2005 Press Releases

Nate Kondo Joins Harsco GasServ

New Southwestern Region Sales Manager Brings Fifteen Years of Industrial Sales & Marketing Experience to the Marketplace

Mechanicsburg, PA – (April 22, 2005): Harsco GasServ has named Mr. Nate Kondo as Southwestern Region Sales Manager. In his new position, Mr. Kondo will be responsible for selling Taylor-Wharton high pressure and acetylene cylinders, cryogenic storage and dispensing cylinders, packaged shielding gas systems and RDF equipment. He will also represent Sherwood’s extensive line of precision compressed gas valve products. Mr. Kondo is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Nate’s sales territory is comprised of five Southwestern States; Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and California south of Fresno. He will report directly to Tim Miller, Director of North American Sales – Industrial Gas Equipment. Mr. Miller commented that, “Nate’s extensive experience in the fluid systems and vacuum equipment industry and his product management expertise will be of significant value to Harsco GasServ’s focus on new opportunities in the traditional industrial gas markets.”

Mr. Kondo’s credentials include 15 years of experience in fluid system components, vacuum equipment and semiconductor gas and chemical delivery equipment. His background in industrial account management, product management and sales/marketing includes wide-ranging work in North America and Asia. Most recently, Nate served as the Sales and Marketing Manager for NORCIMBUS Inc., a manufacturer of Ultra High Purity Gas and Chemical delivery equipment. He is a 1989 graduate of Miami University (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. Scott W. Boyd, Harsco GasServ Vice President of Sales and Marketing noted that, “Nate’s broad knowledge of Ultra High Purity gas equipment is an ideal compliment to our Harsco GasServ focus on total solution selling. We are certain that Nate’s contributions to Harsco GasServ’s concentration on value-added services and total gas solutions will benefit all of our customers in the Southwestern Region.”

Harsco GasServ comprises four complementary manufacturing and service businesses that combined, form the world’s leading technology, service and manufacturing network for gas applications involving pressure vessels and precision valves. The Group operates 23 manufacturing, sales, warehouse and service facilities in 9 countries on 5 continents, and markets its products in over 80 countries worldwide. Additional information about Harsco GasServ can be found at www.harscogasserv.com.

Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) is a $2.5 billion industrial services and products company employing approximately 18,500 people at over 400 locations in more than 40 countries of operation. Additional information about Harsco can be found at www.harsco.com.