Prince George, Va. (July 24, 2009) - VSP Technologies is proud to acknowledge Eastman Chemical Company’s receipt of the 2008 Chemical Safety Excellence Award, presented by CSX Transportation. The award reflects the company’s commitment to rail car maintenance and safety practices for loading, unloading and shipping hazardous materials.

To be eligible, a company must ship 600 or more hazardous material railcars during the year on CSXT and have no non-accident related releases (NARs). An NAR is defined as a release of a hazardous material during transportation not related to an accident. In 2008, Eastman shipped more than 12,000 hazardous material tank cars (loads and empty residues) on CSXT without any NARs. In addition, during 2008 Eastman won the UP Pinnacle and BNSF Stewardship awards for shipping more than 12,000 hazardous tank car loads and empty residues without incident.

NARs can be caused by improper securement of a tank car allowing product or vapor to escape. Human error and mechanical failures are the predominant causes for NARS. Eastman’s materials handling, tank car maintenance, tank car inspection and logistics groups collaboratively and continually work together to improve the company’s performance in safety and protection of the environment.

“This award shows Eastman’s commitment to transportation safety and attention to detail across all sites,” says Jim Fleming, director of global logistics. “This award helps Eastman achieve our corporate safety and environmental goals and puts Eastman in a favorable position in the chemical industry and with government agencies. We applaud employee efforts which led to this outstanding performance.”

“The achievement of zero non-accidental releases for all of 2008 is a great accomplishment,” says James Frew, director of VSP Technologies’ transportation division. “We are proud that our Ride-Tight fluid sealing management program can help support Eastman’s efforts, and we applaud their achievement.”

About VSP Technologies
VSP Technologies is the largest dedicated fluid-sealing products distributor in the United States, with an approach focused on managing every part of the gasket-use process to make improvements that save customers time and money. The company’s innovative programs have enabled more than $38 million in cost savings to date for its corporate customers and made VSP Technologies one of the most trusted and respected names in the fluid-sealing industry. The company offers products from more than 20 premium manufacturers, as well as several of its own patented products and designs. More information about VSP Technologies is available at www.vsptechnologies.com.

About Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman manufactures and markets chemicals, fibers and plastics worldwide. It provides key differentiated coatings, adhesives and specialty plastics products; is a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers; and produces PET polymers for packaging. As a Responsible Care® company, Eastman is committed to achieving the highest standards of health, safety, environmental and security performance. Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Kingsport, Tenn., Eastman is a Fortune 500 company with 2008 sales of $6.7 billion and approximately 10,200 employees.

David definitely “lived his life to the fullest” and was a much-loved and highly respected member of the VSP family. He will be sorely missed an leaves a void in our hearts. Please keep David’s family and friends in your thoughts and prayers as they cope with this tragic loss.

Prince George, Va. (February 16, 2009) – Employees at VSP Technologies Corporate Headquarters spent three days undergoing intensive training in Kaizen, the highly regarded Japanese continual improvement philosophy. The training, conducted by representatives from Garlock Sealing Technologies, will enable employees to apply specialized techniques for lean manufacturing to their work in the fluid-sealing industry.

“Kaizen is well-known and respected for bringing lean manufacturing practices into the workplace,” said David Malgee, chief operations officer of VSP Technologies. “We appreciate the opportunity Garlock offered us to learn more about its methods and are excited to begin applying them within each of our business units.”

By encouraging the continual improvement of standardized activities and processes, Kaizen aims to eliminate waste and improve productivity, safety and effectiveness. High-profile companies such as Toyota, Canon and Sony are proponents of the method and attribute improvements in their businesses to its successful implementation.

About VSP Technologies
VSP Technologies is the largest dedicated fluid-sealing products distributor in the United States, with an approach focused on managing every part of the gasket-use process to make improvements that save customers time and money. The company’s innovative programs have enabled more than $38 million in cost savings to date for its corporate customers and made VSP Technologies one of the most trusted and respected names in the fluid-sealing industry. The company offers products from more than 20 premium manufacturers, as well as several of its own patented products and designs. More information about VSP Technologies is available at www.vsptechnologies.com.

