LEDA  TECHNOLOGIES  CHANGES  NAME
TO BETTCHER  FOODSERVICE

Leda Technologies, GmbH announces a corporate name change.  Effective 1 April, 2009, the company’s new name will be Bettcher Foodservice, GmbH.  The new name reflects the current corporate ownership of the company; Bettcher Industries, a leading worldwide manufacturer of equipment for food processing and foodservice operations, acquired the assets of Leda Technologies in 2007.  The name change fulfills a desire to expand the company’s unique egg pasteurization product lines leveraging a brand name that has worldwide recognition and customer appeal.

While the company’s name is changing, there is no change to the products being manufactured and sold.  As the developer of point-of-use pasteurization technology now available to commercial kitchens and on breakfast buffet lines, a special patented process enables eggs to be pasteurized in the shell and safely stored for long periods of time.  No other point-of-use technology is available that essentially eliminates the presence of harmful pathogens such as salmonella and avian influenza that are potentially lethal to consumers.

In addition to a continuation of the product line offering, no changes are being made to the company’s organization or personnel.  Company operations are based in Dierikon, Switzerland.