Automatic Coating Limited/Pipe Viper International announces completion of
eight digs in Strathroy utilizing new green technology

SCARBOROUGH, ON, Oct 6 /CNW/ - Automatic Coating,  a world leader in liquid and powder coating in North America announced today it has successfully completed a pipe stripping project for Union Gas utilizing an environmentally friendly mobile pipe stripping unit. Union Gas is an integrated natural gas storage, transmission and distribution company serving approximately 1.3 million customers, and is a Spectra Energy company.  Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), a FORTUNE 500 company, is one of North America's premier natural gas infrastructure companies serving three key links in the natural gas value chain: gathering and processing, transmission and storage, and distribution.

"I am quite impressed with the machine. It was able to save us time in the field and money on the overall project." said Pete Fantuz, Construction Engineer/EIT,Union Gas Limited

"We are excited about the future of our mobile pipe stripping and coating services, as it will provide a new era in environmental protection in the rehabilitation of pipe for the oil and gas industry." said Brad Bamford, President of Automatic Coating Limited

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Jocelyn Williams
Vice President
Automatic Coating
416-335-7500 ext 269
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www.Automaticcoating.com