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March 24, 2003
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Conviron Announces Hiring of Containment Specialist

Conviron President and CEO, Steven Kroft, today announced that Dann Adair has joined the Company as Greenhouse Application Specialist. As a member of Conviron's greenhouse team, Mr. Adair will work with Conviron engineers and clients to identify research requirements and provide innovative and appropriate solutions.

"When we decided to make our investment in the development and supply of research greenhouses, we identified a few key players in the industry that we felt could make an immediate impact in terms of expertise. Dann was at the top of our list," stated Mr. Kroft.

Mr. Adair has been involved in plant growth and greenhouse facility management for in excess of 25 years. He received his Bachelor of Science/Integrated Pest Management from the University of Minnesota in 1991. He has provided greenhouse consulting services to some of the world's leading researchers, and has published extensively in the area of greenhouse design and greenhouse containment. His most widely known work, A Practical Guide to Containment: Greenhouse Research with Transgenic Plants and Microbes, is used by greenhouse designers and facility managers throughout North America. Dann is a founding member of the Association of Education and Research Greenhouse Curators (AERGC).

Conviron is a world leader in the design and manufacture of plant growth chambers and rooms. Founded nearly 40 years ago, Conviron has worked with scientists around the world, designing and delivering research facilities at many of the world's leading institutions. In 2000, Conviron embarked on an extensive analysis of the research greenhouse market, which has lead to the development of the Conviron Research Greenhouse (CRG). The CRG incorporates a variety of design features which makes it the highest performing greenhouse product on the market today.


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