Updated March 16, 1999

UNDER REPAIR DUE TO 2 DEAD LINKS March 16, 1999

WEB REPORT ON IONICS

REPORT | FOOTNOTES | REFERENCES

REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part A
Part B

Part A

Dollar sales for the U. S. residential water treatment equipment industry were $800 million in 1997. 1 There are approximately 100 companies which manufacture water purification equipment. 2 One of the better-known companies is Ionics whose stock symbol is ION . 3

Part B

Ionics got its start in Massachusetts in 1948 and its innovation was the invention of a special membrane used to desalt seawater. 4 Forty percent of its business is exported overseas or is produced overseas. 5 Ionics recently celebrated its 50th birthday by sponsoring a symposium at which Leon Billing, author of the Clean Water Act of 1974, was the keynote speaker. 6

ONE-YEAR STOCK CHART: IONICS VS. DOW JONES

FIVE-YEAR STOCK CHART: IONICS VS. DOW JONES

FOOTNOTES
1 keyword phrase: $784 million 1.0
2 keyword phrase: water purification products 1.0
3 keyword phrase: NYSE:ION 1.0
4 keyword phrase: ion exchange membrane 3.0
5 keyword phrase: approximately 40% 2.0
6 keyword phrase: Leon Billings 4.0

REFERENCES
1.0
"Frost & Sullivan: Brand Awareness Becomes Crucial as New Players Enter Growing Residential Water Treatment Equipment Market," PRNewswire, Mountain View, California, December 1, 1998. Company Press Release. Source: Frost & Sullivan.
date of document: Dec. 1, 1998
size: 14130
date visited: Jan. 11, 1999
URL:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/981201/ca_frost_s_2.html

2.0
Title: Ionics Fact Sheet
Heading: Ionics Fact Sheet
last updated: December 15, 1995
size: 20470
date visited: Jan. 11, 1999
URL:
http://www.ionics.com/aboution/factsheet.htm

3.0
Title: The Elite Page
Heading:
date of document: 7/14/98
size: 16017
date visited: Jan. 11, 1999
URL:
http://www.ionics.com/products/consumer/elite/default.htm

4.0
"Meeting the Water Challenges of the 21st Century: Ionics Holds International Water Symposium at MIT," PRNewswire, Watertown, MA, December 4, 1998. Company Press Release. Source: Ionics, Incorporated.
date of document: Dec. 4, 1998
size: 12021
date visited : Jan. 11, 1999
URL:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/981204/ma_ionics__1.html