, Europe, Asia and encompasses major Research and Development Centers, prestigious Universities and large manufacturing industries in various fields including automotive, aerospace, raw materials manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, mining and other sectors.

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