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                                                                   Exhibit 10.15

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                             CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                                 ENTEGRIS, INC.
                            a Minnesota corporation,

                                FLUOROWARE, INC.
                            a Minnesota corporation,

                                       and

                                  EMPAK, INC.
                            a Minnesota corporation,

                                  June 1, 1999

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ARTICLE I.          ORGANIZATION MATTERS...........................................................................2

                    1.1        Formation of the Company............................................................2
                    1.2        Management..........................................................................2
                    1.3        Board/Strategic Integration Team....................................................3

ARTICLE II.         THE EXCHANGE...................................................................................3

                    2.1        Exchange of Shares by the Fluoroware Shareholders...................................3
                    2.2        Exchange of Shares by the Empak Shareholders........................................3
                    2.3        Reissuance of Warrants, Options, etc................................................4
                    2.4        Fractional Shares...................................................................4
                    2.5        The Closing.........................................................................4
                    2.6        Shareholder Agreements..............................................................5
                    2.7        Designation of Shareholder Representatives..........................................5

ARTICLE III.        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
                    FLUOROWARE.....................................................................................5

                    3.1        Incorporation and Corporate Power...................................................6
                    3.2        Authority...........................................................................6
                    3.3        No Breach...........................................................................6
                    3.4        Governmental Authorities; Consents..................................................6
                    3.5        Capital Stock.......................................................................7
                    3.6        Financial Statements................................................................7
                    3.7        Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities..................................................7
                    3.8        No Material Adverse Changes.........................................................8
                    3.9        Absence of Certain Developments.....................................................8
                    3.10       Tax Matters.........................................................................9
                    3.11       Contracts and Commitments..........................................................11
                    3.12       No Defaults........................................................................14
                    3.13       Intellectual Property Rights.......................................................14
                    3.14       Litigation.........................................................................16
                    3.15       Employees..........................................................................16
                    3.16       Employee Benefit Plans.............................................................16
                    3.17       Customers and Suppliers............................................................18
                    3.18       Compliance with Laws; Permits......................................................18
                    3.19       Brokerage..........................................................................18
                    3.20       Inventory..........................................................................19

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                    3.21       Accounts and Notes Receivable......................................................19
                    3.22       Affiliate Transactions.............................................................19
                    3.23       Real Estate........................................................................19
                    3.24       Condition of Assets................................................................20
                    3.25       Environmental Matters..............................................................21
                    3.26       Year 2000 Compliance...............................................................24
                    3.27       Warranties.........................................................................25
                    3.28       Disclosure.........................................................................25

ARTICLE IV.         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EMPAK ......................................................26

                    4.1        Incorporation; Corporate Power; Subsidiary.........................................26
                    4.2        Authority..........................................................................26
                    4.3        No Breach..........................................................................26
                    4.4        Governmental Authorities; Consents.................................................27
                    4.5        Capital Stock......................................................................27
                    4.6        Financial Statements...............................................................27
                    4.7        Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.................................................28
                    4.8        No Material Adverse Changes........................................................28
                    4.9        Absence of Certain Developments....................................................28
                    4.10       Tax Matters........................................................................29
                    4.11       Contracts and Commitments..........................................................31
                    4.12       No Defaults........................................................................33
                    4.13       Intellectual Property Rights.......................................................34
                    4.14       Litigation.........................................................................35
                    4.15       Employees..........................................................................36
                    4.16       Employee Benefit Plans.............................................................36
                    4.17       Customers and Suppliers............................................................37
                    4.18       Compliance with Laws; Permits......................................................38
                    4.19       Brokerage..........................................................................38
                    4.20       Inventory..........................................................................38
                    4.21       Accounts and Notes Receivable......................................................38
                    4.22       Affiliate Transactions.............................................................39
                    4.23       Real Estate........................................................................39
                    4.24       Conditions of Assets...............................................................40
                    4.25       Environmental Matters..............................................................40
                    4.26       Year 2000 Compliance...............................................................44
                    4.27       Warranties.........................................................................44
                    4.28       Disclosure.........................................................................45

ARTICLE V.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.................................................45
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                    5.1        Incorporation and Corporate Power..................................................45
                    5.2        Execution, Delivery; Valid and Binding Agreement...................................45
                    5.3        Validity of the Company Shares.....................................................46
                    5.4        No Breach..........................................................................46
                    5.5        Governmental Authorities; Consents.................................................46
                    5.6          Brokerage........................................................................46

ARTICLE VI.         COVENANTS OF EMPAK AND FLUOROWARE.............................................................46

                    6.1        Conduct of the Business............................................................46
                    6.2        Access to Books and Records........................................................48
                    6.3        Hart-Scott-Rodino Filing...........................................................49
                    6.4        Other Regulatory Filings...........................................................49
                    6.5        Conditions.........................................................................49
                    6.6        No Negotiations....................................................................49
                    6.7        Tax and Accounting Treatment.......................................................50

ARTICLE VII.        CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.........................................................................50

                    7.1        Conditions to the Fluoroware Shareholders' Obligations.............................50
                    7.2        Conditions to the Empak Shareholders' Obligations..................................52

ARTICLE VIII.       TERMINATION...................................................................................55

                    8.1        Termination........................................................................55
                    8.2        Effect of Termination..............................................................55

ARTICLE IX.         SURVIVAL; OFFSET RIGHTS.......................................................................55

                    9.1        Survival...........................................................................55
                    9.2        Indemnification Commitments........................................................56
                    9.3        Limitations on Indemnification Commitments.........................................56
                    9.4        Insurance Proceeds.................................................................58
                    9.5        Claims Procedure...................................................................58

ARTICLE X.          MISCELLANEOUS.................................................................................59

                    10.1       Press Releases and Announcements...................................................59
                    10.2       Expenses...........................................................................60
                    10.3       Amendment and Waiver...............................................................60
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                    10.4       Notices............................................................................60
                    10.5       Assignment.........................................................................61
                    10.6       Severability.......................................................................61
                    10.7       Complete Agreement.................................................................61
                    10.8       Counterparts.......................................................................61
                    10.9       Governing Law......................................................................61

                                           List of Schedules and Exhibits

Schedule A-1        -          Fluoroware Shareholder List
Schedule A-2        -          Empak Shareholder List

Exhibit A           -          Shareholder Agreement
Exhibit B           -          Legal Opinion - Empak's Legal Counsel
Exhibit C           -          Legal Opinion - Fluoroware's Legal Counsel

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                            CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT
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                  This Consolidation Agreement, dated as June 1, 1999, is made
and entered into by and among ENTEGRIS, INC., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Company"), FLUOROWARE, INC., a Minnesota corporation ("Fluoroware"), and EMPAK,
INC., a Minnesota corporation ("Empak").

                  WHEREAS, the persons listed on schedule A-1 to this agreement
(the "Fluoroware Shareholders") are the record and beneficial owners of all of
the outstanding shares of capital stock of Fluoroware; and

                  WHEREAS, the persons listed on schedule A-2 to this agreement
(the "Empak Shareholders") are the record and beneficial owners of all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of Empak; and

                  WHEREAS, the Company is a newly-organized corporation which
has been established for the purposes of facilitating the consolidation of the
business operations of Fluoroware and Empak; and

                  WHEREAS, Fluoroware Shareholders and the Empak Shareholders
(collectively, the "Shareholders") intend to transfer their respective equity
interests in Fluoroware and Empak to the Company, on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this agreement, in exchange for all of the
outstanding shares of the Company's common stock (the "Exchange") so that the
Shareholders will be in "control" of the Company immediately after the Exchange;
and

                  WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of Fluoroware and
Empak has determined that it is advisable and in the respective best interests
of Fluoroware and Empak and their shareholders that the Exchange take place on
the terms set forth in this agreement; and

                  WHEREAS, for federal income tax purposes, it is intended that
the Exchange qualify as a tax-free transfer of property by the Shareholders
under the provisions of section 351 of the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); and

                  WHEREAS, for accounting purposes, it is intended by Fluoroware
and Empak that the Exchange be accounted for as a "pooling of interests."

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the
respective representations, warranties, covenants and commitments of the parties
set forth in this agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Empak, Fluoroware and the
Company agree as follows:
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                                   ARTICLE I
                             ORGANIZATION MATTERS

                  1.1 Formation of the Company. Each of Empak and Fluoroware
acknowledges that the Company was incorporated as a Minnesota corporation for
the purposes of facilitating the Exchange and of acting as a holding company
which will initially own and operate Fluoroware and Empak as wholly-owned
subsidiaries. Each of Empak and Fluoroware will deliver a copy of the articles
of incorporation and bylaws of the Company to their respective Shareholders
prior to the completion of the Exchange.

                  1.2      Management.

                  (a) Immediately following the completion of the Exchange, the
Board of Directors of the Company shall consist of up to nine (9) persons, three
(3) of whom shall be designated by Fluoroware's current Board of Directors,
three (3) of whom shall be designated by Empak's current Board of Directors, and
up to three (3) of whom shall be independent persons who are initially
designated by the mutual agreement of the other members of the Company's Board
of Directors. The initial Board members shall use their best efforts to mutually
agree upon and select the three (3) independent directors by September 1, 1999.
Daniel Quernemoen will serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for an
initial term of one (1) year, and the Board of Directors will establish
appropriate audit and compensation committees.

                  (b) Immediately following the completion of the Exchange and
for a period of at least one (1) year from the Closing Date, the executive
officers of the Company shall be as follows:

                         Position                  Name
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                         Chief Executive Officer/  Stan Geyer
                         President, Secretary
                         Executive Vice President/ Del Jensen
                         Operations and Integration

                  (c) Immediately following the completion of the Exchange, the
Board of Directors of each of Fluoroware and Empak shall be changed to be
identical to the Board of Directors of the Company, and the executive officers
of each of Fluoroware and Empak shall be the respective executive officers of
each of such corporations as of the Closing Date.

                  (d) Subject to sections 1.2(a) and (b), the persons who
constitute the Boards of Directors and executive officers of the Company, Empak
and Fluoroware may be changed from time to time in accordance with each
corporation's governing instruments and applicable law.

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                  1.3 Board/Strategic Integration Team. A Board Integration
Team, initially consisting of Stan Geyer, Jim Bernards, Jim Dauwalter and Del
Jensen, shall oversee the integration of the operations and businesses of Empak
and Fluoroware for a period of at least one (1) year following the Closing Date.
The Board Integration Team shall be responsible for selecting appropriate
representatives of Fluoroware and Empak to constitute a Strategic Integration
Team to implement a comprehensive plan for the integration of all aspects of the
businesses of the Company.

                                  ARTICLE II
                                 THE EXCHANGE

                  2.1      Exchange of Shares by the Fluoroware Shareholders.

                  (a) Fluoroware shall use its best efforts to cause each of the
Fluoroware Shareholders to assign, transfer and deliver to the Company, on the
Closing Date, the certificates evidencing that number of shares of Fluoroware
capital stock (the "Fluoroware Shares") owned by such Fluoroware Shareholder and
set forth after such Fluoroware Shareholder's name on schedule A-1, and that
such certificates shall be properly endorsed for transfer on the stock registry
of Fluoroware.

                  (b) The Company shall issue and deliver up to 1.1579232 shares
of the Company's common stock ("Company Shares") to each of the Fluoroware
shareholders who tender their Fluoroware Shares to the Company pursuant to this
agreement, which Company Shares shall, subject to the provisions of article IX,
be delivered at the following times:

                           (i) On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue and
                           deliver to such Fluoroware Shareholders 1.1000270
                           Company Shares for each Fluoroware Share owned by
                           such Fluoroware Shareholder and delivered to the
                           Company on the Closing Date; and

                           (ii) On the first anniversary of the Closing Date,
                           the Company shall also issue and deliver to such
                           Fluoroware Shareholders, for each Fluoroware Share
                           owned by such Fluoroware Shareholder and delivered to
                           the Company on the Closing Date, that number of
                           additional Company Shares (the "Fluoroware Holdback
                           Shares") as is equal to (A) .0578962, multiplied by
                           (B) the Fluoroware Adjustment as determined pursuant
                           to section 9.3(e).

                  2.2      Exchange of Shares by the Empak Shareholders.

                  (a) Empak shall use its best efforts to cause each of the
                  Empak Shareholders to assign, transfer and deliver to the
                  Company, on the Closing Date, the certificates evidencing that
                  number of shares of Empak capital stock (the "Empak Shares")
                  owned by such Empak Shareholder and set forth after such Empak
                  Shareholder's name on

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                  schedule A-2, and that such certificates shall be properly
                  endorsed for transfer on the stock registry of Empak.

                  (b) The Company shall issue and deliver up to 1.8318759
                  Company Shares to each of the Empak shareholders who tender
                  their Empak Shares to the Company pursuant to this agreement,
                  which Company Shares shall, subject to the provisions of
                  article IX, be delivered at the following times:

                           (i) On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue and
                           deliver to such Empak Shareholders 1.7402821 Company
                           Shares for each Empak Share owned by such Empak
                           Shareholder and delivered to the Company on the
                           Closing Date; and

                           (ii) On the first anniversary of the Closing Date,
                           the Company shall also issue and deliver to such
                           Empak shareholders, for each Empak Share owned by
                           such Empak Shareholder and delivered to the Company
                           on the Closing Date, that number of additional
                           Company Shares (the "Empak Holdback Shares") as is
                           equal to (A) .0915938, multiplied by (B) the Empak
                           Adjustment, as determined pursuant to section 9.3(e).

                  2.3 Reissuance of Warrants, Options, etc. On the Closing Date,
the Board of Directors of the Company shall offer to exchange warrants or
options of the Company which reflect the conversion ratios set forth in sections
2.1 and 2.2 for all outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Fluoroware Shares or Empak Shares that are issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Closing Date, which substitute warrants and options shall have
terms (including exercise prices (appropriately adjusted to reflect the
conversion ratios set forth in sections 2.1 and 2.2), vesting schedules and
exercise periods) that are comparable to the warrants or options being exchanged
and shall include such holdback and other provisions as shall be permitted or
required to comply with applicable rules relating to "pooling of interests" and
the continuation of the employee incentive stock option treatment for those
options which currently qualify as incentive stock options .

