September 22, 2011|By Ted Land | Channel 2 News

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – September 13, 2011 – RedZone Robotics, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Cleanflow Systems, a leading provider of wastewater condition assessment technologies based in New Zealand.

RedZone is a leading designer and manufacturer of robotic wastewater inspection technologies and related analytic and decision-support tools, serving municipalities, contractors, and engineering firms. Both RedZone and Cleanflow have a demonstrated history of developing innovative products that help their clients precisely measure and understand the condition of their underground sewer infrastructure, such as RedZone’s autonomous Solo® inspection robot and Cleanflow’s HDProfiler® inspection platform.

RedZone further provides wastewater asset management software solutions that organize critical data and help wastewater managers make smarter fact-based decisions.
The combination of the two companies is a marriage of complementary assessment and analytics technologies that includes solutions for the full range of wastewater infrastructure. This combined portfolio of products and services provides information that helps wastewater asset owners and their partners do a better job of delivering services, spend limited funds more wisely and ensure compliance with regulatory agencies.

Ultimately, management representatives from both firms expect both new and existing customers to benefit greatly.

“The combination of Cleanflow and RedZone makes sense for the business and for our customers. Together we can provide all of the tools required for our customers to make sense of the world’s abundant wastewater collection systems, which are all too frequently out of sight and out of mind. The challenge here is to put the much needed information in the hands of wastewater managers so they can proactively manage their sewer infrastructure,” said CEO Eric Close. “The combined offering gives collection system owners, as well as their engineering and contractor partners all of the tools they need.”

Today’s wastewater manager has been constrained by diminishing budgets and resources at a time when consumer demand is high, infrastructure is deteriorating, and regulatory pressures are mounting.
“Wastewater managers have an enormous need for a breakthrough innovation that really helps make the manager’s job significantly easier. Our combined solutions are easy to use, provide the information that is desperately needed, and will make a huge difference to wastewater managers, the communities they serve, and to the environment”, said Trevor Logan, Cleanflow CEO. “Independently each company is respected in the industry. Together we are a global leader with the ability to serve clients of every size, and across the globe, with the sewer assessment and analytics tools they require.” The company also announced that Mr. Logan will join the RedZone board.

Today the combined entity reaches customers in 35 countries including some of the world’s largest cities, engineering firms and contractors.

About RedZone Robotics, Inc.
RedZone Robotics provides a wastewater infrastructure asset management platform that helps municipalities globally manage their valuable and abundant wastewater assets. Using RedZone’s proprietary data acquisition robotics and industry leading ICOM3 wastewater asset management software, RedZone provides municipalities and engineers tools that provide better information that can be used to comply with regulatory requirements, spend limited financial resources smartly, and save the environment. For more information please visit www.redzone.com.

Contact:
Ken Wolf
VP Sales & Marketing
RedZone Robotics, Inc.
kwolf@redzone.com
412.334.0753

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PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – September 07, 2011 – RedZone Robotics, Inc. (“RedZone” or the “Company”), a designer and manufacturer of wastewater inspection technologies and related analytical solutions for municipalities, contractors and engineering companies, today announced a $25 million investment by ABS Capital Partners, Inc. (“ABS Capital”), a leading growth equity investor. RedZone will use the funds to continue to expand its product set and geographic reach. As a result of the financing, ABS Capital General Partners Bobby Goswami and Laura Witt will join the Company’s board of directors.
“Most municipalities and wastewater agencies do not have the funding required to resolve all of their infrastructure problems. It is critical that they have a good complete understanding of the system so as to make fact-based decisions when allocating constrained capital and operating dollars in their quest to provide services and comply with regulatory demands. We are seeing municipalities save money and really benefit from our cutting-edge solutions that enable them to proactively manage their wastewater infrastructure,” said CEO Eric Close. “This investment will help expand the number of communities we can assist, ensuring these communities can best use their funds to maintain their infrastructure and protect their environment.”
Today’s wastewater managers are tasked with making critical decisions about their valuable collection system assets while being limited by insufficient technologies, time, funding, and resources. The EPA estimates that U.S. investments in the aging wastewater infrastructure will need to increase by more than $150 billion over the next two decades to maintain current service levels, unless new spending and operations practices are adopted. Communities need useful information that is accurate, complete, centralized, and standardized to help them understand their system. RedZone Robotics’ solutions provide actionable information required to make better decisions while reducing spending and negative environmental impact. RedZone accomplishes these results by providing world-class robotic sewer inspection technologies and sophisticated data-analysis software.
“The fact that municipalities are pressured to provide expected services while coping with deteriorating infrastructure, constrained budgets as well as an imperative to maintain high environmental standards means there is a huge pain point that RedZone is addressing,” said Bobby Goswami of ABS Capital. “We were completely impressed by the unique way the Company had addressed these important problems. We’re looking forward to watching RedZone’s continued rapid growth.”
Today, RedZone serves customers globally spanning large and small municipalities and wastewater agencies, as well as regional and national engineering firms.