Prince George, Va. (February 10, 2009) - Dominion today presented VSP Technologies its “Preferred Gasket and Sealing Technologies Supplier of the Year Award - 2008.” VSP Technologies has received Dominion’s preferred supplier award every year it has been offered. The award recognizes the outstanding technical and engineering support VSP Technologies provides while maintaining competitive pricing.

“We are honored to be recognized for the high-quality service and experience we provide our customers,” said Paul Malgee, president of VSP Technologies. “Dominion is a trusted and respected company and we are happy to be able to offer valuable solutions to meet their fluid-sealing needs.”

About VSP Technologies
VSP Technologies is the largest dedicated fluid-sealing products distributor in the United States, with an approach focused on managing every part of the gasket-use process to make improvements that save customers time and money. The company’s innovative programs have enabled more than $38 million in cost savings to date for its corporate customers and made VSP Technologies one of the most trusted and respected names in the fluid-sealing industry. The company offers products from more than 20 premium manufacturers, as well as several of its own patented products and designs. More information about VSP Technologies is available at www.vsptechnologies.com.

Prince George, Va. (March 18, 2009) - VSP Technologies today announced that its Prince George branch has been recognized as the leading single-store distributor of Garlock products for 2008. It is the third year in a row that the company’s corporate office has led Garlock distributors in purchases.

VSP Technologies has also been recognized as one of Garlock’s leading growth distributors, having experienced a significant sales growth during this calendar year.

“Garlock is one of our largest and most diversified suppliers, and we are honored to be recognized as a premier partner,” said David Malgee, chief operating officer of VSP Technologies. “We look forward to achieving continued success and growth with the company in the future.”

About VSP Technologies
VSP Technologies is one of the largest dedicated fluid-sealing products distributors in the United States, with an approach focused on managing every part of the gasket-use process to make improvements that save customers time and money. The company’s innovative programs have enabled more than $38 million in cost savings to date for its corporate customers and made VSP Technologies one of the most trusted and respected names in the fluid-sealing industry. The company offers products from more than 20 premium manufacturers, as well as several of its own patented products and designs. More information about VSP Technologies is available at www.vsptechnologies.com.

About Garlock
Garlock Sealing Technologies, an EnPro Industries company, designs, manufactures and sells fluid sealing products worldwide. A recognized industry leader, Garlock advances fluid sealing technology by delivering innovative solutions and services for process industries’ most demanding applications. The company has 13 global operations with 1,500 employees and distributes its products in more than 75 countries. For more information on Garlock products and services, visit www.garlock.com.

Physical Address:
VSP Technologies
Southpoint Business Park
8140 Quality Drive
Prince George, VA 23875

Mailing Address:
VSP Technologies
P. O. Box 1300
Hopewell, VA 23860

The name and logo change reflect the evolution of our business.  Thirty years ago our focus was exclusively central Virginia and our primary offering was high quality fluid sealing products. Now  we are much more national in scope with locations in Prince George, VA, Kingsport, TN, and Kingwood, TX and are more widely known for our technological solutions than as a product provider. The basic shape of our logo will remain the same with the addition of the color green to represent that the services we provide make our customers more environmentally safe and sound.

The steady growth and success of our business has been supported by continued investments in inventory, state of the art manufacturing equipment, research and development of new products, and support personnel.  As a result, we have exceeded capacity at our corporate headquarters and primary manufacturing facility and we are moving to our new home in Southpoint Business Park in Prince George, VA. The new location offers us 108,500 square feet of modern office and manufacturing space.

VSP Technologies thanks all of you for the support that has made these changes both necessary and possible.

Paul Malgee
President
VSP Technologies