                  2.4 Fractional Shares. No certificates or scrip representing
fractional Company Shares shall be issued to any of the Shareholders upon the
Exchange, and the number of Company Shares issuable to any Shareholder pursuant
to this article II shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.

                  2.5 The Closing. The closing of the Exchange and the other
transactions contemplated by this agreement (the "Closing") will take place at
1:00 p.m. at the Fluoroware corporate offices at 3500 Lyman Boulevard, Chaska,
Minnesota, Minnesota 55318 on June 7, 1999 (the "Closing Date"), or at such
other date and time as the chief executive officers of Fluoroware and

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Empak shall agree upon (which shall be at least three (3) business days after
delivery of written notice of the Closing Date to the Shareholders).

                  2.6 Shareholder Agreements. Prior to the Closing Date,
Fluoroware and Empak shall use their best efforts to obtain from their
respective Shareholders executed agreements (the "Shareholder Agreements")
pursuant to which the Shareholders shall (a) make certain investment
representations relative to Company Shares, (b) make certain other
representations relative to the Fluoroware Shares or Empak Shares, as the case
may be, (c) acknowledge and agree to the reduction of the number of the
Fluoroware Holdback Shares or the Empak Holdback Shares that will be delivered
by the Company pursuant to section 2.1(b)(ii) or 2.2(b)(ii), as the case may be,
to the extent required to satisfy claims under article IX, and (d) to designate
the Shareholder Representatives referenced in section 2.7 and to empower them to
act on their behalf in the manner contemplated by section 2.7. The Shareholder
Agreements shall be in the form attached to this agreement as Exhibit A.

                  2.7      Designation of Shareholder Representatives.

                  (a) Prior to the Closing Date, Fluoroware shall use its best
efforts to obtain from each of the Fluoroware Shareholders, such Fluoroware
Shareholder's authorization to designate Stan Geyer as his/its representative
(the "Fluoroware Representative") for purposes (i) of resolving, settling or
otherwise dealing with any claims made against the Fluoroware Holdback Shares
pursuant to article IX of this agreement, (ii) of pursuing claims against the
Empak Holdback Shares pursuant to article IX, and (iii) of otherwise acting as
the representative of the Fluoroware Shareholders on matters specified in this
agreement or in the Shareholder Agreements.

                  (b) Prior to the Closing Date, Empak shall use its best
efforts to obtain from each of the Empak Shareholders, such Empak Shareholder's
authorization to designate James Bernards and Robert E. Boyle as its
representatives (the "Empak Representatives") for purposes (i) of resolving,
settling or otherwise dealing with any indemnification claims made against the
Empak Holdback Shares pursuant to article IX of this agreement, (ii) of pursuing
claims against the Fluoroware Holdback Shares pursuant to article IX, and (iii)
of otherwise acting as the representative of the Empak Shareholders on matters
specified in this agreement or in the Shareholder Agreements. (The Fluoroware
Representative and the Empak Representatives shall sometimes be collectively
referred to as the "Shareholder Representatives".)

                                  ARTICLE III
                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FLUOROWARE

                  As a material inducement to the Company and Empak to enter
into this agreement and to the Empak Shareholders to exchange their Empak Shares
for Company Shares on the terms set forth in this agreement, and with the
understanding that the Company, Empak and the Empak Shareholders will be relying
thereon in consummating the transactions contemplated by this agreement,

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Fluoroware represents and warrants to the Company, Empak and the Empak
Shareholders that, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered to
the Empak Representatives by Fluoroware on or before the Closing Date (the
"Fluoroware Disclosure Schedule"):

                  3.1 Incorporation and Corporate Power. Fluoroware is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the state of Minnesota and has all requisite corporate power and
authority and all authorizations, licenses, permits and certifications necessary
to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted
and presently proposed to be conducted. The copies of Fluoroware's articles of
incorporation and bylaws which have been furnished by Fluoroware to the Empak
Representatives prior to the date of this agreement are correct and complete as
of the date of this agreement and reflect all amendments made thereto.
Fluoroware is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in every
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership of property
requires it to be so qualified, except for those jurisdictions in which the
failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on Fluoroware's financial condition. Fluoroware does not
own any equity interest in any partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company, other organization, entity or enterprise of any form or
nature.

                  3.2 Authority. The execution and delivery of this agreement
and the consummation of the transactions by this agreement have been duly and
validly authorized by its Board of Directors and no other corporate proceedings
on the part of Fluoroware are necessary to authorize this agreement or to
consummate the Exchange or the transactions contemplated hereby. This agreement
has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Fluoroware and constitutes a
valid, legal and binding agreement which is enforceable against Fluoroware in
accordance with its terms.

                  3.3 No Breach. The execution, delivery and performance of this
agreement by Fluoroware and the consummation by Fluoroware and the Fluoroware
Shareholders of the transactions contemplated by this agreement do not, and will
not, conflict with or result in a breach of any of the provisions of, constitute
a default under, result in a violation of, result in the creation of a right of
termination or acceleration or any lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance upon any assets of Fluoroware, or require any authorization,
consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to any court or other
governmental body, under the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws of Fluoroware or any indenture, mortgage, lease, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument by which Fluoroware is bound or affected, or any law,
statute, rule or regulation or order, judgment or decree to which Fluoroware is
subject.

                  3.4 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Fluoroware is not
required to submit any notice, report or other filing with any governmental
authority in connection with the execution or delivery by it of this agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. No approval or
authorization of any governmental or regulatory authority or any other party or
person is required to be

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obtained by Fluoroware in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this agreement by the Fluoroware Shareholders or the transactions
contemplated hereby.

                  3.5 Capital Stock. The authorized capital stock of Fluoroware
consists of, or on the Closing Date will consist of, 60,000,000 shares of common
stock, $.01 par value per share, of which 15,545,073 shares are issued and
outstanding and are beneficially and legally owned by the Fluoroware
Shareholders in the respective amounts specified on schedule A-1. All of the
outstanding Fluoroware Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. Fluoroware has no other equity securities or
securities containing any equity features authorized, issued or outstanding.
There are no agreements or other rights or arrangements existing which provide
for the sale or issuance of capital stock by Fluoroware, and there are no
rights, subscriptions, warrants, options, conversion rights or agreements of any
kind outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire from Fluoroware any shares of
capital stock or other securities of Fluoroware of any kind. There are no
agreements or other obligations (contingent or otherwise) which may require
Fluoroware to repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock.

                  3.6 Financial Statements. Fluoroware has delivered to the
Company and the Empak Representatives copies of (a) the unaudited balance sheet,
as of February 28, 1999, of Fluoroware (the "Fluoroware Latest Balance Sheet")
and the unaudited statements of earnings, shareholders' equity and cash flows of
Fluoroware for the six-month period then ended (such statements and the
Fluoroware Latest Balance Sheet being herein referred to as the "Fluoroware
Latest Financial Statements"), and (b) audited balance sheets, as of August 29,
1998 and August 30, 1997, of Fluoroware and the audited statements of earnings,
shareholders' equity and cash flows of Fluoroware for each of the fiscal years
then ended (collectively, the "Fluoroware Annual Financial Statements"). The
Fluoroware Latest Financial Statements and the Fluoroware Annual Financial
Statements are based upon the information contained in the books and records of
Fluoroware and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition
of Fluoroware as of the dates thereof and results of operations for the periods
referred to therein. The Fluoroware Annual Financial Statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied throughout the periods indicated. The Fluoroware Latest
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles applicable to unaudited interim financial statements (and
thus may not contain all the information and footnotes required by generally
accepted accounting principles or complete financial statements) consistently
with the Fluoroware Annual Financial Statements and reflect all adjustments
(which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly
the financial positions, results of operation and cash flows for all periods
presented.

                  3.7 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as reflected in
the Fluoroware Latest Balance Sheet, Fluoroware has no liabilities (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise, whether due or to
become due, whether known or unknown, and regardless of when asserted) arising
out of transactions entered into, or any action or inaction, or any state of
facts existing, with respect to or based upon transactions or events occurring
prior to the date of this agreement,

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except liabilities which have arisen after the date of the Fluoroware Latest
Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business (none of which is an uninsured
liability for breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement, claim
or lawsuit).

                  3.8 No Material Adverse Changes. Since the date of the
Fluoroware Latest Balance Sheet (the "Fluoroware Balance Sheet Date"), there has
been no material adverse change in the business or financial condition of
Fluoroware.

                  3.9 Absence of Certain Developments. Since the Fluoroware
Balance Sheet Date, Fluoroware has not:

                  (a) borrowed any amount or incurred or become subject to any
liability in excess of $100,000, except (i) current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) liabilities under contracts entered into in
the ordinary course of business;

                  (b) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any lien, charge or any
other encumbrance, any of its assets with a fair market value in excess of
$100,000, except (i) liens for current property taxes not yet due and payable,
(ii) liens imposed by law and incurred in the ordinary course of business for
obligations not yet due to carriers, warehousemen, laborers, materialmen and the
like, (iii) liens in respect of pledges or deposits under workers' compensation
laws, or (iv) liens created in the ordinary course of business;

                  (c) sold, assigned or transferred (including, without
limitation, transfers to any employees, affiliates or shareholders) any tangible
assets with a fair market value in excess of $100,000, or canceled any debts or
claims, in each case, except in the ordinary course of business;

                  (d) licensed, sublicensed, sold, assigned or transferred
(including, without limitation, licenses or transfers to any employees,
affiliates or shareholders) any patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
trade secrets, computer software or other intellectual property or other
intangible assets;

                  (e) waived any rights of material value (i.e. with a financial
impact of $50,000 or more) or suffered any extraordinary losses, except in the
ordinary course of business;

                  (f) declared or paid any dividends or other distributions with
respect to any Fluoroware Shares or redeemed or purchased, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Fluoroware Shares or any options;

                  (g) issued, sold or transferred any of its equity securities,
securities convertible into or exchangeable for its equity securities or
warrants, options or other rights to acquire its equity securities, or any bonds
or debt securities;

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                  (h) other than payment of compensation for services rendered
to Fluoroware in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices,
entered into any transaction with any officer, director or more than 5%
shareholder of Fluoroware or any other entity in which Fluoroware has an equity
interest;

                  (i) taken any other action or entered into any other
transaction other than in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with
past custom and practice, other than the transactions contemplated by this
agreement;

                  (j) suffered any theft, damage, destruction or loss of or to
any property or properties owned or used by it, whether or not covered by
insurance;

                  (k) made or granted any increase in any Plans (as defined in
section 3.16) or arrangement, or amended or terminated any existing Plan or
arrangement, or adopted any new Plan or arrangement or made any commitment or
incurred any liability to any labor organization;

                  (l) made any single capital expenditure or commitment therefor
in excess of $100,000;

                  (m) made any change in accounting principles or practices from
those utilized in the preparation of the Fluoroware Annual Financial Statements.

                  3.10     Tax Matters.

                  (a) Fluoroware and any subsidiary, any affiliated, combined or
unitary group of which Fluoroware or any subsidiary is or was a member, any
"Plans" (as defined in section 3.16), as the case may be (each, a "Tax
Affiliate" and, collectively, the "Tax Affiliates") have: (i) timely filed all
returns, declarations, reports, estimates, information returns, and statements
("Fluoroware Returns") required to be filed by it in respect of any "Taxes" (as
defined in subsection 3.10(i)) or required to be filed by it by a taxing
authority having jurisdiction; (ii) timely and properly paid (or has had paid on
its behalf) all Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Fluoroware Returns and
such Fluoroware Returns properly reflect the liability for Taxes of Fluoroware
and its Tax Affiliates; (iii) established on the Fluoroware Latest Balance
Sheet, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, reserves
that are adequate for the payment of any Taxes not yet due and payable; (iv)
complied with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations relating to the
withholding of Taxes and the payment thereof (including, without limitation,
withholding of Taxes under sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code, or similar
provisions under any foreign laws), and timely and properly withheld from
individual employee wages and paid over to the proper governmental authorities
all amounts required to be so withheld and paid over under all applicable laws.

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                  (b) There are no liens for Taxes upon any assets of
Fluoroware, except liens for Taxes not yet due.

                  (c) No deficiency for any Taxes has been proposed, asserted or
assessed against Fluoroware that has not been resolved and paid in full. No
waiver, extension or comparable consent given by Fluoroware regarding the
application of the statute of limitations with respect to any Taxes or
Fluoroware Returns is outstanding, nor is any request for any such waiver or
consent pending. There is no Tax audit or other administrative proceeding or
court proceeding with regard to any Taxes or Fluoroware Returns pending, nor has
there been any notice to Fluoroware by any Taxing authority regarding any such
Tax, audit or other proceeding, nor has Fluoroware received notice of any such
Tax audit or other proceeding threatened with regard to any Taxes or Fluoroware
Returns. Fluoroware is not aware of any unresolved questions, claims or disputes
concerning the liability for Taxes of Fluoroware or the Tax Affiliates which
would exceed the estimated reserves established on its books and records.

                  (d) Neither Fluoroware nor any Tax Affiliate is a party to any
agreement, contract or arrangement that would result, separately or in the
aggregate, in the payment of any "excess parachute payments" within the meaning
of section 280G of the Code and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this agreement will not be a factor causing payments to be made
by Fluoroware or any Tax Affiliate that are not deductible (in whole or in part)
under section 280G of the Code.

                  (e) No property of Fluoroware or any Tax Affiliate is property
that Fluoroware or any Tax Affiliates will be required to treat as being owned
by another person under the provisions of section 168(f)(8) of the Code (as in
effect prior to amendment by the Tax Reform Act of 1986) or is "tax-exempt use
property" within the meaning of section 168 of the Code.

                  (f) Neither Fluoroware nor any Tax Affiliate is required to
include in income any adjustment under section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a
voluntary change in accounting method initiated by Fluoroware or any Tax
Affiliate and neither Fluoroware nor any Tax Affiliate has received notice that
the Internal Revenue Service has proposed any such adjustment or change in
accounting method.

