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The only “design ready” Low / Zero VOC compatible

machines in North America

The only “design ready” Zero VOC Automatic Colorant Dispensers in North America

A Global Company

The only “design ready” Zero VOC Automatic Colorant Dispensers in North America The only “design ready” Zero VOC Automatic Colorant Dispensers in North America

Legacy Canadian based company located in Vancouver, Canada

Stability 44 years manufacturing paint equipment

Competitive World-wide producer of a full line of POS equipment

Responsible Only World Class producer where the owners are the operators

Capacity 5 production facilities: Canada, Italy, Brazil, China, and India

Variety Full complement of mixers and shakers and manual machines

plus more than 50 models of automatics

Resourceful Specialty manufacturer of in-can and in-plant tinting equipment

Progressive Fastest growing POS equipment provider in the world

Successful Surpassed 10,000 machines built & shipped in Y2012. An

impressive growth rate for a company with newest technology

in this market

Who we are:

Custom Dispensing Solutions


Overview of Our Major Customers:

PPG/AKZO/Sigma Exclusive supplier of manual dispensers & automatics to NA “Stores” Division and preferred vendor

status with independent dealer division

Sherwin-Williams Current full-line Supplier to “Brands” Division, + manuals and mixers approved with stores

Approved supplier to all Comex US and Canadian divisions, with various products

Benjamin Moore & Co. One of only three preferred vendors approved for automatics in North America as certified dispenser

supplier in US / Canada. Over 250+ units installed for both Color Preview and Gennex

Valspar Hardware / cooperative sector plus their new business initiative, The Paint Drop

The Home Depot Exclusive supplier to THD Mexico for automatics - endorsed by Behr, with successful installation of

600+ units during Q4 2012 and Q1 2013

Walmart Preferred Vendor Status automatics and manual machines for Mexico & Canada, with automatic

installations totalling over 700 units in past 3 years. Exclusive supplier to Walmart US for automatics

during June/10 thru May/13

US / Canadian Co-ops True Value - we currently earn just under 70% of their business. Supplier to Do it Best since 2009,

Orgill, Home Hardware - surpassed 600 units installed in past 4 years, Canadian Tire - 250 units

installed in past 3 years, United Hardware & Rona

Nova Club Largest World-wide buying syndicate. The majority of all equipment is supplied to the 12 Nova Club

members by HERO, including; Plascon, Tambour, Sinteplast, CIN, VALENTINE, Pintuco, Cloverdale

Paint & some installations with Diamond Vogel, etc.

Guild CPO Largest US Buying Syndicate. Several members rely on HERO’s vast product portfolio

Blanco Group Preferred Vendor to the whole group - Caribbean & Central & South America

Latin America BASF – Brazil, Sherwin-Williams, Pintuco Colombia & Ecuador, Condor/SW Ecuador, HB Fuller,

SurQuimica, Sinteplast, Ceresita, Sipa, Iquine, Sayer Lack, Pintex, BASF-Suvinil , AkzoNobel,

Sherwin-Williams, PPG, Killing, Eucatex, Universo, Hydronorth

Global Nippon, Berger Paints, Plascon, Tambour, CIN, Valentine S.A., among others

HERO – Snapshot of our Industry Experience

Sampling of Paint Channel Customers

Sampling of Paint Company Customers

Buying Groups that have partnered with us


HERO’s Top Customers

2012 - Global AKZO NOBEL India Limited

AKZO NOBEL LLC

BEHR

Berger Paint

BLANCO GROUP

CIN

CV.Calsura Lines

DISTRIBUIDORA KROMA S.A. DE C. (Comex)

Franchi&Kim

GENERAL PAINT LTD

Nippon Paint

Novyy Dom

Plascon

PPG

PT.Propan Raya I.C.C.

RVC International .Pte.Ltd (Sales)

Sinteplast

Tambour

2012 - National AKZO – International Paints

AKZO NOBEL Longuiel Quebec

ALLPRO Corporation

Benjamin Moore & Co.,

Canadian Tire Corporation

Carboline

Dryvit

Dunn-Edwards

Home Hardware

General Paints

Orgill, Inc.

PPG Corporate Stores

Sherwin Williams

True Value

United Hardware Distributing

Valspar

Vista Paints

Walmart

HERO – Our Line of Products

Full complement of mixers and shakers, manual dispensers and automatic dispensers


A100/A150 ARCHIMEDE™

A100 Sequential (1) Colorant Dispense

Flow Rate: 7 ounces per minute

A150 Simultaneous (4) Colorant Dispense

Flow Rate: up to 28 ounces per minute

Progressive Cavity Pump (PCP) Technology

Compatible with Water-based, VOC Free or Universal

Colorants

Canister Capacity: 2.1 quarts

Automatic humidifier cap

Laser cross hair can or bung hole locator

16 Canisters

Average Precision +/- 1%

Footprint: 32” H X 26.25” W


World’s Smallest Automatic

Colorant Dispenser


A210/A260 ARCHIMEDE™

A210 Sequential (1) Colorant Dispense



Flow Rate: up to 40 ounces per minute


Compatible with Water-based, VOC Free or Universal

Colorants

Canister Capacity: 2.6 quarts



16 Canisters


Footprint: 32” Diam. X 47”H



A450 EUREKA™




Compatible with Water-based, VOC Free

or Universal Colorants



16 Canisters


Canister Capacity:

16 circuit - 12 x 3.7Quart + 4 x 5.1Quart

Foot Print: 49”H x 37”W x 33”D



A461 EUREKA™






Roller Conveyor

16 Canisters


Canister Capacity:

16 circuit - 12 x 3.7Quart + 4 x 5.1Quart


High Flow Rate: 80 ounces per minute


Foot Print: 49”H x 37”W x 33”D


A961 EUREKA™






Roller Conveyor

16 Canisters


Canister Capacity:16 circuit - 23.2 quart + 9.5

quart + 5.7 quart + 3.6 quart


High Flow Rate: 80 ounces per minute


Foot Print: 52.1”H x 47.3”W x 42.1”D

Largest Capacity Canisters

with the Smallest Footprint

HERO – TintWise POSTM (HERO’s equipment utilities software)

Manage the dispenser

Manage color formulas

Functions include: • Product look up • Can size specification • User security • Label printing • Color database management • Custom formula generation • Bar code reader compatible

Compatible with most common brands of spectrophotometer and color matching software.

