2006 August	First “Post-Merger” Project Proves Quality is More Important than Profits
2006 August	DUCTBUSTERS® and  DUCTZ Air Duct Cleaning® Merge
2005 June	DUCTBUSTERS® Adds Another Franchise in the State of Florida
2004 September	DUCTBUSTERS® Joins Florida Coalition to Ensure Residents Receive Dependable HVAC System Inspections and Cleaning.
2002 September	DUCTBUSTERS Hope to Add Years to Your Life
1999 March	DUCTBUSTERS® Franchise Network Expands Coast-to-Coast
1999 April	IAQ Industry Honors Tom Yacobellis for Public Service
1999 September	BUSTER ENTERPRISES Negotiates Joint Venture Partnership in Brazil
1999 September	DUCTBUSTERS® Makes Debut in Chicago Area
1998 January	Buster Enterprises, Inc. (DUCTBUSTERS®) is Listed Among the Top 500 Franchises
1998 February	DUCTBUSTERS® Announces Its 5th Annual Franchise Meeting
1998 March	DUCTBUSTERS® Franchises Receive Awards
1998 August	DUCTBUSTERS® Franchise Network Expands into New England
1998 November	DUCTBUSTERS® Service Mark and Logo Achieve Incontestable Status
1997 March	DUCTBUSTERS® BusterLink Computer Software Chosen as Finalist in Windows World Open competition
1997 May	DUCTBUSTERS® Franchise Network Goes International
1997 June	DUCTBUSTERS® Undergoes Major Expansion With Its Duct Cleaning Franchise
1997 November	DUCTBUSTERS® Adds Another Franchise in the State of Florida
1996 August	DUCTBUSTERS® Franchises Spreading Throughout Florida!
1996 December	DUCTBUSTERS® Rolls Out BusterLink™ Computer Software to Franchise Network.
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We periodically post information about some of the projects that our franchise network members are working on or have recently completed. This page is updated regularly with the latest items appearing first.

Annual Meeting Schedule
Mark Your Calendars for May 2-4, 2001

Next Year's DUCTBUSTERS^® Annual Franchise Meeting will be held on May 2 – 4, 2001 at Orlando Marriott Downtown in Orlando, Florida. Yes, we are taking the annual meeting on the road. The year 2001 will be in Orlando, Florida, for the first time. The rooms are $109 per night at Orlando Marriott Downtown or the Orlando Courtyard Downtown for $99 per night. They offer free shuttle service between the hotel properties. The Marriott is approximately 20 minutes from Orlando International Airport. It is within steps of Church Street Station and the Orlando Science Center, Shopping and movies are 5 minutes away. Universal Studios is 8 miles, Sea World is 10 miles away and Walt Disney World is only 16 miles away.

There will be a continental breakfast and lunch each day. The reception will include a cash bar and hot and cold hors d’ oeuvres.

Meeting times are:

May 2, 8:30am - 5:00pm
May 3, 8:30am - 5:00pm
May 4, 8:30am - 5:00pm

Reception is May 2, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

More meeting information will follow.

Brazilian Partnership Begins To Expand - DUCTBUSTERS^® 21 Brazil

As many of you already know the DUCTBUSTERS^® in Brazil not only bought their first franchise from us last year but also entered into a partnership agreement with us to expand the concept throughout the nation. Well, we have good news. DUCTBUSTERS^® do Brazil has sold its first franchise in one of the outlying cities. I will be writing up a more comprehensive press release for this and will send you all some pictures of the actual signing of the documents. This is a real step forward for our Brazilian counterpart and great credit needs to be given to them for their perseverance in the marketplace.

Currently DUCTBUSTERS^® 21 is working on a project with circular ductwork up to 15 feet in diameter and 1500 meters or 4500 feet in length. Please stay tuned for this press release on our web site and I will be forwarding this to all the national news agencies for added national coverage.

By the way all the ductwork measurements in Brazil are in Meters.

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5th Annual Meeting a Huge Success

Our 5th Annual Meeting, which was held at the Radisson Hotel on beautiful Clearwater Beach, Florida, was attended by over 40 owner/operators, managers, supervisors and crew. It was, without a doubt, the best meeting we've had. There were speakers from all aspects of our industry including President Tim Hebert of the National Air Duct Cleaners Association, Holly Bailey of Bailey Engineering explaining the different types filtration, Patrick O'Donnell from Enviro Team telling us about the new testing program designed specifically for our franchise network, Walt Banicik from Fosters answering questions about their coating products and Steve Larson from Nikro Products demonstrating their neg air machines, vacuums and other tools. In addition to these fine speakers, Tom Yacobellis, CEO and President, gave opening comments and other presentations on marketing, employee retention and future goals.

A highlight of the meeting was the presentation by Marie Flannery and Mark Hammock of DUCTBUSTERS^® proprietary computer program, the Bid Estimator and automatic Proposal Generator. This computer program will allow non-skilled estimators to create a custom proposal, detailing every component to be cleaned and how it will be cleaned, in less than two hours.

Although there were many things about the meeting that rank high on the attendees' list, one of the best is the opportunity that everyone has to talk to other DUCTBUSTERS^® in the network about anything. It doesn't matter if you're just starting, or have been around for awhile, there's no question that won't be answered. That's what the DUCTBUSTERS^® network is all about!

Everyone was excited about the new ideas and strategies presented to them and many were heard commenting they couldn't wait to get home to start trying them.

Next year's meeting is already in the planning stages and promises to be even better!

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"Wired up and ready to Rock and Roll"

Great news from northeast Florida DUCTBUSTERS^® Palm Coast. They are "on the grow" with their latest weekend cleaning project at an electrical manufacturing plant. This project consisted of 20 split systems and all related duct work. Public opinion was very high on this project, with an extremely favorable rating on the satisfaction of the duct cleaning on the job. They're also preparing to add another truck to their fleet! I can't tell you how excited we at Corporate are for their good fortune and perseverance. The client produces electrical connectors such as ground logs and wire connectors and is located in Ormond Beach, Florida. Half of this project was conducted during the Christmas break, with the other half being completed on weekends. Special thanks goes to all the production workers at DB3!

"When you absolutely, positively have to have it there overnight..."

DUCTBUSTERS^® Lafayette: For the last several weeks, DB2 has been cleaning the ducts in the 215,000 square foot Federal Express main distribution center in Memphis Tennessee. We have received word today that they have passed all initial FedEx inspections for their cleaning and should expect two more facilities of equal size. Great work guys! Also, DB2 has purchased and tested the new shaft drive brush system from Switzerland with a 66' long cable. Despite some initial problems, the cable has dramatically increased production.

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An Educated Consumer is our Best Customer...

DUCTBUSTERS^® Stuart: We have just received word from Tom Sharkey that he has been awarded a commercial job in West Palm Beach at a local book store. The thing that makes this very interesting is that the City Inspector would not clear the new facility for occupancy until the A/C system had a certified duct cleaning company clean the ducts. We are going to apply both certifications to this project (NADCA and CHH) and provide the owner with a certificate proving that the job was conducted to the national standards. We believe this in an extension of Enviro-Team's work with educating the county workers through the CHH course.

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Now it's time for us to take off our BEAKS and put on our EARS!

DUCTBUSTERS^® Orlando has received a purchase order to begin cleaning the ducts in Toon Town! This seems like the perfect place to begin what we hope is a long-term relationship with the folks at Disney. Corporate office will be assisting DB4 with the project. We have worked closely with them to ensure that the entire network will benefit from this exposure. Way to go DUCTBUSTERS^® Orlando!

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DUCTBUSTERS^® CODE OF ETHICS
                                   By Michael Ray