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LoBue Bros. Deploys Novazone’s Storage Solution to Improve Quality and Reduce Decay of Citrus

LIVERMORE, Calif. - Oct. 4, 2005 - Novazone, a leading provider of innovative ozone-based solutions to improve the freshness and safety of food and water, today announced that LoBue Bros., one of the largest independent commercial packers-shippers of fresh packed California oranges, has selected and deployed Novazone’s ozone-based cold storage solution for Lane Late oranges.

Founded in 1934, LoBue Bros. is a family-owned business that harvests, packs and ships a variety of California oranges for customers worldwide. To remain competitive and meet the requirements of ever changing markets, LoBue Bros. takes a leadership role in its industry by implementing new innovations focused on enhancing the safety, freshness and marketability of its fruit. Utilizing Novazone’s cold storage solution, LoBue Bros. is able to reliably produce ozone from air and precisely deliver it to its cold storage rooms as a natural microcide to kill and control the spread of surface and airborne pathogens, such as mold, without the use of harmful chemicals.

“Increasingly, buyers and consumers are demanding high quality fresh fruit year-round,” said Philip LoBue, general manager of LoBue Bros. “Our customers want to feel comfortable that every effort is made to reduce food-borne pathogens and the use of chemicals. Novazone’s cold storage solution provides this capability and level of assurance, and as a result, we’ve experienced less spoilage and longer shelf life for our Lane Late oranges.”

“Novazone’s focus is to make food and water safe and fresh using environmentally friendly ozone-based solutions,” said Paul White, president and CEO for Novazone. “We supply industry leaders, such as LoBue Bros., with science based chemical free solutions, application expertise and ongoing support that are effective, economical and safe.”

About LoBue Bros., Inc.
LoBue Bros. is a leading full service independent commercial packer-shipper of fresh packed California oranges. The company contracts with growers to harvest, pack and market their oranges. In addition, LoBue Bros. sells the fruit with its own sales staff. This gives LoBue Bros. the flexibility to stay on top of every aspect involved in preparing and packaging the freshest and overall best possible product available on the market anywhere. For more information, visit www.lobuebros.com.

Philip LoBue
General Manager
LoBue Bros., Inc.
559.562.2548
philip@lobuebros.com

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