Sale of the TRI-Funori Company All of the assets of the TRI-Funori Company are being divested. Rod Stewart & Masumi Suzuki, the company’s owners and product developers, are now in retirement and wish to sell TRI-Funori to a dedicated conservation firm, individual or institution that shares the view that the product has a useful place in the field of objects conservation. The overriding objective of the sale is to get TRI-Funori into the hands of a manufacturer who will expand the market and ensure that the product remains available to objects conservators everywhere. We believe that once its merits are fully appreciated, TRI-Funori will find its way into the inventories of all serious conservation labs and studios. We see this as a gradual process similar to the way that the conservation product, B72, gained worldwide acceptance over an extended period of time. TRI-Funori has been well received by objects conservators in Europe and North America, with a considerable number of testimonials. The product has been purchased by dozens of private practice conservators and many international museums, libraries and archives. Briefly, TRI-Funori is a safe conservation product that is effective in a variety of applications: - As a fixative for friable paint on architectural surfaces or works of art.- - As a light adhesive for works of art on paper, parchment and related material. - As a poultice cleaning agent for delicate and ornate architectural surfaces. - As a sacrificial protective coating that facilitates easy removal of graffiti and other unwanted markings. Extracted from two species of red seaweed that grow only in the Sea of Japan, TRI-Funori is entirely organic. Transparent when applied, the product dries matte and is fully reversible with water. The research & development of TRI-Funori took place over a period of seven years to the point where the valuable concentrate can now be consistently liberated from the seaweed in a perfectly water-clear format. The product is produced without the use of solvents or chemical bleaches, and is environmentally friendly with a very low carbon footprint. TRI-Funori’s unique production process involves highly efficient filtration equipment that generates a viscous liquid (the concentrate), which is then frozen and freeze-dried for packaging in one or two gram envelopes. Objects conservators are thereby able to purchase a stable product with a long shelf life, which they can simply rehydrate back to its water-clear viscous state as needed for use. Information about the rehydration process is provided on the TRI-Funori website. The sale of the TRI-Funori Company includes the following assets: 1. The arrow and hexagon US and Canada registered trademark. 2. The domain name www.TRI-Funori.com. 3. The E-commerce website – www.TRI-Funori.com – and all of its content. 4. An established supply network that includes both US and European distributors. 5. A list of current TRI-Funori customers. 6. All intellectual property, photographs, records and developmental notes, including research reports commissioned from Exova International. 7. A secure supply chain from the current suppliers in Japan for the highest grade of raw feed stock available in any given year. Mr. Stewart & Ms. Suzuki have a very good relationship with the 300-year-old Japanese company that currently supplies the all-natural feedstock. 8. The process manufacturing equipment used to produce the high grade TRI-Funori product, which has an approximate value of $100K. Note: all electrics are 110V and 220V. 9. A training program on all aspects of TRI-Funori production. 10. Packing and shipping of all assets to a designated address. 11. Existing inventory of approximately 40 grams of product and 30 kilograms of raw material ready for processing. Interested parties are invited to contact: Neal Mednick (416) 432-0362 [email protected] or [email protected] ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
