Extract Solutions Ltd

Company Merger

2006-05-24T16:50:00.000+12:00

ANNOUNCEMENT – COMPANY MERGER

19TH May 2006

The operations of Nelson based extraction company Extract Solutions Ltd are to be merged with those of one of its founding partners, Nutrizeal Ltd. following a buy-out of the shares. Nutrizeal (http://www.nutrizeal.com/) manufactures from natural products, a range of freeze-dried bulk powders and extracts for use as both human and animal health supplements. It also produces hard-gel capsules and bottles of natural ingredient blends for customers in Australia, Europe and USA. Nutrizeal helped establish Extract Solutions Ltd in 2002 as a joint venture with the hop industry. The supercritical fluid extraction plant is unique in New Zealand and the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere. The first extract was produced from hops in June 2003 using pure carbon dioxide under extreme pressures as a natural solvent. Since then a growing range of herbal and marine products have been successfully extracted at the plant.

Board chairman of Nutrizeal, Kim McGlashen, commented that the merger created the opportunity to consolidate the operations of the two companies under one management team. He says, “Nutrizeal has been manufacturing products for the health supplement market since 1995. During this time the company has kept a low profile while it quietly built greater capacity and new capabilities. In 2005 Nutrizeal completed construction of a new, purpose-built manufacturing facility adjacent to the extract plant at Appleby. The merger with Extract Solutions is a natural progression as the company develops new high value plant, animal and marine extracts.”

High Quality Kava Extract by Supercritical CO2

2006-02-09T14:06:00.000+13:00

Extract Solutions Ltd has sourced high quality Kava root from the Pacific Islands and extracted this at their plant in Nelson, New Zealand. The result is a paste with 80% kavalactone and quality and integrity assured.

Supercritical CO2 Extraction News

2006-01-27T16:59:00.000+13:00

ESL was established in 2002 as a joint venture between New Zealand Hops Ltd and Nutri-Zeal Ltd to process hops and develop interests in the nutraceutical, functional food and health ingredient markets.

ESL designed, built and commissioned the most modern supercritical CO₂ extraction facility in the Southern Hemisphere using best quality equipment. The result is a highly specified, high capacity plant with unparalleled capability to harness an environmentally acceptable extraction technique and recycle extraction medium with the pure raw materials of New Zealand.

The company employs staff with a wide range of expertise in technology, electronics, computerisation, customer service, research & development and international business skills.