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GCI hat eine Presseerklärung veröffentlich wonach die Firma ihren Betrieb einstellt. Weiterhin wurde eine Liste veröffentlich die die Seriennummern der sicheren Flaschen enthällt:This letter is to update all current and past paintball customers of GCI, Inc. The U.S. Department of Transportation has begun an investigation into select paintball pressure vessels manufactured by GCI. One of the allegations is that certain cylinders did not go through proper hydro testing procedures. As a part of the investigation, DOT has suspended GCI’s manufacturing exemptions. Many of the concerns raised by the DOT are inaccurate, and our lawyers are working with DOT to clear up may of the issues. Nevertheless, GCI has decided notto fight the suspension. Effective August 1, 2005, GCI has permanently closed its business. The DOT recently published a broad public safety advisory in the federal DOT registrar intended to protect the public from possible danger. The press release had to be broad because the DOT has not yet completed its investigation and does not yet have copies of all of the testing data from GCI’s independent testing agency. In reality, it is only select tanks that need to be recalled, andour lawyers are presenting the proof that most tanks shipped to our paintball customers were indeed flawless in terms of manufacturing quality and hydro testing certifications.Please update all of your customers to whom you have resold any GCI paintball tank. At last until the DOT amends the safety advisory, all use of GCI tanks must cease immediately. Pleaseprovide us with the names and addresses of all customers to whom you resold GCI tanks. Please also provide us with a copy of the invoices for each sale and any other documentation you have identifying the serial numbers on the tanks you have sold. If you are contacted by any of your customers, please ask them to send you the paintball tank serial number from both the label on the tank and the neck of the bottle (if visible). Finally, please provide us with the serial numbers (from both the label and the neck of the tank) for all GCI tanks you still have in your possession. Please fax us copies at (866) 217-9177 of these records at your earliest convenience. This will assist GCI in tracking down and retrieving every suspect paintball tank. We have attached a list of tanks that do NOT need to be recalled for your reference, but please retain the information requested above regardless if a customer calls you questioning their tank.Once we have provided the DOT with all of the relevant documentation, we hope to have the DOT reissue an update to the press release stating that only the suspect tanks need to be recalled. The above requested information will greatly assist us in resolving this issue immediately. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this will cause you and your customers. Weappreciate your past patronage and hope the best in your business ventures in the future.Global Composites InternationalGOOD CYLINDERS WITH HYDRO DATA IN HANDDEM 101A0401 – A0590A0201 – A0375DEM 102A0489 – A598A0201 – A0372A0401 – A0488DEM 112A0226 – A0308A0606 – A0715A0716 – A0757A0758 – A0969A1002 – A1145DEM 151B10333 – B10391A0002 – A0071A0078 – A0188A0201 – A0400B10449 – B10559B10720 – B10769B10790 – B10845B10849 – B10909DEM 154B10001 – B10191; B10201 – B10347, B10401 – B10574A00001 – A00200; A00201 – A00397; A00401 – B00583A00601 – A00800; A00801 – A01000; A01001 – B01183A01201 – A01400; A01401 – A01600; A01601 – B01800A01801 – A01977; A02001 – A02053; A02055 – B02195A02201 – A02348; A02401 – 02440 B10577 – B11164DEM 157A0001 – A0196B10001 – B10124B10202 – B10241B10402 – B10413RECALL CYLINDERSMODEL SERIAL NUMBERS151B10560 – 10571 12B10574 – 10589 16B10774 – 10789 16B10590 – 10653 64B10654 – 10717 64————————–172 TO BE RECALLED157B10125 – B10127, B10129, B10131 – B10134B10137 – B10140, B10143 – B10147, B10149, B10151,B10153 – B10155, B10160B10162, B10163, B10166, B10168, B10169B10172, B10173, B10175 – B10179B10182 – B10185, B10187, B10191B10193 – B10197, B10242, B10244B10247 – B10249, B10252 – B10256, B10258B10260 – B10264, B10267, B10268B10270 – B10273, B10275 – B10308—————————————————————91 TO BE RECALLED