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ProSealCorp may be a young company, with many great plans and products in development and patent stages, however, products it is preparing for release have potential to be game-changing across industries. We spoke with T.J. (Tal) Brammer, ProSealCorp’s CEO, M.A. (Jane) Stone EVP technology and geophysicist/ hydrologist and Kevin Kirkpatrick VP marketing, about these new products, to find out why we should be excited for ProSealCorp’s upcoming offerings and what they could mean for cleaner industry, see prosealecco.com:
T.J Brammer CEO
Jane Stone VP technology and geophysicist/hydrologist
Kevin Kirkpatrick VP marketing
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e are a new start up, but one with a team that has decades of experience in green technology development. As professionals, this team been in the business of green production for more than forty years. ProSealCorp is in our early transition, from raw development to preparing for market ready phase; with patents pending and patents in process for our disruptive Nano Novel Matrix technology for Green Soil Stabilization, Toxic Leachate Containment Technologies, and Green Concrete Alternative Technologies,” Mr. Brammer told us.
We are always excited by true passion for green technology: it is the area in which innovation is happening within the heavy industries, and indeed across the industrial board. ProSealCorp definitely seems to share our enthusiasm: “Pro-SealECCO Nano Novel Matrix technology was entirely designed over many decades to be green in practice, green in process, green in material, and green in place. We have greatly reduced carbon footprint, no volatile organic contents (VOCs), and have a near zero hydrocarbon footprint in comparison to current technologies and processes in place,” said Ms. Stone. In total, the company’s team has, over their careers, developed over 180 green products and systems, all designed for the commercial industrial construction industry. The new, ProSealCorp’s green semi-structural, waterproof, soil stabilization and concrete alternative materials create concrete without the need for Silica sand. Silica sand is a finite, non-renewable resource. The diminishing supply of Silica sand has tremendous economic impact as it is primarily used in concrete. It is the most used construction material in the world, an estimated USD $8.6t annually and swelling to a projected USD 9.7t by 2025. Silica sands diminishing availability has been recently raised as a concern across industries. “We have, in the patent process, formulas to create NanoCrete®,” Mr. Brammer told us, “a green concrete alternative technology, using Nano Novel Matrix technology and mine tailings soil as a component instead of Silica sand. All required testing, to date, has passed standard test criteria for type I concrete. Additional testing is in process for scale up testing and for testing of type II concrete,” said Ms. Stone.
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As for the company’s Nano Novel Matrix technology, as Ms. Stone explained for us, “It may be placed in situ, cast, or formed and poured. It is designed site specific for site soils, allowing us to control reactions and engineer site desired results cost efficiently.” With a strong but modest team of less than 50 employees at present, ProSealCorp has major plans, aiming for over 3,500 members of staff once the first plant is in operation. However, whilst its team is currently nowhere near that size, ProSeal has a far reach: its offices operate out of Tucson and Phoenix, AZ, Seattle, WA and Henderson, NV in the US, as well as London in the UK, and Seoul in South Korea. ProSealCorp products are designed for use site by site, so the ability to study the local soil etc. will be a must, and therefore the wider its reach, the easier and more affordable this will be. “We will evaluate, design, formulate, and manufacture to meet site needs, anywhere on the planet,” Ms. Stone assured us. Regarding Pro-SealCorps team itself, the company believes in promoting from within where it can (though massive expansion will see qualified personnel brought in from outside, as well). As Mr. Brammer describes it, “We are going to be in extreme hiring mode as we build out.”