                  (g) All transactions that could give rise to an understatement
of federal income tax (within the meaning of section 6661 of the Code as it
applied prior to repeal) or an underpayment of tax (within the meaning of
section 6662 of the Code) were reported in a manner for which there is
substantial authority or were adequately disclosed (or, with respect to
Fluoroware Returns filed before the Closing Date, will be reported in such a
manner or adequately disclosed) on the Fluoroware Returns required in accordance
with sections 6661(b)(2)(B) and 6662(d)(2)(B) of the Code.

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                  (h) Neither Fluoroware nor any Tax Affiliate has engaged in
any transaction that would result in a deemed election under section 338(e) of
the Code, and neither Fluoroware nor any Tax Affiliate will engage in any such
transaction within any applicable "consistency period" (as such term is defined
in section 338 of the Code).

                  (i) For purposes of this agreement, the term "Taxes" means all
taxes, charges, fees, levies, or other assessments, including, without
limitation, all net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad
valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll,
employment, social security, unemployment, excise, estimated, severance, stamp,
occupation, property, or other taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments, or
charges of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, all interest and
penalties thereon, and additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any
taxing authority, domestic or foreign, upon the Constituent Corporation and its
Tax Affiliates.

                  3.11 Contracts and Commitments. Fluoroware has furnished to
Empak complete information about its assets, business and contractual
commitments including, without limitation, the information listed in this
section 3.11, and such information, and the copies of documents evidencing such
information that were provided to Empak for review, are correct in all material
respects.

                           1.       A list of all equipment (including motor
                                    vehicles), machinery, furniture, fixtures,
                                    furnishings, leasehold improvements and
                                    other similar property that are owned by
                                    Fluoroware and that are being used by
                                    Fluoroware in connection with the business
                                    conducted by it.

                           2.       Each real property lease and any other
                                    instrument under which Fluoroware claims or
                                    holds an interest in real property owned by
                                    another person.

                           3.      Each personal property lease to which
                                   Fluoroware is a party.

                           4.       Listings of all intangible personal property
                                    used by Fluoroware in the conduct of its
                                    trade or business, including without
                                    limitation, all computer programs, trade
                                    secrets, trademarks, trade names, service
                                    names, service marks, copyrights, patents,
                                    patent licenses, applications for any and
                                    all of the foregoing and registrations
                                    thereof owned by Fluoroware or used in its
                                    operations.

                           5.       A legal description of each parcel of real
                                    property owned by Fluoroware, and lists each
                                    mortgage, easement, restriction or other
                                    encumbrance on or affecting each such
                                    parcel.

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                           6.       Each other agreement, whether oral or
                                    written, to which Fluoroware is a party,
                                    including the following:

                                    (i)     Each executory or partially
                                            executory contract, commitment,
                                            agreement or arrangement made in the
                                            ordinary course of business by
                                            Fluoroware involving (A) an
                                            expenditure or ongoing commitments
                                            of more than $10,000, or (B)
                                            commitment by Fluoroware for
                                            delivery of its products or services
                                            over a period of more than thirty
                                            (30) days from the date of this
                                            agreement and for an aggregate price
                                            of more than $10,000, or (C) capital
                                            expenditures in excess of $10,000.

                                    (iii)   Each contract continuing over a
                                            period of more than six (6) months
                                            from its date, which is not
                                            terminable by Fluoroware upon not
                                            more than thirty (30) days notice.

                                    (iv)    Each agreement for the sale of any
                                            capital asset of Fluoroware made or
                                            entered into within twelve (12)
                                            months of the date of this
                                            agreement.

                                    (v)     Each employment contract or
                                            agreement relating thereto between
                                            Fluoroware and any officer,
                                            consultant, director or employee,
                                            including any bonus, incentive or
                                            deferred compensation plans, any
                                            confidentiality or non-compete
                                            agreements, and any arrangements
                                            which encourage or compensate
                                            Fluoroware's employees to stay with
                                            or leave Fluoroware following the
                                            Closing.

                                    (vi)    Each plan or contract or arrangement
                                            of Fluoroware (including Plans),
                                            providing for pensions, life
                                            insurance, medical insurance,
                                            disability insurance, vacations and
                                            other employees' benefits or
                                            compensation plans, whether formal
                                            or informal.

                                    (vii)   Each contract between Fluoroware and
                                            any business partner, joint
                                            venturer, dealer, distributor,
                                            broker, agent, sales representative,
                                            equipment manufacturer or
                                            representatives or agents thereof.

                                    (viii)  Each license, royalty or other
                                            contract or agreement relating to
                                            intangible personal property.

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                                    (ix)    Each agreement not made in the
                                            ordinary course of Fluoroware's
                                            business.

                                    (x)     Each loan agreement, credit facility
                                            or other instrument pursuant to
                                            which Fluoroware is obligated to the
                                            repayment of indebtedness.

                           7.       A list of each policy of liability, property
                                    damage, comprehensive, vehicle, workers'
                                    compensation, key man, disability, fidelity,
                                    errors and omissions, directors' and
                                    officers' and other forms of insurance owned
                                    or maintained by Fluoroware during the past
                                    three (3) years and contains a brief
                                    description of any claims made thereunder
                                    during such period of time.

                           8.       Copies of all permits, licenses, exemptions,
                                    variances, and other approvals and
                                    authorizations which are necessary to
                                    conduct the business of Fluoroware.

                           9.       A list of all personal property owned by any
                                    third parties (whether a customer, supplier
                                    or other person) for which Fluoroware is
                                    responsible, other than property leased by
                                    Fluoroware.

                           10.      A list of each bank or other financial
                                    institution in which Fluoroware has an
                                    account or depository arrangement, together
                                    with the account names and numbers and the
                                    names of all persons authorized to take any
                                    actions with respect thereto.

                           11.      A list of each employee of Fluoroware and
                                    position, title, remuneration.

                           12.      Each contract, agreement or understanding
                                    (a) relating to the voting of Fluoroware
                                    Shares or the election of directors of
                                    Fluoroware; (b) which prohibits Fluoroware
                                    from freely engaging in business anywhere in
                                    the world; (c) relating to any guaranty of
                                    any obligation for borrowed money or
                                    otherwise.

                  True and correct copies of all documents described in this
section 3.11 have been delivered or made available to Empak or the Empak
Representatives or will be made available upon request and will be signed by an
officer of Fluoroware for identification upon request of Empak or the Empak
Representatives.

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                  3.12 No Defaults. Each of the leases, contracts, agreements
and insurance policies referred to in section 3.11 is in full force and effect
as of the date hereof with no defaults existing thereunder. Fluoroware is not in
default or breach under any of such leases, contracts, agreements and policies,
and no other party to any such leases, contracts, agreements and policies is in
default or breach thereunder (other than failure by one or more of such other
parties to make timely payment of accounts receivable arising thereunder).

                  3.13     Intellectual Property Rights.

                  (a)      Definitions.

                           (i) "Copyrights" shall mean rights in original works
                  of authorship including, without limitation, computer programs
                  as those terms are used in 17 U.S.C.ss.101 et seq. and rights
                  under corresponding foreign laws.

                           (ii) "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean the
                  Copyrights, Patent Rights, Trademarks, Know-How and Trade
                  Secrets and all other similar rights, that are owned, licensed
                  or controlled by Fluoroware and used in or held for use in
                  connection with the operation of its business.

                           (iii) "Know-How" shall mean (A) design documents, (B)
                  specifications and performance criteria, (C) operating
                  instructions and maintenance manuals, (D) computer software
                  tools and related documentation, including, without
                  limitation, source and object code copies therefor in
                  electronic or printed forms, (E) prototypes, models or
                  samples, (F) files relating to applications for Intellectual
                  Property Rights, and (G) all other tangible materials (not
                  necessarily proprietary) used in or held for use in connection
                  with the Intellectual Property Rights.

                           (iv) "Licensed Software" shall mean all software used
                  by Fluoroware under license as part of Fluoroware's business
                  (or for which Fluoroware has a right to reproduce and
                  distribute copies as part of Fluoroware's business).

                           (v) "Patent Rights" shall mean rights provided by a
                  United States or foreign patent, including reissues or
                  extensions thereof, and on applications for the foregoing,
                  including any divisions, continuations and
                  continuations-in-part thereof filed by Fluoroware.

                           (vi) "Trade Secrets" shall mean all proprietary
                   information that is used in or held by Fluoroware for use in
                   connection with the Fluoroware Intellectual Property Rights
                   and that (A) derives independent economic value, actual or
                   potential, from not being generally known to, and not being
                   readily ascertainable by proper means

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                   by, third parties who can obtain economic value from its
                   disclosure or use and (B) is the subject of efforts by
                   Fluoroware that have been reasonable under the circumstances
                   to maintain its secrecy. Trade Secrets may include, without
                   limitation, source and object code, software documentation,
                   computer program designs, and information regarding future
                   business opportunities.

                           (vii) "Trademarks" shall mean trade names,
                  trademarks, service marks, trade dress and product
                  configurations that are used or, if any, are presently subject
                  to an intent to use application to register in the United
                  States Patent and Trademark Office by Fluoroware in connection
                  with the operation of its business, and all (A) goodwill and
                  common law rights associated therewith, (B) registration
                  applications pending thereon in any state and in any country,
                  and (C) registrations issued thereon in any state and in any
                  country.

                  (b)      Certain Representations and Warranties Regarding
                           Intellectual Property.

                           (i) Fluoroware owns or has the exclusive right to use
                  the Intellectual Property Rights and has the right to fully
                  use and exploit all the Trade Secrets and Know-How. Fluoroware
                  has taken all reasonably necessary action to protect the
                  Intellectual Property Rights, including, without limitation,
                  use of reasonable secrecy measures to protect the Trade
                  Secrets included in the Intellectual Property Rights.
                  Fluoroware has not granted to any third party any license for
                  or access to the Intellectual Property Rights and has not
                  previously assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered the
                  Intellectual Property Rights.

                           (ii) The Intellectual Property Rights comprise all
                  intellectual property rights used by Fluoroware in the conduct
                  of its business.

                           (iii) No claim by any third party contesting the
                  validity of the Intellectual Property Rights has been made, is
                  currently outstanding or is threatened, and Fluoroware has not
                  received any notice of any facts suggesting any infringement,
                  misappropriation or violation by others of the Intellectual
                  Property Rights.

                           (iv) No infringement, illicit copying,
                  misappropriation or violation of any third party intellectual
                  property rights has or will occur with respect to Fluoroware's
                  use of the Intellectual Property Rights as currently being
                  used by Fluoroware or the continuing conduct of Fluoroware's
                  business as now conducted.

                           (v) Fluoroware has valid licenses to use the
                  intellectual property rights of third parties which are used
                  in Fluoroware's business but are not owned by Fluoroware.
                  Except for the licenses for licensed software which have been
                  provided to

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                  Empak for review, there are no other agreements requiring
                  Fluoroware to make payments or provide any consideration for,
                  or restricting Fluoroware's right to use, any intellectual
                  property rights of third parties.

                           (vi) Fluoroware has performed all material
                  obligations required to be performed by it, and is not in
                  default under material contract or arrangement relating to any
                  Intellectual Property Rights.

                  3.14 Litigation. Fluoroware is not a party to, or the subject
of, any litigation pending or threatened. Fluoroware is not the subject of any
investigation by any governmental or quasi-governmental body or agency or legal,
administrative or arbitration proceeding, and there are no facts which might
result in or form the basis for any such investigation or proceeding. There is
no outstanding judgment, order, junction or decree affecting Fluoroware or its
properties, assets or business or preventing the consummation of the Exchange.

                  3.15 Employees. To Fluoroware's knowledge, no management or
key employee of Fluoroware intends to terminate his/her employment with
Fluoroware. Fluoroware has complied with all laws relating to the employment of
labor, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity,
collective bargaining and the payment of social security and other taxes. There
is not pending or, to the knowledge of Fluoroware, threatened any labor dispute,
strike or work stoppage against Fluoroware which may interfere with the
continued operation of the business activities of Fluoroware. None of Fluoroware
or any representative or employee of Fluoroware has committed any unfair labor
practices in connection with the operation of Fluoroware's business, and there
is not pending or threatened any charge or complaint against Fluoroware by the
National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. Fluoroware is not
or will not become, liable for any retroactive workers' compensation insurance
premiums or retroactive unemployment compensation experience ratings or charges
in connection with the operation of its business relating to the period of time
prior to the date of this agreement. No employee of Fluoroware is subject to any
secrecy or noncompetition agreement or any other agreement or restriction of any
kind that would impede in any way the ability of such employee to carry out
fully all activities of such employee in furtherance of the business of
Fluoroware. No employee or former employee of Fluoroware has any claim with
respect to any intellectual property rights of Fluoroware.

                  3.16     Employee Benefit Plans.

                  (a) Except for plans, contracts or arrangements which
Fluoroware has provided to Empak for review, with respect to all employees and
former employees of Fluoroware and all dependents and beneficiaries of such
employees and former employees, (i) Fluoroware does not maintain or contribute
to any nonqualified deferred compensation or retirement plans, contracts or
arrangements; (ii) Fluoroware does not maintain or contribute to any qualified
defined contribution plans (as defined in Section 3(34) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended

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("ERISA"), or Section 414(i) of the Code; (iii) Fluoroware does not maintain or
contribute to any qualified defined benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(35)
of ERISA or Section 414(j) of the Code); and (iv) Fluoroware does not maintain
or contribute to any employee welfare benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(1)
of ERISA, other than plans that are excluded from the coverage of ERISA by
reason of the regulations promulgated thereunder).

                  (b) To the extent required (either as a matter of law or to
obtain the intended tax treatment and tax benefits), all employee benefit plans
(as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) Fluoroware maintains or to which it
contributes (collectively, the "Fluoroware Plans") comply in all respects with
the requirements of ERISA and the Code. With respect to the Fluoroware Plans,
(i) all required contributions which are due have been made and a proper accrual
has been made for all contributions due; (ii) there are no actions, suits or
claims pending, other than routine uncontested claims for benefits and actions
relating to qualified domestic relations orders; and (iii) there have been no
prohibited transactions (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code).

