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AirLite
bedding choice of USDA research center and others
June 2004
Airlite Animal Bedding has been tested for a USDA research center in Ft
Collins, Colo., and has been found as the only animal bedding material,
out of a range of products, to meet and exceed the airborne allergen and
bacteria requirements.
Testimonial - Game Birds
From Tedford Farms, Ft Lupton, Colorado
"Having used Airlite for around six months we have seen a great
reduction in mortality rate conservatively estimated to date at better
than 20 percent improvement"
Testimonial - Racing Thoroughbreds
From Katherine Nikkel - Thoroughbred race horse manager with 40 horses
in training in California, Kentucky and Newmarket, England.
"Everything arrived as you said. Horses & grooms love it—great cushion,
great footing, and horses rest really well on it. One of our horses is
allergic to straw and has suffered 'hot feet' requiring treatment. Since
using AirLite his feet have been cool with no more problems. We expect
AirLite to result in improved performance from our horses."
Various other thoroughbred breeding and training establishments have
switched to AirLite including the world famous Coolmore Ashford Stud in
Kentucky.
Airlite Expansion: Airlite as a product is new to the United States. The
company first arrived from the United Kingdom in June 2003 to and began
manufacturing full time in November 2003. The company expects to have at
least another three plants producing in the U.S. before the end of the
year an advanced system.
For additional information, contact Patrick Duffy
Tel:307-778-7422
Internet: www.airlite.us
Email: patrick.duffy@airlite.us
AirLite named bedding supplier for thoroughbred facilities
May 2004
AirLite Animal Bedding of Cheyenne, Wyo., has recently been chosen
the bedding supplier for some leading thoroughbred horse breeding
and training facilities in California and Kentucky.
Ashford Stud, Ky., is one the most prestigious facilities worldwide.
"Achieving Ashford as a customer is tremendous boost for us and our
product," said Patrick Duffy, the British owner of AirLite.
AirLite was chosen for its real health benefits and its overall
economy of use. A local Lexington, Ky., dealer, Brumfield Feed &
Grain, is planning to set up a free disposal service for their
AirLite customers where they will mulch the waste product into a
valuable compost for resale via garden centers.
Duffy said "AirLite is proving popular
in many different markets from Alpacas to sheep and cattle breeders,
for cowboys trailering their horses to and from events"
AirLite dealers are located in Wyoming,
Colorado, Texas and across the Midwest and are listed at
www.airlite.us
AirLite
manufactures beneficial animal bedding in Cheyenne
July
2003
AirLite Animal Bedding utilizes special machinery that processes waste
corrugated cardboard into a virtually 100-percent, dust-free animal
bedding product. Developed in the United Kingdom, the concept is new in
this country. The first machine was shipped from the UK in June 2003.
Cheyenne LEADS first came into contact with Patrick Duffy, AirLite
owner, in December 2001 and has been working with him to help get the
business off the ground and solidly located in Cheyenne. LEADS assisted
owner with initial contacts locally, property search, publicity and
availability of financing packages. A successful property search led
Duffy to a building located at 2814 South Greeley Highway.
Randy Bruns, president of Cheyenne LEADS, praised Duffy for his thorough
business plan and the fact that he has spent a lot of time developing
his marketing and getting supply contracts in place. "AirLite Animal
Bedding is a terrific addition to our business community," Bruns said.
"With developed markets and a distinct new product, we anticipate great
things from this venture."
Duffy manufactures and distributes his product to the retail and trade
customers in an area from Casper to Colorado Springs. The product is
marketed to those with horses and other animals, both large and small,
in need of bedding.
"Dust in horse bedding in particular is a real problem and, according to
the leading veterinary colleges, the majority of stabled horses suffer
in some way as a result," Duffy said. "Various processes have been
developed to improve the performance of traditional materials such as
wood shavings and straw with limited success. What AirLite did was to
look at what the problems are and then find a material and process to
tackle them."
The cardboard-based bedding is sold in the UK under a number of labels
and is particularly popular among the professional horse racing and show
jumping/event stables.
According to Duffy, the absorbent, dust-free product is resilient and
competitively priced. Disposal is easier and environmentally efficient
as composting can be fully achieved in weeks, making it ideal material
for worm farming.
Additionally, AirLite’s operation is beneficial to the local environment
because the business collects used corrugated cardboard from the local
community. Once used as bedding, the composted waste becomes a valuable
resource in itself.
AirLite Animal Bedding is available in compressed 40-pound bales and
half-ton pallets of 28 bales. The company will deliver direct to retail
customers within a 100-mile radius of Cheyenne. As it gains recognition,
the product will also be available in the future through feed and tack
stores across the Midwest.
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