Asian Innovation Award by Dow Jones for Tyre Pyrolysis Innovation

January 21, 2011

Tokyo, Japan - Klean Industries Inc. (“KI”) today announced that it was nominated for the Asian Innovation Awards 2011 by Dow Jones & The Wall Street Journal. The Asian Innovation Awards are committed to finding the next big ideas in Asia, from entirely new inventions to the advancement of a classic. Entries to The Asian Innovation Awards come from individuals, small businesses, large corporations, or academia in Asia Pacific. An independent panel of judges has been selected by The Wall Street Journal Asia, who would judge this year’s entries.  The leading criteria for judging are: Level of creativity or degree of innovation, Quality of execution and, Potential impact on quality of life or productivity. As per sources, KI got the chance to partake in this event through a formal invitation from Ms. Eva Yim, the Assistant Marketing Manager, of Dow Jones Publishing Company, Asia. It was a great achievement for the corporation to get the invitation based on the company’s performance in many creative National Events like Wastetech Japan, Globe 2010, and many more. Also, the company’s R&D department in Chemical Engineering is backed by leading intellect mentors who act as guiding support for the students to excel in the field of Research and Development for the future. The Asian Innovation Awards 2011, presented by The Wall Street Journal Asia in partnership with Credit Suisse AG, will honor finalists from around the Asia Pacific region. The Asian Innovation Awards, which attracted nearly 300 entries from 13 countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, are committed to finding the next big technological ideas in Asia. Finalist entries range from a new water purification system to a new mobile platform for farmers to enable them to share crop data.  Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners will be honored as part of a ‘Conversations with Innovators of the World’ event staged by Credit Suisse at the Four Seasons in Hong Kong in October, and featuring such distinguished guests as The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major, former U.K. Prime Minister and senior adviser to Credit Suisse; Miss Janet Wong, Hong Kong’s Commissioner for Innovation and Technology and Mr. Andrew Lai, Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology. About The Wall Street Journal Asia The Wall Street Journal Asia is the leader in global business news for Asia. Since 1976, it has provided indispensable news and analysis of regional and global business developments for an influential pan-Asian audience of corporate and government decision-makers. The Wall Street Journal Asia has been voted the most “important business reading” among international daily newspapers in Asia in every ABRS/BE:ASIA study since the survey’s inception in 1985. Edited and published in Hong Kong, The Wall Street Journal Asia is printed in eleven Asian cities-Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, and Tokyo-and distributed throughout the Asia Pacific region. More than 75% of its subscribers are Asian. The Wall Street Journal’s Web site for Asia is at www.asia.wsj.com and the homepage for India is www.india.wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal is also published online in Japanese at www.japan.wsj.com and in Chinese at www.chinese.wsj.com. About Dow Jones A leader in news and business information worldwide, Dow Jones is newswires, Web sites, newspapers, newsletters, databases, magazines, radio, and television. Our publications inform the discussions and decisions of the world while our databases make the business world more transparent. We develop technology to transform information into insight. With more than 2,000 journalists in 58 countries publishing in a dozen languages, we inspire audiences with authoritative, differentiated, and trusted content. CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Klean Industries Inc.  Suite 2500 - 700 W. Georgia St, Vancouver, BC,  Canada, V7Y1B3 (T) +1.604.637.9609 (T) +1.866.302.5928 (F) +1.604.637.9609 (E) sales(@)kleanindustries.com