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   Boulder, Colorado-based company expands relationships with global partners,bringing the total number of countries in its portfolio to 80 BOULDER, Colo.--(Business Wire)--Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. (LEC), the leading supplier ofintegrated lightning protection and lightning prevention products, solutions andservices, today announced the addition of several countries to the portfolio ofglobal regions where it protects local assets from devastating lightningstrikes. Among the factors that led to LEC`s continued international expansion were keybusiness agreements with partners Consilium, Incendium Fire System Solutions,Icon Power Solutions and Deltafire. LEC`s existing relationship with Consilium, which includes distributionagreements for business in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, was broadened toinclude distribution to India and Saudi Arabia. In addition, a new agreement wasinitiated with Consilium subsidiary Incendium Fire System Solutions, whichfurthers the company`s reach to Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. With the help of the United States Department of Commerce, LEC also initiated anagreement with Deltafire, a partner that will represent the company and itslightning protection technology in Australia. "As businesses across the globe consider the options that exist to protectagainst the increasing rates of lightning strikes, a growing number arerealizing that attracting lightning with a traditional lightning rod is not thebest approach," said Avram Saunders, president and CEO, Lightning Eliminators &Consultants. "The popularity of alternative solutions like ours, which preventstrikes from happening at all, is driving this unprecedented expansion to moreand more regions of the world." Its significant export business earned LEC the President`s "E" Award for U.S.Exporters in May 2013. The award was conferred on behalf of the President byActing Secretary of Commerce Rebecca M. Blank in a ceremony at the United StatesDepartment of Commerce in Washington, D.C. As a result, LEC was featured in aWashington Post article discussing ways small businesses approach exporting. Recognizing the increased level of interest from businesses in the United Statesand across the world, LEC also launched a summit series focused on educating theoil and gas and other industries about the importance of protecting againstlightning strikes. The first event occurred in April 2013, and the company willhost its second Lightning Protection Summit on October 10, 2013 at the MonumentInn in the Houston Ship Channel. About Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc.Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. (LEC) is dedicated to providingintegrated lightning protection and prevention products, solutions and servicesby utilizing innovative patented charge transfer technology, grounding systemsengineering, surge protection design, and providing comprehensive consultingservices based on physics and state of the art engineering principles. Workingglobally and throughout the United States, LEC has implemented its proprietaryDAS solutions in addition to RGA solutions for floating roof tanks across manyindustries like Petrochemical, Oil and Gas, Biochemical, Communications, Mining,Nuclear Energy, Utilities, Power Generation and Manufacturing. For moreinformation: 
  http://www.LightningProtection.com.
   For Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc.Scott Merritt, 770-778-4786scott@write2market.comCopyright Business Wire 2013