“Our philosophy regarding the entire workforce team is that we have no employees; we have teammates, team captains, coaches, and team management each with special skill sets focused on their specific team disciplines with strategic play contribution. We are heavy on training due to the nature of the work both in plant and at project site. Compensation in one of our plants is estimated to be 15% to 40% higher than other manufacturers due to training, desired retention curve, and excellent benefits packages; insurance, educational contribution, time off, 401K, etc,” Mr. Brammer told us. We asked Mr. Brammer what his philosophy is regarding good leadership. After all, with a solid team now, and plans to increase its size many times over, a strong sense of leadership and company culture is key, and something easiest to establish if one gets it right at the start: “Give them latitude, get them engaged in the decision process, get them involved in the vision and mission of the company,” he answered. “Allow them to take intrapreneurial ownership, take the reins of their respective department and/or responsibilities with the understanding that there is accountability. This empowering of staff allows the team to act with passion, not simply obedience, and to share
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in the dreams and goals of the company in a true, motivating sense”. In total, the company’s core business activities include mine tailings soil toxic leachate containment, acid rock containment, semi structural soil stabilization and low level radiation soils containment; rapid road base & service roads stabilization and building, as well as slope and drainage stabilization; fly ash containment and stabilization; oil fracking berms and ponds, production pad and access road stabilization; waste management; stabilization of earthen mounds and dams, dust and mud control; and coming attractions Type I and Type II Green Concrete alternatives. Their Nano Novel Matrix technology can also help to extend containment liner life expectancy! All in all, their green products can help to clean up a crazy amount of general industry’s processes and generated waste materials – and not just those! These products also apply to the forest fire reclamation, parks reclamation, retro liquefaction reclamation/prevention and across the energy industries, and the company is looking into these directions as well. Each of these industries is a major contributor both economically and yet, unfortunately, lots of pollution. We asked Mr. Brammer and Ms. Stone to break down exactly how ProSealCorp’s various offerings could apply to each sector:
“In the mining industry, mine tailings are a large environmental problem and a looming liability for the mining industry as a whole. Our Nano Novel Matrix technology is positioned to structurally stabilize soil while containing toxic leachates, low level radiation, and acid rock, in mine tailings soil”, Stone said. “The mining industry has been under lot of attention and pressure to find a global solution to the problem of toxic, mining tailings. Regulatory and community concern over the continued ‘business as usual’ (BAU) approach has reached a crescendo. Multiple industry players, including investors, insurance entities, and government are raising concerns over the current BAU practices. These practices have resulted in significant loss of life, complete destruction of local towns and eco habitats. Responsible mining partners, including consulting engineers, academic scientists, and major mining concerns are working together to find answers. An industry solution is in the forefront of the minds of each of these” Mr. Brammer responded. “Pro-SealECCO is the only viable solution for the issue of toxic tailings soils globally”, a quote from Dr. Jaeheon Lee, University of Arizona, School of Mining and a Director Center for Tailings Excellence, according to Mr. Kirkpatrick.
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“In the energy industry, fly ash containment has become a huge and expensive problem. With our disruptive technology systems, we can achieve long term containment, safer, faster, for far less cost, and for far longer service life. We are told by consultants that forest fire ash in California and other areas are creating enormous environmental issues for companies, due apparently to the impact of ash accelerating erosion of critical sloped lands. Nano Novel Matrix soil stabilization will play a key role in resolving these issues, as it will not only stabilize the ash and soil, it binds in leachates, and it will also resist soil erosion from wind and rain”. “As for road construction and repair, the transportation infrastructure in the USA is in severe disrepair. ProSealCorp’s, Pro-SealECCO Nano Novel Matrix technology, Rapid Road build generates new road base, reinforces existing road base incorporating both asphalts and chip seal right into the mix as addition content, establishes slope stabilization, drainage ponds, berms, drainage, swells, and more using in situ soils with our additives eliminating the need for haul in of rock and other substrate materials. The Nano Novel Matrix technology stops potholing and affords extremely rapid road repair or build with environmental positive impact. This is accomplished at extremely high production rates, reducing the carbon footprint and hydrocarbon output, reducing environmentally damaging harvesting at alternate sites and haul in haul out loads, all while cutting the costs to build, maintenance, and to own roads substantially,” Ms. Stone told us. ProSealCorp is an ‘extreme disruptor’ of these industries, according to Ms. Stone, but even so, reception and acceptance has been slow, in some cases. Green developments in such industries tend to move slowly – something that Mr. Brammer and Ms. Stone attribute partly to the need for education to explain the vast difference between ProSealCorp’s Nano Novel Matrix technology and the alternatives. In the military arena, however, developments have been happening quickly. “We are making great forward strides with military projects and our technology has been accepted by the USACE. We have some project decisions pending for a significant number of lane miles of road, helipads, and other pads. Further, we are specified into a tailing’s containment start, in Brazil for dry cake stack of low-level radiation tailings”, Mr. Brammer said.