About RedZone Robotics, Inc.
RedZone Robotics provides a wastewater infrastructure asset management platform that helps municipalities globally manage their valuable and abundant wastewater assets. Using RedZone’s proprietary data acquisition robotics and industry leading ICOM3 wastewater asset management software, RedZone provides municipalities and engineers tools that provide better information that can be used to comply with regulatory requirements, spend limited financial resources smartly, and save the environment. For more information please visit www.redzone.com.

About ABS Capital Partners
ABS Capital Partners is a growth equity firm investing in the very best late-stage growth companies, partnering with CEOs to create a bridge to the next critical stage of success. Whether success is defined as a winning IPO like American Public Education, Neustar and Rosetta Stone or a rewarding sale such as US Labs, Course Advisor and Advanced Disposal, ABS Capital’s financial backing and active partnership supports the CEO in tackling the challenges of rapid growth and creating significant long-term value.
Our partners are highly experienced at working with growth companies—each having spent between one and three decades in their industry as C-level executives, investment bankers and investors. Our practical, down-to-earth approach enables a strong partnership to determine and achieve well-defined goals. Our extensive network of resources delivers vital industry connections to our portfolio companies enabling them to capitalize on their competitive advantage.
ABS Capital Partners specializes in four growth sectors—business services, health care, media and communications and technology. With over $2 billion raised since inception, including $420 million in our latest fund, ABS Capital continues to build on its strong reputation for teaming with market leaders to deliver strong returns to investors.
For more information, please visit www.abscapital.com.

Contact:
Ken Wolf
VP Sales & Marketing
RedZone Robotics, Inc.
kwolf@redzone.com
412.334.0753
Stephanie Carter
Marketing & Communications Partner
ABS Capital Partners
410-246-5609
Scarter@abscapital.com

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July 9, 2011

The Pittsburgh Technology Council has more than 1,300 member companies throughout SWPA. We’ve got some of the most innovative tech ventures here in our backyard. We thought it would be most excellent to put a small spotlight on a handful of our members each and every week, so you can see the great diversity and talent that we have out there.  We encourage you to learn more about these technology companies:

Apangea Learning is setting a new standard in the way students learn. The company’s groundbreaking SmartHelp tutoring solution enables students to dramatically improve achievement, at the most cost-effective price.

CPC International, Ltd’s core areas of expertise involve information technology solutions provided through project managers – along with network and help desk administrators.

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) is a fully integrated energy company focusing on Appalachian natural gas operations. The company is organized into three major operating units: EQT Production, EQT Midstream and Equitable Gas Company.

Highland Design Solutions is a Manufacturers Representative Company providing customers with engineered products coupled with a decade plus of engineering experience. Our mission is to provide the local engineering, sales, quality, and customer service to our customers and the companies we represent.

InspectTech provides easy-to-use software that streamlines the asset inspection and management process from on-site to back-office. Assets supported include bridges, sign structures and many other privately and publicly owned structures. Used by engineering firms and all types of asset owners, InspectTech software solutions enhance productivity and provide higher-quality data sources for asset managers and decision makers.

Prism Engineering is the predominant source for CAD/CAM solutions and training services in the US Mid-Atlantic States. Having partnered with thousands of design and manufacturing firms of all sizes, and across many industries, uniquely positions us at the forefront of leading technology and service suppliers throughout the nation.

RedZone Robotics simplifies wastewater management by providing municipal clients with the information and tools necessary to address their most valuable wastewater assets – their sewer pipes.  At RedZone we deliver high performance pipeline inspection products and services for municipalities, contractors and engineering firms across North America.

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users.

A leader in the managed database services industry, DBA Zone delivers the complete remote database administration solution for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server – from product acquisition to 24×7 monitoring, ongoing preventative maintenance, and advanced project implementation.  DBA Zone provides managed database administration services for customers running Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server.

Warner Telecomm is business to Business Telecommunication Consulting, Auditing, and Connectivity Implementation Management.

Zambelli Technology International LLC (ZTI) is an international consulting organization dedicated to bringing the highest level of Technology to International Clients in the Manufacturing and Related Service Industries in a cost-effective manner.

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