                  (c) Fluoroware has delivered to the Empak Representative true
and complete copies of (i) the most recent determination letter, if any,
received by Fluoroware from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the
Fluoroware Plans which Fluoroware maintains or to which it contributes and any
amendment to any Fluoroware Plan made subsequent to any Fluoroware Plan
amendments covered by any such determination letter; (ii) the most recent
financial statements and annual report or return for the Fluoroware Plans; and
(iii) the most recently prepared actuarial valuation reports, if any.

                  (d) Fluoroware does not contribute (and has never contributed)
to any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA. Fluoroware has
no actual or potential liabilities under Section 4201 of ERISA for any complete
or partial withdrawal from a multiemployer plan. Fluoroware has no actual or
potential liability for death or medical benefits after separation from
employment, other than (i) death benefits under the employee benefit plans or
programs (whether or not subject to ERISA) made available to Empak for review
and (ii) health care continuation benefits described in Section 4980B of the
Code.

                  (e) Neither Fluoroware nor any of its directors, officers,
employees or other "fiduciaries", as such term is defined in Section 3(21) of
ERISA, has committed any breach of fiduciary responsibility imposed by ERISA or
any other applicable law with respect to the Fluoroware Plans which would
subject the Company, Fluoroware, any Fluoroware subsidiary, or any of their
respective directors, officers or employees to any liability under ERISA or any
applicable law.

                  (f) Fluoroware has not incurred any liability for any tax or
civil penalty or any disqualification of any employee benefit plan (as defined
in Section 3(3) of ERISA) imposed by Sections 4980B and 4975 of the Code and
Part 6 of Title I and Section 502(i) of ERISA.

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                  3.17 Customers and Suppliers. As of the date of this
agreement, the relationships of Fluoroware with its customers and suppliers are
good commercial working relationships. No customer or supplier has indicated
that it will stop or decrease the amount of business done with Fluoroware,
except for changes in the ordinary course of Fluoroware's business.

                  3.18     Compliance with Laws; Permits.

                  (a) Fluoroware is not currently being charged with, any
violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or the regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "ADA") or similar state laws or
regulations, nor has Fluoroware been notified of any problems, which through the
passage of time or the future to take corrective action, could result in a
violation of the ADA or such state's laws or regulations. Fluoroware has
provided the Empak Representative with any written materials in its possession
which assess or relate to the status of Fluoroware's real property or
Fluoroware's compliance with ADA and such state's laws or regulations.
Fluoroware is not currently being charged with nor, to its knowledge, is it
operating its business in violation of any applicable foreign, federal, state or
municipal laws, regulations or ordinances including, without limitation, the
federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the federal Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970, or the regulations promulgated thereunder ("OSHA"), or any
other applicable foreign, federal, state or municipal statute, law, regulation
or ordinance relating to occupational health and safety, nor is Fluoroware
relying on any exemption from or deferral of any such applicable statute, law or
regulation that would not be available to it or the Company after the Exchange.

                  (b) Fluoroware has, in full force and effect, all licenses,
permits and certificates, from federal, state, local and foreign authorities
(including, without limitation, federal and state agencies regulating
occupational health and safety) used in and, individually or in the aggregate,
material to the business or financial condition of Fluoroware or necessary to
conduct its business and own and operate its properties (collectively, the
"Fluoroware Permits"). Fluoroware has conducted its business in substantial
compliance with all material terms and conditions of the Fluoroware Permits.

                  (c) Fluoroware has not made or agreed to make gifts of money,
other property or similar benefits (other than incidental gifts of articles of
nominal value) to any actual or potential customer, supplier, governmental
employee or any other person in a position to assist or hinder Fluoroware in
connection with any actual or proposed transaction.

                  3.19 Brokerage. No third party shall be entitled to receive
any brokerage commissions, finder's fees, fees for financial advisory services
or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
agreement based on any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of
Fluoroware or any of the Fluoroware Shareholders.

                  3.20 Inventory. All inventories reflected in the Fluoroware
Latest Balance Sheet are stated at the lower of cost or market and, as so
stated, are in good condition and are currently usable

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or salable in the category in which they are inventoried, in the ordinary course
of business of Fluoroware, without discounts other than normal trade discounts
regularly offered by Fluoroware for prompt payment or quantity purchase.

                  3.21 Accounts and Notes Receivable. To the extent they exceed
the reserves for doubtful accounts, the accounts and notes receivable of
Fluoroware as set forth in the Fluoroware Latest Balance Sheet, and all accounts
receivable of Fluoroware that have arisen since the Latest Balance Sheet Date
are valid and enforceable obligations due to Fluoroware and shall be collectible
by Fluoroware in the ordinary course of business. The goods and services sold
and delivered by Fluoroware that give rise to such accounts and notes receivable
were sold and delivered in conformity with the applicable purchase orders,
agreements and specifications. Such accounts and notes receivable are subject to
no valid defense or offsets except routine customer complaints of an immaterial
nature.

                  3.22 Affiliate Transactions. Other than pursuant to this
agreement, no officer, director or employee of Fluoroware or any member of the
immediate family of any such officer, director or employee, or any entity in
which any of such persons owns any beneficial interest (other than any
publicly-held corporation whose stock is traded on a national securities
exchange or in the over-the-counter market and less than one percent of the
stock of which is beneficially owned by any of such persons) (collectively
"insiders"), has any agreement with Fluoroware (other than normal employment
arrangements) or any interest in any property, real, personal or mixed, tangible
or intangible, used in or pertaining to the business of Fluoroware (other than
ownership of Fluoroware Shares). None of the insiders has any direct or indirect
interest in any competitor, supplier or customer of Fluoroware or in any person,
firm or entity from whom or to whom Fluoroware leases any property, or in any
other person, firm or entity with whom Fluoroware transacts business of any
nature. For purposes of this section 3.22, the members of the immediate family
of an officer, director or employee shall consist of the spouse, parents,
children, siblings, mothers- and fathers-in-law, sons- and daughters-in-law, and
brothers- and sisters-in-law of such officer, director or employee.

                  3.23     Real Estate.

                  (a) Fluoroware has good and marketable title in fee simple to
all real property and improvements which are owned by it and used in its
business (the "Fluoroware Owned Real Property"), free and clear of all liens,
mortgages, encumbrances, covenants, charges, easements, restrictions,
reservations, leases and assessments of any nature whatsoever. All of the
buildings, improvements and structures located on the Fluoroware Owned Real
Property or located on the real property subject to the leases to which
Fluoroware is a party (the "Fluoroware Leased Real Property") are in good
operating condition and repair and suitable for the purposes for which they are
being used. Each has adequate rights of ingress and egress for the operation of
its business as it is currently being conducted by Fluoroware and has access,
sufficient for the conduct of Fluoroware's business as now conducted or as
presently proposed to be conducted, to all utilities, including electricity,
sanitary and
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storm sewer, potable water, natural gas and other utilities, used in the
operation of the business of Fluoroware at that location. No such building,
structure or improvement, or any appurtenance thereto or equipment therein, or
the operation or maintenance thereof, violates any restrictive covenant or any
provision of any federal, state or local law, ordinance or zoning, fire, safety,
pollution or health regulations, or encroaches on any property owned by others.
No condemnation proceeding is pending or threatened with respect to the
Fluoroware Owned Real Property or the Fluoroware Leased Real Property. No change
is pending or threatened in any provision of any federal, state or local law,
ordinance or zoning or other regulation which might materially interfere with
the present or proposed use of any building, improvement or structure located on
the Fluoroware Owned Real Property or the Fluoroware Leased Real Property.

                  (b) Fluoroware has previously delivered to the Empak
Representatives a true and complete copy of each lease (including all amendments
and supplements thereto) of each real property leased or otherwise used by
Fluoroware in its business. Each such lease is in full force and effect, and
constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of Fluoroware and each other
party thereto, enforceable by Fluoroware against the lessor thereof in
accordance with its terms. Neither Fluoroware nor any other party to any such
lease is in default of or under any such lease. The transaction contemplated by
this agreement will not result in the default of or under any such lease or
require the consent of the lessor under any such lease.

                  (c) The leases to which Fluoroware is are party are in full
force and effect, and Fluoroware holds a valid and existing leasehold interest
under each of such leases. Fluoroware is not in default, and no circumstances
exist which, if not remedied, would, either with or without notice or the
passage of time or both, result in such default under any of such leases.

                  3.24     Condition of Assets.

                  (a) Fluoroware owns good and marketable title to each of the
tangible personal properties and tangible and intangible assets reflected on the
Fluoroware Latest Balance Sheet, or acquired since the date thereof, free and
clear of all liens and encumbrances, except for (i) liens for taxes not yet due
or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii)
liens identified in the Fluoroware Disclosure Statement, (iii) assets disposed
of since the Fluoroware Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business,
(iv) liens imposed by law and incurred in the ordinary course of business for
obligations not yet due or delinquent and (v) liens in respect of pledges or
deposits under workers' compensation laws.

                  (b) The buildings, equipment and other tangible assets used by
Fluoroware in the conduct of its business are, in all material respects, in good
condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and are adequate and
suitable for the purposes for which they are currently being used.

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                  3.25     Environmental Matters.

                  (a) As used in this section 3.25, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

                           (i) "Clean-up" shall mean removal and/or remediation
                  of, or other response (including, without limitation, testing,
                  monitoring, sampling or investigating of any kind) to, any
                  Release of Hazardous Substances or Contamination, to the
                  satisfaction of all applicable governmental agencies, in
                  compliance with Environmental Laws and in compliance with good
                  commercial practice.

                           (ii) "Contamination" shall mean the presence of, or
                  Release on, under, from or to the Property of any Hazardous
                  Substance, except the routine storage and use of Hazardous
                  Substances from time to time in the ordinary course of
                  business, in compliance with Environmental Laws and in
                  compliance with good commercial practice.

                           (iii) "Environmental Documents" shall mean (A) any
                  and all documents received by Fluoroware from the United
                  States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and/or any
                  state, county or municipal environmental or health agency
                  concerning the environmental condition of the Fluoroware
                  Property or the effect of Fluoroware's business operations on
                  the environmental condition of the Fluoroware Property; (B)
                  any and all documents submitted by Fluoroware to the EPA
                  and/or any state, county or municipal environmental or health
                  agency concerning the environmental condition of the
                  Fluoroware Property or the effect of Fluoroware's business
                  operations on the environmental condition of the Fluoroware
                  Property; and (C) any and all reviews, audits, reports, or
                  other analyzes concerning Contamination.

                           (iv) "Environmental Law(s)" shall mean any and all
                  federal, state and local laws, statutes, codes, ordinances,
                  regulations, rules, policies, consent decrees, judicial
                  orders, administrative orders or other requirements relating
                  to the environment or to human health or safety associated
                  with the environment, all as amended or modified from time to
                  time. Environmental Laws include, but are not limited to, the
                  following statutes and all rules and regulations relating
                  thereto, all as amended or modified from time to time:

                                    A. The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
                           Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), as amended
                           by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
                           of 1986 ("SARA") 42 U.S.C.ss.ss.9601-9675; the
                           Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
                           ("RCRA") 42 U.S.C.ss.6901-6991; the Clean Water Act
                           33 U.S.C.ss. 1321 et seq; the Clean Air Act

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                           42 U.S.C.ss.ss.7401 et seq; the Federal Insecticide,
                           Fungicide and Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA") 7
                           U.S.C.ss.136 et seq; the Toxic Substances Control Act
                           ("TSCA") 15 U.S.C. ss.ss. 2601-2671; and

                                    B. The Minnesota Environmental Response and
                           Liability Act ("MERLA") Minn. Stat. Ch. 115B; the
                           Minnesota Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act, Minn.
                           Stat. Ch. 115C; the Minnesota Agricultural Chemical
                           Liability, Incidents, and Enforcement Act, Minn.
                           Stat. Ch. 18D; and the Minnesota Agricultural
                           Chemical Response and Reimbursement Law, Minn. Stat.
                           Ch. 18E.

                           (v) "Hazardous Substance(s)" shall mean (A) any
                  substance, the presence of which requires investigation or
                  remediation under any Environmental Law or under common law;
                  (B) any dangerous, toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable,
                  infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise
                  hazardous substance which is regulated by any Environmental
                  Law; (C) any substance, the presence of which causes or
                  threatens to cause a nuisance upon the Fluoroware Property or
                  to adjacent properties or poses or threatens to pose a hazard
                  to the health or safety of persons on or about the Fluoroware
                  Property; (D) any substance, the presence of which on
                  properties adjacent to the Property could constitute a
                  trespass by Fluoroware; and (E) urea-formaldehyde,
                  polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos or asbestos-containing
                  materials, petroleum and petroleum products; provided,
                  however, that substances otherwise within the meaning of
                  Hazardous Substances and held for resale or used in the
                  preparation of pharmaceuticals shall not be considered
                  Hazardous Substances.

                           (vi) "Fluoroware Property" shall refer to any real
                  property currently owned by Fluoroware, any real property
                  currently leased by Fluoroware and any other real property
                  that has been previously owned or used by Fluoroware in the
                  operation of its business.

                           (vii) "Regulatory Action(s)" shall mean any claim,
                  demand, action or proceeding brought or instigated by any
                  governmental authority in connection with any Environmental
                  Law (including without limitation civil, criminal and/or
                  administrative proceedings), whether or not seeking costs,
                  damages, penalties or expenses.

                           (viii) "Release" shall mean the spilling, leaking,
                  disposing, discharging, emitting, depositing, injecting,
                  leaching, escaping or any other release or threatened release,
                  however defined, and whether intentional or unintentional, of
                  any Hazardous Substance.

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                           (ix) "Third Party Claim(s)" shall mean third party
                  claims, actions, demands or proceedings (other than Regulatory
                  Actions) based on negligence, trespass, strict liability,
                  nuisance, toxic tort or detriment to human health or welfare
                  due to any Release of Hazardous Substances or Contamination,
                  and whether or not seeking costs, damages, penalties or
                  expenses.

