MANCHESTER, N.H., Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- QED Connect, Inc. (OTC: QEDN), a New York Corporation ("QED Connect"), today announced that its Joint Venture partner, Sofame Technologies, Inc. ("Sofame Technologies") (TSXV: SDW), has received a purchase order for a Sofame Hybrid Percomtherm® unit from a leader in the processing and distribution of pork, poultry and meat products, with facilities in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. The water heating system, which operates at 96% efficiency, combines condensing recovery of waste heat from existing boilers with a new direct contact condensing burner.  The order, for a plant in Quebec, is one of several placed with Sofame by the same customer over the last few years to upgrade energy efficiency in their food processing operations.  The reduction in fuel costs generally offers a three years return on the total investment including installation.

John Gocek, Sofame's President & CEO comments, "Sofame is pleased to continue working with this customer to provide improved efficiency to their operations.  This order, which includes equipment and installation also qualified for a financial incentive from the natural gas utility, giving the customer everything needed to control project costs and ensure maximum benefits."

Tom Makmann, CEO of QED Connect added, "The Joint Venture continues to be a key part of our corporate strategy and we are pleased with Sofame's progress in closing new orders and obtaining financing.  QED anticipates, but can provide no assurances, that orders of Sofame systems in the JV will contribute to its 4th quarter as several US orders in excess of million dollars are about to close." 

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MONTREAL, Sept. 20, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Sofame Technologies Inc. (TSXV: SDW), a leading manufacturer of environmentally efficient industrial hot water systems and cost effective heat recovery equipment, is pleased to announce that Butterball, LLC, the largest producer of turkey products in the United States, has ordered a Sofame Hybrid Percomtherm® unit for its Mount Olive plant in North Carolina. The equipment, which operates at 96% efficiency, combines condensing recovery of waste heat from existing boilers with a new direct contact condensing burner to heat water.

"As the leading U.S. turkey producer, Butterball believes it has an obligation to be a good steward of the environment, and is pursuing many innovative environmental initiatives surrounding resource conservation, pollution prevention and upgrades to environmental sustainability." said Steve Valesko, Vice President of Engineering for Butterball, LLC. "Butterball is using advanced environmental technology to collect real-time, enterprise-wide data, measure actual performance and recommend new solutions to reduce energy and water use, as well as carbon emissions. The Sofame project touches all three of these areas," added Valesko.

According to John Gocek, Sofame's President CEO, "Sofame is excited to offer its energy and cost saving solutions to Butterball. This important project will recycle energy to heat process water. It is a perfect example of how Sofame's systems achieve cost savings, lower energy consumption and contribute to carbon footprint reduction."

About Butterball, LLC

Butterball, LLC is the largest producer of turkey products in the United States and offers a broad array of products for deli, retail and foodservice. Headquartered in Garner, N.C., Butterball produces 1 billion pounds of turkey each year and supplies its products to more than 50 countries. The company's three-pronged approach to Doing Business Right focuses on self-governance, sustainability and social responsibility. The initiative plays a key role in providing internal oversight for integrating values that are important to the company, in particular its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. The industry leader has seven plants located throughout the United States. For more information: http://www.butterballcorp.com

About Sofame Technologies Inc.

Sofame Technologies Inc. custom engineers and manufactures unique, high-efficiency direct-contact industrial hot water systems which extract up to 99 percent of heat from flue gases depending on the application, and return the energy in the form of hot water or pre-heated make-up air. Sofame's products help hospitals, food processing plants, universities, central heating plants, utilities and many more large energy consumers to significantly reduce fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Using world-leading, patented green technology, Sofame serves industrial, institutional and commercial markets through a network of dedicated engineering representatives. For more information: www.sofame.com

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MONTREAL, Sept. 19, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Sofame Technologies Inc. (TSXV: SDW) (OTC.PK: SFMGF), has reached an agreement with SYNERGY Entech (Shanghai) to sell industrial energy efficiency systems in the People's Republic of China. Sofame is a leading manufacturer of environmentally efficient and cost effective heat recovery systems for traditional fossil-fuel fired equipment, CO2 and NOx reduction technologies, and 50,000,000 BTU/Hr DIRECT-CONTACT water heaters. SYNERGY Entech (Shanghai) began to market Sofame's award winning water heating systems earlier this year. Strong interest from end-users led to the arrangement with SYNERGY. To enter the Chinese market, Sofame has agreed to source key components of its systems in China, and will sub-contract and oversee manufacturing of Sofame heat recovery units for the Chinese market by qualified Chinese manufacturers.

Light fuel oil in China currently costs $1.20 per US gallon, and natural gas costs $5.50 per Dekatherm, about double the US price. Saving energy reduces production costs, and direct contact waste heat recovery offers more savings than standard indirect contact heat exchangers used in China for decades. The Chinese government considers industrial energy efficiency a profit center, and is readily encouraging adoption of new technologies from the West, and wider distribution of domestically produced natural gas. The current five year plan addresses environment and clean energy priorities by boosting non-fossil fuel use up to 11.4 percent of primary energy consumption, water consumption per unit of value-added industrial output is to be cut by 30 percent, energy consumption per unit of GDP is to be cut by 16 percent, and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP are to be cut by 17 percent. Sofame's engineered products contribute to achieving all of these objectives set by the Chinese government.

Edward Wu, Sales Director for SYNERGY stated "We are eager to bring Sofame's proven 94-99% efficiency rates to industrial energy users across China. SYNERGY has already developed the first opportunities to sell Sofame systems in the People's Republic of China. By supplying components sourced in China, a significant cost barrier is eliminated. SYNERGY's new and existing customers will benefit from rapid deliveries and the lowest costs."

According to John Gocek, Sofame's President and CEO, "Chinese plants, boiler rooms, central heating and cogen stations can save fuel costs and reduce emissions by contacting SYNERGY, which is initially focusing on turn-key projects offering financial payback in under one year, including installation."

SYNERGY has five offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and two more are planned in southwest and central China. Sofame now has representation in China, Mexico and France, in addition to nineteen highly skilled and qualified representative firms promoting and selling Sofame commercial, institutional, and industrial waste heat recovery and water heating solutions across North America. www.sofame.com

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