When initial uptake is slow, it reveals the true passion of a team when their enthusiasm and dedication continue unabated. We asked Mr. Brammer where this passion comes from: “We are a team of experts in our fields - driven believers with boundless energy! Containment of toxic leachates will literally change our world. We continue to recruit and add expertise to our team. Why is Pro-SealCorp so attractive to these experts in their fields? “We are the only known technology that binds and contains toxins into soil to include 7 of the EPA 8 metals tested, at or below EPA allowable standards. The RCRA 8 are silver, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, mercury, lead and selenium, according to Dr. Lee of the University of Arizona and Dr. Nelson of Colorado School of Mining concurs.” said Mr. Brammer. Mercury, as yet, remains untested; it was not present in the samples tested, according to Ms. Stone, however, ProSealCorp believes that it will be contained as well. Of course, this theory will be tested thoroughly before any solid claims are made, however the company is confident. In short, the company’s passion comes both from the importance of its cause, and its faith in the strength and innovation of its Nano Novel Matrix technologies. “We have developed a high level of how bonds and binders are able to be designed, engineered, structured, and to be more functional. Nano Novel Matrix technology creates stronger bonds due to a multiplex of complex reactions in the same footprint. These happenstances are only available in the market with our patent pending technology. Our technology, as we have stated, is disruptive, as it contains the tested EPA RCRA 8 metals at EPA or better than allowable content, is green, is site specific designed, has a long service life, and may be valued engineered,” said Ms. Stone. Of course, belief and passion from within only get a company so far – support from without is also needed. Start-ups require aligned investors, and a company with industry-changing potential like ProSealCorp is an exciting company for a green-conscious investor to get involved with. The company itself takes pride in its green operating environment. “We use only natural materials to generate natural reactions. Our entire end goal is a green solution to environmental challenges with environment positive impact solutions.” As well as keeping its own processes green, and the green impact of its products, ProSealCorp works actively with several groups that aim to set a new, greener, set of industry standards in its areas of operation. For example, it is involved with the Tailings Centre for Excellence, headquartered at
Greener construction Colorado State University; TAILENG, headquartered out of Georgia Tech; and has contributed to Global Industry Standards on Tailings Management in London, an independent process convened by the United Nations Environment Programme. On top of this, the company helps in the development of general education on such matters for affected communities, and for people within these industries at large. This is all something worthwhile to support if one shares ProSealCorp’s passion and green ethos. Lastly, of course, its projects for its business are also encouraging and exciting:
“We are of course seeking interested key green investment or other investment, said Mr. Kirkpatrick. “We project conservatively greater than $2.7t USD in revenues, over the life of our patents, with this disruptive technology across our markets globally. The ‘alternative concrete market’ alone has $900b USD potential in less than 5 years.” It is both impressive and refreshing to encounter any company that is dedicated to improving the possibilities of green industry, and particularly in
industries where clean and sustainable practices are a known issue. This focus on a cleaner future is what motives ProSealCorp’s team and keeps them moving forward, as Mr. Brammer and Ms. Stone in unison told us with enthusiasm: “The end goal for ProSealCorp is to create a lasting legacy of better, greener processes with which to protect our environment, our communities and all stakeholders. In working together with the academic world and across the affected industries and the communities in which they operate, it is the goal of ProSealCorp to create a more safe, sustainable environment, through environment positive impact solutions, in critical operation with a positive green impact to the world-wide economy.” Who wouldn’t want to see that come to pass? We look forward to watching ProSealCorp’s progress, and hope we’ll be writing success stories about their solutions’ integration into industry life for years to come. For more information go to www.prosealecco.com or email information@prosealecco.com.
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