                  (b) No Third Party Claims and/or Regulatory Actions have been
asserted or assessed against Fluoroware or the Fluoroware Property and no Third
Party Claims and/or Regulatory Actions are pending or threatened against
Fluoroware or the Fluoroware Property, arising out of or due to, or allegedly
arising out of or due to, (i) the Release on, under or from the Fluoroware
Property of any Hazardous Substances; (ii) any Contamination of the Fluoroware
Property, including without limitation, the presence of any Hazardous Substance
which has come to be located on or under the Fluoroware Property from another
location; (iii) any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law with
respect to the Fluoroware Property or Fluoroware's business operations on the
Fluoroware Property; (iv) any injury to human health or safety or to the
environment by reason of the past or present condition of, or past or present
activities on or under, the Fluoroware Property; or (v) the generation,
manufacture, storage, treatment, handling, transportation or other use, however
defined, of any Hazardous Substance on the Fluoroware Property.

                  (c) Fluoroware's storage, transportation, handling, use or
disposal, if any, of Hazardous Substances on or under the Fluoroware Property
and/or disposal elsewhere, if any, of Hazardous Substances generated on or from
the Fluoroware Property is currently, and at all times has been, in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws.

                  (d) Fluoroware has delivered to the Empak Representatives,
prior to the execution and delivery of this agreement, complete copies of any
and all Environmental Documents.

                  (e) Fluoroware has not transported nor arranged for the
transportation of any Hazardous Substances to any location which is: (i) listed
on the EPA's National Priorities List of Hazardous Waste Sites (the "National
Priorities List"); (ii) listed for possible inclusion on the National Priorities
List, in CERCLIS or on any similar state list; or (iii) the subject of any
Regulatory Action which may lead to claims against Fluoroware for damages to
natural resources, personal injury, Clean-up costs or Clean-up work, including,
but not limited to, claims under CERCLA.

                  (f) The Fluoroware Property is not listed in the National
Priorities List or any other list, schedule, log, inventory or record, however
defined, maintained by any federal, state or local governmental agency with
respect to sites from which there is or has been a Release of any Hazardous
Substance or any Contamination.

                  (g) No part of the Fluoroware Property was ever used, nor is
it now being used, (A) as a landfill, dump or other disposal, storage, transfer
or handling area for Hazardous Substances,

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excepting, however, for the routine storage and use of Hazardous Substances from
time to time in the ordinary course of business, in compliance with
Environmental Laws and in compliance with good commercial practice; (B) for
industrial, military or manufacturing purposes; or (C) as a gasoline service
station or a facility for selling, dispensing, storing, transferring or handling
petroleum and/or petroleum products.

                  (h) There are no underground or aboveground storage tanks
(whether or not currently in use), urea-formaldehyde materials, asbestos,
asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or nuclear fuels
or wastes, located on or under the Fluoroware Property, and no underground tank
previously located on the Fluoroware Property has been removed therefrom.

                  (i) There has not been, or is not now occurring, any Release
of any Hazardous Substance on, under or from the Fluoroware Property. There has
not been, and is not now present, any Contamination on the Fluoroware Property.

                  (j) The Fluoroware Property and the use and operation thereof,
are currently and, at all times during either Fluoroware's ownership or
operation thereof, have been, and, to the best of Fluoroware's knowledge after
due inquiry, at all times during the ownership and/or operation thereof by prior
owners and/or users have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws.

                  (k) There are no liens against the Fluoroware Property arising
under any Environmental Law, or based upon a Regulatory Action and/or Third
Party Claim.

                  (l) There are no wells (as said term is defined in Minn.
Stat.ss. 103I.005, Subd. 21) on the Fluoroware Property. This disclosure is
intended to satisfy the requirements of Minn. Stat.ss. 103I.235, Subd. 1(a).

                  (m) All chemical substances contained in Fluoroware's
commercially-sold product lines were included on the initial inventory list
promulgated under the United States Toxic Substances Control Act or were the
subject of a premanufacturing notice filed with the EPA under such act.
Fluoroware's material safety data sheets for its assets accurately and properly
reflect any hazardous ingredients in any products manufactured or sold by
Fluoroware in the conduct of its business.

                  3.26 Year 2000 Compliance. All software used by Fluoroware in
the operation of its business (the "Software") is Year 2000 Compliant, including
date century recognition, calculations which accommodate same century and
multi-century formulas and date values that reflect the century. As used herein,
"Year 2000 Compliant" shall mean the ability of the Software to (i) consistently
handle date information before, during and after January 1, 2000,
including but not limited to accepting date input, providing date output, and
performing calculations on dates or portions of dates; (ii) function accurately
in accordance with all documentation without interruption before, during and
after January 1, 2000, without any change of operations associated with the
advent of the new century; (iii) respond to

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two-digit date input in a way that resolves any ambiguity as to century in a
disclosed, defined and predetermined manner; and (iv) store and provide output
of date information in ways that are unambiguous as to century.

                  3.27     Warranties.

                  (a) Fluoroware has provided Empak with an accurate listing of
all claims outstanding, pending or, to the best knowledge of Fluoroware,
threatened for breach of any warranty relating to any products sold by
Fluoroware prior to the date hereof. The reserves for warranty claims on the
Fluoroware Latest Balance Sheet are consistent with Fluoroware's prior practices
and are fully adequate to cover all warranty claims made or to be made against
any products of Fluoroware sold prior to the date thereof.

                  (b) The goods and services sold by Fluoroware (i) conform in
all respects with the specification, documentation, performance standard,
representation or statement (if any) made or provided with respect thereto by or
with authorization of Fluoroware and (ii) there has not been any material claim
by any customer or other person alleging that any such goods and services does
not conform in all respects with any specification, documentation, performance,
standard, representation or statement made or provided by or on behalf of
Fluoroware, and, to the knowledge of Fluoroware, there is no basis for any such
claim.

                  (c) Other than its obligations to perform under the contracts
to which it is a party and which have been made available to Empak for review,
Fluoroware has not incurred or become subject to any material liability arising
from (i) any product, system, program, other asset designed, developed,
manufactured, assembled, sold, supplied, installed, repaired, licensed or made
available by Fluoroware, or (ii) any consulting services, installation services,
programming services, repair services, maintenance services, training services,
support services or other services performed by Fluoroware.

         3.28. Disclosure. Neither this agreement nor any of the exhibits,
schedules or any of the documents delivered by or on behalf of Fluoroware
pursuant to this agreement nor the Fluoroware Disclosure Schedule nor any of the
financial statements referred to in section 3.6, taken as a whole, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact regarding Fluoroware or its business or any
of the other matters dealt with in this article III relating to Fluoroware or
the transactions contemplated by this agreement. This agreement, the exhibits or
schedules hereto, the documents delivered to Empak by or on behalf of Fluoroware
pursuant to this agreement, the Disclosure Schedule and the financial statements
referred to in section 3.6, taken as a whole, do not omit any material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and there is no fact
known to Fluoroware which has not been disclosed to the Empak Representatives
which materially affects adversely or could reasonably be anticipated to
materially affect adversely the assets, financial condition, operating results,
customer, employee or supplier relations, business condition or prospects of
Fluoroware or the Company.

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                                  ARTICLE IV
                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EMPAK

                  As a material inducement to the Company and Fluoroware to
enter into this agreement and to the Fluoroware Shareholders to exchange their
Fluoroware Shares for Company Shares on the terms set forth in this agreement,
and with the understanding that the Company, Fluoroware and the Fluoroware
Shareholders will be relying thereon in consummating the transactions
contemplated by this agreement, Empak represents and warrants to the Company,
Fluoroware and the Fluoroware Shareholders that, except as set forth in the
disclosure schedule delivered to the Fluoroware Representative by Empak on or
before the Closing Date (the "Empak Disclosure Schedule"):

                  4.1 Incorporation; Corporate Power; Subsidiary. Empak is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the state of Minnesota and has all requisite corporate power and
authority and all authorizations, licenses, permits and certifications necessary
to own and operate its properties; to carry on its business as now conducted and
presently proposed to be conducted and to execute and deliver this agreement and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this agreement. The copies of
Empak's articles of incorporation and bylaws which have been furnished by Empak
to the Fluoroware Representative prior to the date of this agreement are correct
and complete as of the date of this agreement and reflect all amendments made
thereto. Empak is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in every
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership of property
requires it to be so qualified, except for those jurisdictions in which the
failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on Empak's financial condition. Empak does not own any
equity interest in any partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company or other organization, entity or enterprise of any form or
nature.

                  4.2 Authority. The execution and delivery of this agreement
and the consummation of the transactions by this agreement have been duly and
validly authorized by its Board of Directors and no other corporate proceedings
on the part of Empak are necessary to authorize this agreement or to consummate
the Exchange or the transactions contemplated hereby. This agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by Empak and constitutes a valid, legal
and binding agreement which is enforceable against Empak in accordance with its
terms.

                  4.3 No Breach. The execution, delivery and performance of this
agreement by Empak and the consummation by Empak and the Empak Shareholders of
the transactions contemplated by this agreement do not conflict with or result
in a breach of any of the provisions of, constitute a default under, result in a
violation of, result in the creation of a right of termination or acceleration
or any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of Empak,
or require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or
notice to any court or other governmental body, under the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Empak or any indenture, mortgage,
lease, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument by which Empak is bound

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or affected, or any law, statute, rule or regulation or order, judgment or
decree to which Empak is subject.

                  4.4 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Empak is not required
to submit any notice, report or other filing with any governmental authority in
connection with the execution or delivery by it of this agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. No approval or
authorization of any governmental or regulatory authority or any other party or
person is required to be obtained by Empak in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of this agreement by the Empak Shareholders or the
transactions contemplated hereby.

                  4.5 Capital Stock. The authorized capital stock of Empak
consists of 15,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share of which
6,550,662 shares are issued and outstanding and are beneficially and legally
owned by the Empak Shareholders in the respective amounts specified on schedule
A-2. All of the outstanding Empak Shares have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Empak has no other equity
securities or securities containing any equity features authorized, issued or
outstanding. There are no agreements or other rights or arrangements existing
which provide for the sale or issuance of capital stock by Empak, and there are
no rights, subscriptions, warrants, options, conversion rights or agreements of
any kind outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire from Empak any shares of
capital stock or other securities of Empak of any kind. There are no agreements
or other obligations (contingent or otherwise) which may require Empak to
repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock.

                  4.6 Financial Statements. Empak has delivered to the Company
and the Fluoroware Representative copies of (a) the unaudited balance sheet, as
of February 28, 1999, of Empak (the "Empak Latest Balance Sheet") and the
unaudited statements of earnings, shareholders' equity and cash flows of Empak
for the six-month period then ended (such statements and the Empak Latest
Balance Sheet being herein referred to as the "Empak Latest Financial
Statements"), and (b) audited balance sheets, as of August 31, 1998 and August
31, 1997, of Empak and the audited statements of earnings, shareholders' equity
and cash flows of Empak for each of the fiscal years then ended (collectively,
the "Empak Annual Financial Statements"). The Empak Latest Financial Statements
and the Empak Annual Financial Statements are based upon the information
contained in the books and records of Empak and fairly present, in all material
respects, the financial condition of Empak as of the dates thereof and results
of operations for the periods referred to therein. The Empak Annual Financial
Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied throughout the periods indicated. The Empak
Latest Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applicable to unaudited interim financial
statements (and thus may not contain all the information and footnotes required
by generally accepted accounting principles or complete financial statements)
consistently with the Empak Annual Financial Statements and reflect all
adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to
present fairly the financial positions, results of operation and cash flows for
all periods presented.

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                  4.7 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as reflected in
the Empak Latest Balance Sheet, Empak has no liabilities (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise, whether due or to become due,
whether known or unknown, and regardless of when asserted) arising out of
transactions entered into, or any action or inaction, or any state of facts
existing, with respect to or based upon transactions or events occurring prior
to the date of this agreement, except liabilities which have arisen after the
date of the Empak Latest Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business (none
of which is an uninsured liability for breach of contract, breach of warranty,
tort, infringement, claim or lawsuit).

                  4.8 No Material Adverse Changes. Since the date of the Empak
Latest Balance Sheet (the "Empak Balance Sheet Date"), there has been no
material adverse change in the business or financial condition of Empak.

                  4.9 Absence of Certain Developments. Since the Empak Balance
Sheet Date, Empak has not:

                  (a) borrowed any amount or incurred or become subject to any
liability in excess of $100,000, except (i) current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) liabilities under contracts entered into in
the ordinary course of business;

                  (b) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any lien, charge or any
other encumbrance, any of its assets with a fair market value in excess of
$100,000, except (i) liens for current property taxes not yet due and payable,
(ii) liens imposed by law and incurred in the ordinary course of business for
obligations not yet due to carriers, warehousemen, laborers, materialmen and the
like, (iii) liens in respect of pledges or deposits under workers' compensation
laws, or (iv) liens created in the ordinary course of business;

                  (c) sold, assigned or transferred (including, without
limitation, transfers to any employees, affiliates or shareholders) any tangible
assets with a fair market value in excess of $100,000, or canceled any debts or
claims, in each case, except in the ordinary course of business;

                  (d) licensed, sublicensed, sold, assigned or transferred
(including, without limitation, licenses or transfers to any employees,
affiliates or shareholders) any patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
trade secrets, computer software or other intellectual property or other
intangible assets;

                  (e) waived any rights of material value (i.e. with a financial
impact of $50,000 or more) or suffered any extraordinary losses, except in the
ordinary course of business;

                  (f) declared or paid any dividends or other distributions with
respect to any Empak Shares or redeemed or purchased, directly or indirectly,
any Empak Shares or any options;

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                  (g) issued, sold or transferred any of its equity securities,
securities convertible into or exchangeable for its equity securities or
warrants, options or other rights to acquire its equity securities, or any bonds
or debt securities;

                  (h) other than payment of compensation for services rendered
to Empak in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices,
entered into any transaction with any officers, directors or more than 5%
shareholders of Empak or any other entity in which Empak has an equity interest;

                  (i) taken any other action or entered into any other
transaction other than in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with
past custom and practice, other than the transactions contemplated by this
agreement;

                  (j) suffered any theft, damage, destruction or loss of or to
any property or properties owned or used by it, whether or not covered by
insurance;

                  (k) made or granted any increase in any Plans (as defined in
section 4.16) or arrangement, or amended or terminated any existing Plan or
arrangement, or adopted any new Plan or arrangement or made any commitment or
incurred any liability to any labor organization;

                  (l) made any single capital expenditure or commitment therefor
in excess of $100,000;

                  (m) made any change in accounting principles or practices from
those utilized in the preparation of the Empak Annual Financial Statements.