• Simple interface • Intuitive • Easy to use


HERO’s technical support and service coverage

We have North America covered

4 Factory technicians plus 35 3rd party technicians in Canada

6 Factory technicians plus135 3rd Party Technicians in the U.S.A

HERO-N.A., maintains two Engineers to support its customer service needs

All customer support calls are directed to HERO’s 24/7 Call Center in Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Technicians are dispatched to perform field service calls as needed

Spare parts lead time: less than 24 hours

Service call interventions lead time: 24/48 hours in US and Canada depending on locations

FROM THE EXPERTS…

Progressive Cavity Pump (PCP) versus Gear Pump (DVX)

• Regarding flow rate variations: “… PCP pumps appear to have distinct advantages. The volumetric flow rate variations per each complete shaft rotation are typically small; whereas for the DVX pumps the discharge rate varies sinusoidally from zero to a max value as the stepper motor traverses one half of a complete rotation.” - Professor Gareth McKinley, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• “Although the particle sizes are relatively small and would be handled by a typical gear pump, the general designs are more complex than the HERO system, hence more expensive to manufacture and replace.” - Professor Ian A. Frigaard, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia

• “For low (or no) VOC applications, I would be cautious at using gear pumps. These are typically made to high precision and will lose performance with wear.” - Professor Ian A. Frigaard, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of British Columbia

• Conclusions: “In continuous operation, the flow rate variation per cycle will be higher in the DVX system; whereas PCP systems provide more uniform flow rate output; in my general experience the flow rate output from PCP systems are largely insensitive to changes in fluid rheology; by contrast the possibility of fluid-dependent pump slip (and/or cavitation) in the DVX system (and the variability from one paint formulation to another) is likely to be higher.” -- Professor Gareth McKinley,

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology



The Technology:

Automatic

Dispensers HERO has a customized product portfolio of

automatic dispensers to fit the needs of today’s

coatings companies. HERO uses the newest

technology providing:

• Low frequency maintenance

• Calibration free design

• Lowest “Total Cost of Ownership” in the

industry

• Continuous flow

• Reverse flow capability

• Compatibility with ALL colorant types

• Ergonomic design and easy to use software

• HERO offers the smallest automatic dispenser

footprint in the industry


Rotor & Stator Canister and pump assembly

Core components: Canister and pump assembly

Pump assembly

HERO’s patented Progressive Cavity Pump (“PCP”), technology developed in Europe for low- and

zero-VOC colorants, allows HERO’s line to be ready for the entry of low- and zero-VOC colorants into

the North American Market. In other words, there will be no added expense for any of HERO’s

automatic dispensers in having to upgrade them to accommodate the new colorants.

HERO’s Progressive Cavity Pump (“PCP”) Technology

The Technology:

HERO – Why Hardware Stores prefer HERO

HERO – Lowest Total Cost of Ownership


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Install Date : May 11, 2011Last Full Calib. date: May 11, 2011Check date : April 17, 2013

Install Date : May 11, 2011Last Full Calib. date: May 11, 2011Check date : April 17, 2013

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Install Date : August 3, 2010Last Full Calib. date: August 3, 2010Check date : October 4, 2012

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Install Date : August 13, 2012Last Full Calib. date: August 13, 2012Check date : December 13, 2012

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Install Date : July 8, 2010Last Full Calib. date: July 8, 2010Check date : December 10, 2012

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Install Date : June 13, 2012Last Full Calib. date: June 13 2012Check date : August 24, 2012

Calibration Metric

Data collected from 9 stores


Calibration Metric (cont.)

Store Store #1 Store #2 Store #3 Store #4 Store #5 Store #6 Store #7 Store #8 Store #9

Overall Average Variance 0.02% 0.00% 0.03% 0.09% -0.05% 0.19% -0.04% 0.21% 0.07%

Calibration Check Date 17-Apr-13 11-Dec-12 4-Oct-12 12-Dec-12 13-Dec-12 7-Dec-12 10-Dec-12 6-Dec-12 29-Aug-12

Installation Date 11-May-11 20-Jun-11 3-Aug-10 2-Jun-10 13-Aug-12 2-Jun-11 8-Jul-10 7-Jun-11 29-May-12

Last Full Calibration Date 11-May-11 20-Jun-11 3-Aug-10 2-Jun-10 13-Aug-12 2-Jun-11 8-Jul-10 7-Jun-11 29-May-12

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Competitive Advantages

Product verification standardization, only automatic equipment provider with the same technology produced in all 4 production facilities Scalable technology, suited to a wide range of applications, singular technology platform for cost efficiency and band width capabilities Focused on local customer requirements, more production facilities located closer to the key customers Lowest “Total Cost of Ownership” (“TCO”), automatic dispenser producer Less calibration & less pump replacements, less pump wear, lowest pump pressure requirements in the industry Lowest pump cost of all auto dispenser producers, lower TCO Balanced investment in R&D & Customer Support, one of the two most profitable equipment producers of the global players Corporate Stability, fewer key staff movement, providing better customer continuity Dedicated Resources, channel representative that receives unparalled support of parent company

1 of only 3 world wide producers of a

full line of POS equipment

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