                  4.10     Tax Matters.

                  (a) Empak and any subsidiary, any affiliated, combined or
unitary group of which Empak or any subsidiary is or was a member, any "Plans"
(as defined in section 4.16), as the case may be (each, a "Tax Affiliate" and,
collectively, the "Tax Affiliates") has: (i) timely filed all returns,
declarations, reports, estimates, information returns, and statements ("Empak
Returns") required to be filed by it in respect of any "Taxes" (as defined in
subsection 3.10(i)) or required to be filed by it by a taxing authority having
jurisdiction; (ii) timely and properly paid (or has had paid on its behalf) all
Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Empak Returns and such Empak Returns
properly reflect the liability for Taxes of Empak and its Tax Affiliates;
(iii) established on the Empak Latest Balance Sheet, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, reserves that are adequate for the
payment of any Taxes not yet due and payable; (iv) complied with all applicable
laws, rules, and regulations relating to the withholding of Taxes and the
payment thereof (including, without limitation, withholding of Taxes under
sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code, or similar provisions under any foreign
laws), and timely and properly withheld from individual employee wages and paid
over to the

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proper governmental authorities all amounts required to be so withheld and paid
over under all applicable laws.

                  (b) There are no liens for Taxes upon any assets of Empak,
except liens for Taxes not yet due.

                  (c) No deficiency for any Taxes has been proposed, asserted or
assessed against Empak that has not been resolved and paid in full. No waiver,
extension or comparable consent given by Empak regarding the application of the
statute of limitations with respect to any Taxes or Empak Returns is
outstanding, nor is any request for any such waiver or consent pending. There is
no Tax audit or other administrative proceeding or court proceeding with regard
to any Taxes or Empak Returns pending, nor has there been any notice to Empak by
any Taxing authority regarding any such Tax, audit or other proceeding, nor has
Empak received notice of any such Tax audit or other proceeding threatened with
regard to any Taxes or Empak Returns. Empak is not aware of any unresolved
questions, claims or disputes concerning the liability for Taxes of Empak or the
Tax Affiliates which would exceed the estimated reserves established on its
books and records.

                  (d) Neither Empak nor any Tax Affiliate is a party to any
agreement, contract or arrangement that would result, separately or in the
aggregate, in the payment of any "excess parachute payments" within the meaning
of section 280G of the Code and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this agreement will not be a factor causing payments to be made
by Empak or any Tax Affiliate that are not deductible (in whole or in part)
under section 280G of the Code.

                  (e) No property of Empak or any Tax Affiliate is property that
Empak or any Tax Affiliates will be required to treat as being owned by another
person under the provisions of section 168(f)(8) of the Code (as in effect prior
to amendment by the Tax Reform Act of 1986) or is "tax-exempt use property"
within the meaning of section 168 of the Code.

                  (f) Neither Empak nor any Tax Affiliate is required to include
in income any adjustment under section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a
voluntary change in accounting method initiated by Empak or any Tax Affiliate
and neither Empak nor any Tax Affiliate has received notice that the Internal
Revenue Service has proposed any such adjustment or change in accounting method.

                  (g) All transactions that could give rise to an understatement
of federal income tax (within the meaning of section 6661 of the Code as it
applied prior to repeal) or an underpayment of tax (within the meaning of
section 6662 of the Code) were reported in a manner for which there is
substantial authority or were adequately disclosed (or, with respect to Empak
Returns filed before the Closing Date, will be reported in such a manner or
adequately disclosed) on the Empak Returns required in accordance with sections
6661(b)(2)(B) and 6662(d)(2)(B) of the Code.

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                  (h) Neither Empak nor any Tax Affiliate has engaged in any
transaction that would result in a deemed election under section 338(e) of the
Code, and neither Empak nor any Tax Affiliate will engage in any such
transaction within any applicable "consistency period" (as such term is defined
in section 338 of the Code).

                  4.11 Contracts and Commitments. Empak has furnished to
Fluoroware complete information about its assets, business and contractual
commitments including, without limitation, the information listed in this
section 4.11, and such information, and the copies of documents evidencing such
information that were provided to Fluoroware for review, are correct in all
material respects.

                           1.       A list of all equipment (including motor
                                    vehicles), machinery, furniture, fixtures,
                                    furnishings, leasehold improvements and
                                    other similar property that are owned by
                                    Empak and that are being used by Empak in
                                    connection with the business conducted by
                                    it..

                           2.       Each real property lease and any other
                                    instrument under which Empak claims or holds
                                    an interest in real property owned by
                                    another person.

                           3.       Each personal property lease to which Empak
                                    is a party.

                           4.       Listings of all intangible personal property
                                    used by Empak in the conduct of its trade or
                                    business, including without limitation, all
                                    computer programs, trade secrets,
                                    trademarks, trade names, service names,
                                    service marks, copyrights, patents, patent
                                    licenses, applications for any and all of
                                    the foregoing and registrations thereof
                                    owned by Empak or used in its operations.

                           5.       A legal description of each parcel of real
                                    property owned by Empak, and lists each
                                    mortgage, easement, restriction or other
                                    encumbrance on or affecting each such
                                    parcel.

                           6.       Each other agreement, whether oral or
                                    written, to which Empak is a party,
                                    including the following:

                                    (i)     Each executory or partially
                                            executory contract, commitment,
                                            agreement or arrangement made in the
                                            ordinary course of business by Empak
                                            involving (A) an expenditure or
                                            ongoing commitments of more than
                                            $10,000, or (B) commitment by Empak
                                            for delivery of its products or
                                            services over a period of more than
                                            thirty (30) days from the date of
                                            this agreement and

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                                            for an aggregate price of more than
                                            $10,000, or (C) capital expenditures
                                            in excess of $10,000.

                                    (iii)   Each contract continuing over a
                                            period of more than six (6) months
                                            from its date, which is not
                                            terminable by Empak upon not more
                                            than thirty (30) days notice.

                                    (iv)    Each agreement for the sale of any
                                            capital asset of Empak made or
                                            entered into within twelve (12)
                                            months of the date of this
                                            agreement.

                                    (v)     Each employment contract or
                                            agreement relating thereto between
                                            Empak and any officer, consultant,
                                            director or employee, including any
                                            bonus, incentive or deferred
                                            compensation plans, any
                                            confidentiality or non-compete
                                            agreements, and any arrangements
                                            which encourage or compensate
                                            Empak's employees to stay with or
                                            leave Empak following the Closing.

                                    (vi)    Each plan or contract or arrangement
                                            of Empak (including Plans),
                                            providing for pensions, life
                                            insurance, medical insurance,
                                            disability insurance, vacations and
                                            other employees' benefits or
                                            compensation plans, whether formal
                                            or informal.

                                    (vii)   Each contract between Empak and any
                                            business partner, joint venturer,
                                            dealer, distributor, broker, agent,
                                            sales representative, equipment
                                            manufacturer or representatives or
                                            agents thereof.

                                    (viii)  Each license, royalty or other
                                            contract or agreement relating to
                                            intangible personal property.

                                    (ix)    Each agreement not made in the
                                            ordinary course of Empak's business.

                                    (x)     Each loan agreement, credit facility
                                            or other instrument pursuant to
                                            which Empak is obligated to the
                                            repayment of indebtedness.

                           7.       A list of each policy of liability, property
                                    damage, comprehensive, vehicle, workers'
                                    compensation, key man, disability, fidelity,
                                    errors and omissions, directors' and
                                    officers' and other forms of insurance owned
                                    or maintained by Empak during the past three
                                    (3) years and contains a

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                                    brief description of any claims made
                                    thereunder during such period of time.

                           8.       Copies of all permits, licenses, exemptions,
                                    variances, and other approvals and
                                    authorizations which are necessary to
                                    conduct the business of Empak.

                           9.       A list of all personal property owned by any
                                    third parties (whether a customer, supplier
                                    or other person) for which Empak is
                                    responsible, other than property leased by
                                    Empak.

                           10.      A list of each bank or other financial
                                    institution in which Empak has an account or
                                    depository arrangement, together with the
                                    account names and numbers and the names of
                                    all persons authorized to take any actions
                                    with respect thereto.

                           11.      A list of each employee of Empak and
                                    position, title, remuneration.

                           12.      Each contract, agreement or understanding
                                    (a) relating to the voting of Empak Shares
                                    or the election of directors of Empak; (b)
                                    which prohibits Empak from freely engaging
                                    in business anywhere in the world; (c)
                                    relating to any guaranty of any obligation
                                    for borrowed money or otherwise.

                  True and correct copies of all documents described in this
section 4.11 have been delivered or made available to Fluoroware or the
Fluoroware Representatives or will be made available upon request and will be
signed by an officer of Empak for identification upon request of Fluoroware or
the Fluoroware Representative.

                  4.12 No Defaults. Each of the leases, contracts, agreements
and insurance policies described in section 4.11 is in full force and effect as
of the date hereof with no defaults existing thereunder. Empak is not in default
or breach under any of such leases, contracts, agreements and policies, and no
other party to any such leases, contracts, agreements and policies is in default
or breach thereunder (other than failure by one or more of such other parties to
make timely payment of accounts receivable arising thereunder).

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                  4.13     Intellectual Property Rights.

                  (a)      Definitions.

                           (i) "Copyrights" shall mean rights in original works
                  of authorship including, without limitation, computer programs
                  as those terms are used in 17 U.S.C.ss.101 et seq. and rights
                  under corresponding foreign laws.

                           (ii) "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean the
                  Copyrights, Patent Rights, Trademarks, Know-How and Trade
                  Secrets and all other similar rights, that are owned, licensed
                  or controlled by Empak and used in or held for use in
                  connection with the operations of its business.

                           (iii) "Know-How" shall mean (A) design documents, (B)
                  specifications and performance criteria, (C) operating
                  instructions and maintenance manuals, (D) computer software
                  tools and related documentation, including, without
                  limitation, source and object code copies therefor in
                  electronic or printed forms, (E) prototypes, models or
                  samples, (F) files relating to applications for Intellectual
                  Property Rights, and (G) all other tangible materials (not
                  necessarily proprietary) used in or held for use in connection
                  with the Intellectual Property Rights.

                           (iv) "Licensed Software" shall mean all software used
                  by Empak under license as part of Empak's business (or for
                  which Empak has a right to reproduce and distribute copies as
                  part of Empak's business).

                           (v) "Patent Rights" shall mean rights provided by a
                  United States or foreign patent, including reissues or
                  extensions thereof, and on applications for the foregoing,
                  including any divisions, continuations and
                  continuations-in-part thereof filed by Empak.

                           (vi) "Trade Secrets" shall mean all proprietary
                  information that is used in or held by Empak for use in
                  connection with the Empak Intellectual Property Rights and
                  that (A) derives independent economic value, actual or
                  potential, from not being generally known to, and not being
                  readily ascertainable by proper means by, third parties who
                  can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and (B)
                  is the subject of efforts by Empak that have been reasonable
                  under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. Trade Secrets
                  may include, without limitation, source and object code,
                  software documentation, computer program designs, and
                  information regarding future business opportunities.

                           (vii) "Trademarks" shall mean trade names,
                  trademarks, service marks, trade dress and product
                  configurations that are used or, if any, are presently subject
                  to
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                  an intent to use application to register in the United States
                  Patent and Trademark Office by Empak in connection with the
                  operations of its business, and all (A) goodwill and common
                  law rights associated therewith, (B) registration applications
                  pending thereon in any state and in any country, and (C)
                  registrations issued thereon in any state and in any country.

                  (b)      Certain Representations and Warranties Regarding
                           Intellectual Property.

                           (i) Empak owns or has the exclusive right to use the
                  Intellectual Property Rights and has the right to fully use
                  and exploit all the Trade Secrets and Know-How. Empak has
                  taken all reasonably necessary action to protect the
                  Intellectual Property Rights including, without limitation,
                  use of reasonable secrecy measures to protect the Trade
                  Secrets included in the Intellectual Property Rights. Empak
                  has not granted to any third party any license for or access
                  to the Intellectual Property Rights and has not previously
                  assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered the Intellectual
                  Property Rights.

                           (ii) The Intellectual Property Rights comprise all
                  intellectual property rights used by Empak in the conduct of
                  its business.

                           (iii) No claim by any third party contesting the
                  validity of the Intellectual Property Rights has been made, is
                  currently outstanding or is threatened, and Empak has not
                  received any notice of any facts suggesting any infringement,
                  misappropriation or violation by others of the Intellectual
                  Property Rights.

                           (iv) No infringement, illicit copying,
                  misappropriation or violation of any third party intellectual
                  property rights has or will occur with respect to Empak's use
                  of the Intellectual Property Rights as currently being used by
                  Empak or the continuing conduct of Empak's business as now
                  conducted.

                           (v) Empak has valid licenses to use the intellectual
                  property rights of third parties which are used in Empak's
                  business but are not owned by Empak. Except for the licenses
                  for licensed software which have been provided to Fluoroware
                  for review, there are no other agreements requiring Empak to
                  make payments or provide any consideration for, or restricting
                  Empak's right to use, any intellectual property rights of
                  third parties.

                           (vi) Empak has performed all material obligations
                  required to be performed by it, and is not in default under
                  material contract or arrangement relating to any Intellectual
                  Property Rights.

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                  4.14 Litigation. Empak is not a party to, or the subject of,
any litigation pending or threatened. Empak is not the subject of any
investigation by any governmental or quasi-governmental body or agency or legal,
administrative or arbitration proceeding, and there are no facts which might
result in or form the basis for any such investigation or proceeding. There is
no outstanding judgment, order, junction or decree affecting Empak or its
properties, assets or business or preventing the consummation of the Exchange.

                  4.15 Employees. To Empak's knowledge, no management or key
employee of Empak intends to terminate his/her employment with Empak. Empak has
complied with all laws relating to the employment of labor, including provisions
thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining and
the payment of social security and other taxes. There is not pending or, to the
knowledge of Empak, threatened any labor dispute, strike or work stoppage
against Empak which may interfere with the continued operation of the business
activities of Empak. None of Empak or any representative or employee of Empak
has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation of
Empak's business, and there is not pending or threatened any charge or complaint
against Empak by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state
agency. Empak is not or will not become, liable for any retroactive workers'
compensation insurance premiums or retroactive unemployment compensation
experience ratings or charges in connection with the operation of its business
relating to the period of time prior to the date of this agreement. No employee
of Empak is subject to any secrecy or noncompetition agreement or any other
agreement or restriction of any kind that would impede in any way the ability of
such employee to carry out fully all activities of such employee in furtherance
of the business of Empak. No employee or former employee of Empak has any claim
with respect to any intellectual property rights of Empak.

                  4.16     Employee Benefit Plans.

                  (a) Except for plans, contracts or arrangements which Empak
has provided to Fluoroware for review, with respect to all employees and former
employees of Empak and all dependents and beneficiaries of such employees and
former employees, (i) Empak does not maintain or contribute to any nonqualified
deferred compensation or retirement plans, contracts or arrangements; (ii) Empak
does not maintain or contribute to any qualified defined contribution plans (as
defined in Section 3(34) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 414(i) of the Code, (iii) Empak does not
maintain or contribute to any qualified defined benefit plans (as defined in
Section 3(35) of ERISA or Section 414(j) of the Code); and (iv) Empak does not
maintain or contribute to any employee welfare benefit plans (as defined in
Section 3(1) of ERISA, other than plans that are excluded from the coverage of
ERISA by reason of the regulations promulgated thereunder).

                  (b) To the extent required (either as a matter of law or to
obtain the intended tax treatment and tax benefits), all employee benefit plans
(as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) Empak maintains or to which it contributes
(collectively, the "Empak Plans") comply in all respects with the

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requirements of ERISA and the Code. With respect to the Empak Plans, (i) all
required contributions which are due have been made and a proper accrual has
been made for all contributions due; (ii) there are no actions, suits or claims
pending, other than routine uncontested claims for benefits and actions relating
to qualified domestic relations orders; and (iii) there have been no prohibited
transactions (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code).

                  (c) Empak has delivered to the Fluoroware Representative true
and complete copies of (i) the most recent determination letter, if any,
received by Empak from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the Empak Plans
which Empak maintains or to which it contributes and any amendment to any Empak
Plan made subsequent to any Empak Plan amendments covered by any such
determination letter; (ii) the most recent financial statements and annual
report or return for the Empak Plans; and (iii) the most recently prepared
actuarial valuation reports, if any.

                  (d) Empak does not contribute (and has never contributed) to
any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA. Empak has no
actual or potential liabilities under Section 4201 of ERISA for any complete or
partial withdrawal from a multiemployer plan. Empak has no actual or potential
liability for death or medical benefits after separation from employment, other
than (i) death benefits under the employee benefit plans or programs (whether or
not subject to ERISA) provided to Fluoroware for review and (ii) health care
continuation benefits described in Section 4980B of the Code.

                  (e) Neither Empak nor any of its directors, officers,
employees or other "fiduciaries", as such term is defined in Section 3(21) of
ERISA, has committed any breach of fiduciary responsibility imposed by ERISA or
any other applicable law with respect to the Empak Plans which would subject the
Company, Empak, any Empak subsidiary, or any of their respective directors,
officers or employees to any liability under ERISA or any applicable law.

                  (f) Empak has not incurred any liability for any tax or civil
penalty or any disqualification of any employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) imposed by Sections 4980B and 4975 of the Code and Part 6
of Title I and Section 502(i) of ERISA.

                  4.17 Customers and Suppliers. As of the date of this
agreement, the relationships of Empak with its customers and suppliers are good
commercial working relationships. No customer or supplier has indicated that it
will stop or decrease the amount of business done with Empak, except for changes
in the ordinary course of Empak's business.

                  4.18     Compliance with Laws; Permits.

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                  (a) Empak is not currently being charged with any violations
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or the regulations promulgated
thereunder (collectively, the "ADA") or similar state laws or regulations, nor
has Empak been notified of any problems, which through the passage of time or
the future to take corrective action, could result in a violation of the ADA or
such state's laws or regulations. Empak has provided the Fluoroware
Representative with any written materials in its possession which assess or
relate to the status of Empak's real property or Empak's compliance with ADA and
such state's laws or regulations. Empak is not currently being charged with nor,
to its knowledge, is it operating its business in violation of any applicable
foreign, federal, state or municipal laws, regulations or ordinances including,
without limitation, the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the federal
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, or the regulations promulgated
thereunder ("OSHA"), or any other applicable foreign, federal, state or
municipal statute, law, regulation or ordinance relating to occupational health
and safety, nor is Empak relying on any exemption from or deferral of any such
applicable statute, law or regulation that would not be available to it or the
Company after the Exchange.

                  (b) Empak has, in full force and effect, all licenses, permits
and certificates, from federal, state, local and foreign authorities (including,
without limitation, federal and state agencies regulating occupational health
and safety) used in and, individually or in the aggregate, material to the
business or financial condition of Empak or necessary to conduct its business
and own and operate its properties (collectively, the "Empak Permits"). Empak
has conducted its business in substantial compliance with all material terms and
conditions of the Empak Permits.

                  (c) Empak has not made or agreed to make gifts of money, other
property or similar benefits (other than incidental gifts of articles of nominal
value) to any actual or potential customer, supplier, governmental employee or
any other person in a position to assist or hinder Empak in connection with any
actual or proposed transaction.

                  4.19 Brokerage. No third party shall be entitled to receive
any brokerage commissions, finder's fees, fees for financial advisory services
or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
agreement based on any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of Empak or
any of the Empak Shareholders.

                  4.20 Inventory. All inventories reflected in the Empak Latest
Balance Sheets are stated at the lower of cost or market and, as so stated, are
in good condition and are currently usable or salable in the category in which
they are inventoried, in the ordinary course of business of Empak, without
discounts other than normal trade discounts regularly offered by Empak for
prompt payment or quantity purchase.

                  4.21 Accounts and Notes Receivable. To the extent they exceed
the reserves for doubtful accounts, the accounts and notes receivable of Empak
as set forth in the Empak Latest

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Balance Sheets. and all accounts receivable of Empak that have arisen since the
Latest Balance Sheet Date are valid and enforceable obligations due to Empak and
shall be collectible by Empak in the ordinary course of business. The goods and
services sold and delivered by Empak that give rise to such accounts and notes
receivable were sold and delivered in conformity with the applicable purchase
orders, agreements and specifications. Such accounts and notes receivable are
subject to no valid defense or offsets except routine customer complaints of an
immaterial nature.

                  4.22 Affiliate Transactions. Other than pursuant to this
agreement, no officer, director or employee of Empak or any member of the
immediate family of any such officer, director or employee, or any entity in
which any of such persons owns any beneficial interest (other than any
publicly-held corporation whose stock is traded on a national securities
exchange or in the over-the-counter market and less than one percent of the
stock of which is beneficially owned by any of such persons) (collectively
"insiders"), has any agreement with Empak (other than normal employment
arrangements) or any interest in any property, real, personal or mixed, tangible
or intangible, used in or pertaining to the business of Empak (other than
ownership of Empak Shares). None of the insiders has any direct or indirect
interest in any competitor, supplier or customer of Empak or in any person, firm
or entity from whom or to whom Empak leases any property, or in any other
person, firm or entity with whom Empak transacts business of any nature. For
purposes of this section 4.22, the members of the immediate family of an
officer, director or employee shall consist of the spouse, parents, children,
siblings, mothers- and fathers-in-law, sons- and daughters-in-law, and brothers-
and sisters-in-law of such officer, director or employee.

                  4.23     Real Estate.

                  (a) Empak has good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property and improvements which are owned by Empak and used in its business
(the "Empak Owned Real Property"), free and clear of all liens, mortgages,
encumbrances, covenants, charges, easements, restrictions, reservations, leases
and assessments of any nature whatsoever. All of the buildings, improvements and
structures located on the Empak Owned Real Property or located on the real
property subject to the leases to which Empak is a party (the "Empak Leased Real
Property") are in good operating condition and repair and suitable for the
purposes for which they are being used. Each has adequate rights of ingress and
egress for the operation of its business as it is currently being conducted by
Empak, and has access, sufficient for the conduct of Empak's business as now
conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted, to all utilities, including
electricity, sanitary and storm sewer, potable water, natural gas and other
utilities, used in the operation of the business of Empak at that location. No
such building, structure or improvement, or any appurtenance thereto or
equipment therein, or the operation or maintenance thereof, violates any
restrictive covenant or any provision of any federal, state or local law,
ordinance or zoning, fire, safety, pollution or health regulations, or
encroaches on any property owned by others. No condemnation proceeding is
pending or threatened with respect to the Empak Owned Real Property or the Empak
Leased Real Property. No change is pending or threatened in any provision of any
federal, state or local law, ordinance or

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zoning or other regulation which might materially interfere with the present or
proposed use of any building, improvement or structure located on the Empak
Owned Real Property or the Empak Leased Real Property.

                  (b) Empak has previously delivered to the Fluoroware
Representative a true and complete copy of each lease (including all amendments
and supplements thereto) for property leased or otherwise used by Empak in its
business. Each such lease is in full force and effect, and constitutes a legal,
valid, and binding obligation of Empak and each other party thereto, enforceable
by Empak against the lessor thereof in accordance with its terms. Neither Empak
nor any other party to any such lease is in default of or under any such lease.
The transaction contemplated by this agreement will not result in the default of
or under any such lease or require the consent of the lessor under any such
lease.

                  (c) The leases to which Empak is a party are in full force and
effect, and Empak holds a valid and existing leasehold interest under each of
such leases. Empak is not in default, and no circumstances exist which, if not
remedied, would, either with or without notice or the passage of time or both,
result in such default under any of such leases.

                  4.24     Conditions of Assets.

                  (a) Empak owns good and marketable title to each of the
tangible personal properties and tangible and intangible assets reflected on the
Empak Latest Balance Sheet, or acquired since the date thereof, free and clear
of all liens and encumbrances, except for (i) liens for taxes not yet due or
delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii)
liens identified in the Empak Disclosure Statement, (iii) assets disposed of
since the Empak Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, (iv)
liens imposed by law and incurred in the ordinary course of business for
obligations not yet due or delinquent and (v) liens in respect of pledges or
deposits under workers' compensation laws.

                  (b) The buildings, equipment and other tangible assets used by
Empak in the conduct of its business are, in all material respects, in good
condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and are adequate and
suitable for the purposes for which they are currently being used.

                  4.25     Environmental Matters.

                  (a) As used in this section 4.25, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

                           (i) "Clean-up" shall mean removal and/or remediation
                  of, or other response (including, without limitation, testing,
                  monitoring, sampling or investigating of any kind) to, any
                  Release of Hazardous Substances or Contamination, to the

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                  satisfaction of all applicable governmental agencies, in
                  compliance with Environmental Laws and in compliance with good
                  commercial practice.

                           (ii) "Contamination" shall mean the presence of, or
                  Release on, under, from or to the Empak Property of any
                  Hazardous Substance, except the routine storage and use of
                  Hazardous Substances from time to time in the ordinary course
                  of business, in compliance with Environmental Laws and in
                  compliance with good commercial practice.

                           (iii) "Environmental Documents" shall mean (A) any
                  and all documents received by Empak from the United States
                  Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and/or any state,
                  county or municipal environmental or health agency concerning
                  the environmental condition of the Empak Property or the
                  effect of Empak's business operations on the environmental
                  condition of the Empak Property; (B) any and all documents
                  submitted by Empak to the EPA and/or any state, county or
                  municipal environmental or health agency concerning the
                  environmental condition of the Empak Property or the effect of
                  Empak's business operations on the environmental condition of
                  the Empak Property; and (C) any and all reviews, audits,
                  reports, or other analyzes concerning Contamination.

                           (iv) "Environmental Law(s)" shall mean any and all
                  federal, state and local laws, statutes, codes, ordinances,
                  regulations, rules, policies, consent decrees, judicial
                  orders, administrative orders or other requirements relating
                  to the environment or to human health or safety associated
                  with the environment, all as amended or modified from time to
                  time. Environmental Laws include, but are not limited to, the
                  following statutes and all rules and regulations relating
                  thereto, all as amended or modified from time to time:

                                    A. The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
                           Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), as amended
                           by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
                           of 1986 ("SARA") 42 U.S.C.ss.ss.9601-9675; the
                           Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
                           ("RCRA") 42 U.S.C.ss.6901-6991; the Clean Water Act
                           33 U.S.C.ss. 1321 et seq; the Clean Air Act 42
                           U.S.C.ss.ss.7401 et seq; the Federal Insecticide,
                           Fungicide and Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA") 7
                           U.S.C.ss.136 et seq; the Toxic Substances Control Act
                           ("TSCA") 15 U.S.C. ss.ss. 2601-2671; and

                                    B. The Minnesota Environmental Response and
                           Liability Act ("MERLA") Minn. Stat. Ch. 115B; the
                           Minnesota Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act, Minn.
                           Stat. Ch. 115C; the Minnesota Agricultural Chemical
                           Liability, Incidents, and Enforcement Act, Minn.
                           Stat. Ch. 18D; and the

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                           Minnesota Agricultural Chemical Response and
                           Reimbursement Law, Minn. Stat. Ch. 18E.

                           (v) "Hazardous Substance(s)" shall mean (A) any
                  substance, the presence of which requires investigation or
                  remediation under any Environmental Law or under common law;
                  (B) any dangerous, toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable,
                  infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise
                  hazardous substance which is regulated by any Environmental
                  Law; (C) any substance, the presence of which causes or
                  threatens to cause a nuisance upon the Empak Property or to
                  adjacent properties or poses or threatens to pose a hazard to
                  the health or safety of persons on or about the Empak
                  Property; (D) any substance, the presence of which on
                  properties adjacent to the Empak Property could constitute a
                  trespass by Empak; and (E) urea-formaldehyde, polychlorinated
                  biphenyls, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
                  petroleum and petroleum products; provided, however, that
                  substances otherwise within the meaning of Hazardous
                  Substances and held for resale or used in the preparation of
                  pharmaceuticals shall not be considered Hazardous Substances.

                           (vi) "Empak Property" shall refer to any real
                  property currently owned by Empak, any real property currently
                  leased by Empak and any other real property that has been
                  previously owned or used by Empak in the operation of its
                  business.

                           (vii) "Regulatory Action(s)" shall mean any claim,
                  demand, action or proceeding brought or instigated by any
                  governmental authority in connection with any Environmental
                  Law (including without limitation civil, criminal and/or
                  administrative proceedings), whether or not seeking costs,
                  damages, penalties or expenses.

                           (viii) "Release" shall mean the spilling, leaking,
                  disposing, discharging, emitting, depositing, injecting,
                  leaching, escaping or any other release or threatened release,
                  however defined, and whether intentional or unintentional, of
                  any Hazardous Substance.

                           (ix) "Third Party Claim(s)" shall mean third party
                  claims, actions, demands or proceedings (other than Regulatory
                  Actions) based on negligence, trespass, strict liability,
                  nuisance, toxic tort or detriment to human health or welfare
                  due to any Release of Hazardous Substances or Contamination,
                  and whether or not seeking costs, damages, penalties or
                  expenses.

                  (b) No Third Party Claims and/or Regulatory Actions have been
asserted or assessed against Empak or the Empak Property and no Third Party
Claims and/or Regulatory Actions are pending or threatened against Empak or the
Empak Property, arising out of or due to, or allegedly arising out of or due to,
(i) the Release on, under or from the Empak Property of any Hazardous

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Substances; (ii) any Contamination of the Empak Property, including without
limitation, the presence of any Hazardous Substance which has come to be located
on or under the Empak Property from another location; (iii) any violation or
alleged violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Empak Property or
Empak's business operations on the Empak Property; (iv) any injury to human
health or safety or to the environment by reason of the past or present
condition of, or past or present activities on or under, the Empak Property; or
(v) the generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, handling, transportation or
other use, however defined, of any Hazardous Substance on the Empak Property.

                  (c) Empak's storage, transportation, handling, use or
disposal, if any, of Hazardous Substances on or under the Empak Property and/or
disposal elsewhere, if any, of Hazardous Substances generated on or from the
Empak Property is currently, and at all times has been, in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws.

                  (d) Empak has delivered to the Fluoroware Representative,
prior to the execution and delivery of this agreement, complete copies of any
and all Environmental Documents.

                  (e) Empak has not transported nor arranged for the
transportation of any Hazardous Substances to any location which is: (i) listed
on the EPA's National Priorities List of Hazardous Waste Sites (the "National
Priorities List"); (ii) listed for possible inclusion on the National Priorities
List, in CERCLIS or on any similar state list; or (iii) the subject of any
Regulatory Action which may lead to claims against Empak for damages to natural
resources, personal injury, Clean-up costs or Clean-up work, including, but not
limited to, claims under CERCLA.

                  (f) The Empak Property is not listed in the National
Priorities List or any other list, schedule, log, inventory or record, however
defined, maintained by any federal, state or local governmental agency with
respect to sites from which there is or has been a Release of any Hazardous
Substance or any Contamination.

                  (g) No part of the Empak Property was ever used, nor is it now
being used, (A) as a landfill, dump or other disposal, storage, transfer or
handling area for Hazardous Substances, excepting, however, for the routine
storage and use of Hazardous Substances from time to time in the ordinary course
of business, in compliance with Environmental Laws and in compliance with good
commercial practice; (B) for industrial, military or manufacturing purposes; or
(C) as a gasoline service station or a facility for selling, dispensing,
storing, transferring or handling petroleum and/or petroleum products.

                  (h) There are no underground or aboveground storage tanks
(whether or not currently in use), urea-formaldehyde materials, asbestos,
asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or nuclear fuels
or wastes, located on or under the Empak Property, and no underground tank
previously located on the Empak Property has been removed therefrom.

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                  (i) There has not been, or is not now occurring, any Release
of any Hazardous Substance on, under or from the Empak Property. There has not
been, and is not now present, any Contamination of the Empak Property.

                  (j) The Empak Property and the use and operation thereof, are
currently and, at all times during Empak's ownership or operation thereof, have
been, and, to the best of Empak's knowledge after due inquiry, at all times
during the ownership and/or operation thereof by prior owners and/or users have
been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

                  (k) There are no liens against the Empak Property arising
under any Environmental Law, or based upon a Regulatory Action and/or Third
Party Claim.

                  (l) There are no wells (as said term is defined in Minn.
Stat.ss. 103I.005, Subd. 21) on the Empak Property.

                  (m) All chemical substances contained in Empak's
commercially-sold product lines were included on the initial inventory list
promulgated under the United States Toxic Substances Control Act or were the
subject of a premanufacturing notice filed with the EPA under such act. Empak's
material safety data sheets for its assets accurately and properly reflect any
hazardous ingredients in any products manufactured or sold by Empak in the
conduct of its business.

                  4.26 Year 2000 Compliance. All software used by Empak in the
operation of its business (the "Software") is Year 2000 Compliant, including
date century recognition, calculations which accommodate same century and
multi-century formulas and date values that reflect the century. As used herein,
"Year 2000 Compliant" shall mean the ability of the Software to (i) consistently
handle date information before, during and after January 1, 2000, including but
not limited to accepting date input, providing date output, and performing
calculations on dates or portions of dates; (ii) function accurately in
accordance with all documentation without interruption before, during and after
January 1, 2000, without any change of operations associated with the advent of
the new century; (iii) respond to two-digit date input in a way that resolves
any ambiguity as to century in a disclosed, defined and predetermined manner;
and (iv) store and provide output of date information in ways that are
unambiguous as to century.

                  4.27     Warranties.

                  (a) Empak has provided Fluoroware with an accurate listing of
a claims or threatened claims for breach of any warranty relating to any
products sold by Empak prior to the date hereof. The reserves for warranty
claims on the Empak Latest Balance Sheet are consistent with Empak's prior
practices and are fully adequate to cover all warranty claims made or to be made
against any products of Empak sold prior to the date thereof.

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                  (b) The goods and services sold by Empak (i) conform in all
respects with the specification, documentation, performance standard,
representation or statement (if any) made or provided with respect thereto by or
with authorization of Empak and (ii) there has not been any material claim by
any customer or other person alleging that any such goods and services does not
conform in all respects with any specification, documentation, performance,
standard, representation or statement made or provided by or on behalf of Empak,
and, to the knowledge of Fluoroware, there is no basis for any such claim.

                  (c) Other than its obligations to perform under the contracts
to which it is a party , Empak has not incurred or become subject to any
material liability arising from (i) any product, system, program, other asset
designed, developed, manufactured, assembled, sold, supplied, installed,
repaired, licensed or made available by Empak, or (ii) any consulting services,
installation services, programming services, repair services, maintenance
services, training services, support services or other services performed by
Empak.

                  4.28 Disclosure. Neither this agreement nor any of the
exhibits, schedules or any of the documents delivered by or on behalf of Empak
pursuant to this agreement nor the Empak Disclosure Schedule nor any of the
financial statements referred to in section 4.6, taken as a whole, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact regarding Empak or its business or any of
the other matters dealt with in this article IV relating to Empak or the
transactions contemplated by this agreement. This agreement, the exhibits or
schedules hereto, the documents delivered to Fluoroware by or on behalf of Empak
pursuant to this agreement, the Disclosure Schedule and the financial statements
referred to in section 4.6, taken as a whole, do not omit any material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and there is no fact
which has not been disclosed to the Fluoroware Representative of which Empak is
aware which materially affects adversely or could reasonably be anticipated to
materially affect adversely the assets, financial condition, operating results,
customer, employee or supplier relations, business condition or prospects of
Empak or the Company.

                                  ARTICLE V
                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

         As a material inducement to the Fluoroware Shareholders and the Empak
Shareholders to enter into the Shareholder Agreements and to complete the
Exchange on the terms set forth in this agreement and with the understanding
that the Shareholders will be relying thereon in consummating the Exchange and
the other transactions contemplated by this agreement, the Company hereby
represents and warrants to each of the Shareholders as follows:

                  5.1 Incorporation and Corporate Power. The Company is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the state of Minnesota, with the

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requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this agreement and perform
its obligations hereunder.

                  5.2 Execution, Delivery; Valid and Binding Agreement. The
execution, delivery and performance of this agreement, by the Company, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all requisite corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings
on its part are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance of
this agreement This agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms.

                  5.3 Validity of the Company Shares. The Company Shares to be
issued pursuant to this agreement will be, when issued, duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and subject to no preemptive rights.

                  5.4 No Breach. The execution, delivery and performance of this
agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby do not conflict with or result in any breach of any of the
provisions of, constitute a default under, result in a violation of, result in
the creation of a right of termination or acceleration of any lien, security
interest, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of the Company, or require any
authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to any
court or other governmental body, under the provisions of the articles or
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any indenture,
mortgage, lease, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument by which the
Company is bound or affected, or any law, statute, rule or regulation or order,
judgment or decree to which the Company is subject.

                  5.5 Governmental Authorities; Consents. The Company is not
required to submit any notice, report or other filing with any governmental
authority in connection with the execution or delivery by it of this agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. No consent,
approval or authorization of any governmental or regulatory authority or any
other party or person is required to be obtained by the Company in connection
with its execution, delivery and performance of this agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.

                  5.6 Brokerage. No third party shall be entitled to receive any
brokerage commissions, finder's fees, fees for financial advisory services or
similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
agreement based on any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the
Company.

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                                  ARTICLE VI
                       COVENANTS OF EMPAK AND FLUOROWARE

                  6.1 Conduct of the Business. Each of Fluoroware and Empak (the
"Constituent Corporations" or each singly a "Constituent Corporation") shall
observe each term set forth in this section 6.1 and agrees that, from the date
hereof until the Closing Date, unless otherwise consented to by the other
Constituent Corporation in writing:

                  (a) The business of such Constituent Corporation shall be
conducted only in, and such Constituent Corporation shall not take any action
except in, the ordinary course of such Constituent Corporation's business, on an
arm's-length basis and in accordance in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations and such Constituent Corporation's past
custom and practice;

                  (b) Such Constituent Corporation shall not, directly or
indirectly, do or permit to occur any of the following: (i) issue or sell any
additional shares of, or any options, warrants, conversion privileges or rights
of any kind to acquire any shares of, any of its capital stock, (ii) sell,
pledge, dispose of or encumber any of its assets, except in the ordinary course
of business; (iii) amend or propose to amend its certificate of incorporation or
bylaws; (iv) split, combine or reclassify any outstanding shares of its capital
stock, or declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution payable
in cash, stock, property or otherwise with respect to shares of its capital
stock; (v) redeem, purchase or acquire or offer to acquire any shares of such
Constituent Corporation's capital stock or other securities of such Constituent
Corporation; (vi) acquire (by merger, exchange, consolidation, acquisition of
stock or assets or otherwise) any corporation, partnership, joint venture or
other business organization or division or material assets thereof; (vii) incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities except the
borrowing of working capital in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice; (viii) permit any accounts payable owed to trade creditors
to remain outstanding more than 60 days; (ix) accelerate, beyond the normal
collection cycle, collection of accounts receivable; or (x) enter into or
propose to enter into, or modify or propose to modify, any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with respect to any of the matters set forth in
this section 6.1(b);

                  (c) Such Constituent Corporation shall not, directly or
indirectly, enter into or modify any employment, severance or similar agreements
or arrangements with, or grant any bonuses, salary increases, severance or
termination pay to, any officers, directors, employees or consultants, or take
any action with respect to the grant of any bonuses, salary increases, severance
or termination pay or with respect to any increase of benefits payable in effect
on the date of this agreement;

                  (d) Such Constituent Corporation shall not adopt or amend any
bonus, profit sharing, compensation, stock option, pension, retirement, deferred
compensation, employment or other employee benefit plan, trust, fund or group
arrangement for the benefit or welfare of any employees or any bonus, profit
sharing, compensation, stock option, pension, retirement, deferred compensation,
employment or other employee benefit plan, agreement, trust, fund or
arrangements for the benefit or welfare of any director;

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                  (e) Such Constituent Corporation shall not cancel or terminate
its current insurance policies or cause any of the coverage thereunder to lapse,
unless simultaneously with such termination, cancellation or lapse, replacement
policies providing coverage equal to or greater than the coverage under the
canceled, terminated or lapsed policies for substantially similar premiums are
in full force and effect;

                  (f) Such Constituent Corporation shall (i) use its best
efforts to preserve intact such Constituent Corporation's business organization
and goodwill, keep available the services of such Constituent Corporation's
officers and employees as a group and maintain satisfactory relationships with
suppliers, distributors, customers and others having business relationships with
such Constituent Corporation; (ii) confer on a regular and frequent basis with
representatives of the other Constituent Corporation to report operational
matters and the general status of ongoing operations; (iii) not intentionally
take any action which would render, or which reasonably may be expected to
render, any representation or warranty made by it in this agreement untrue at
the Closing; (iv) notify the other Constituent Corporation of any emergency or
other change in the normal course of such Constituent Corporation's business or
in the operation of such Constituent Corporation's properties and of any
governmental or third party complaints, investigations or hearings (or
communications indicating that the same may be contemplated) if such emergency,
change, complaint, investigation or hearing would be material, individually or
in the aggregate, to the business, operations or financial condition of such
Constituent Corporation or to such Constituent Corporation's ability to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this agreement; and (v) promptly
notify the other Constituent Corporation in writing if such Constituent
Corporation shall discover that any representation or warranty made by its
shareholders in this agreement was when made, or has subsequently become, untrue
in any respect;

                  (g) Such Constituent Corporation shall (i) file any Tax
returns, elections or information statements with respect to any liabilities for
Taxes of such Constituent Corporation or other matters relating to Taxes of such
Constituent Corporation which pursuant to applicable law must be filed prior to
the Closing Date; (ii) promptly upon filing provide copies of any such Tax
returns, elections or information statements to the other Constituent
Corporation; (iii) make any such Tax elections or other discretionary positions
with respect to Taxes taken by or affecting such Constituent Corporation only
upon prior consultation with and consent of the other Constituent Corporation;
and (iv) not amend any Return; and

                  (h) Such Constituent Corporation shall not perform any act
referenced by (or omit to perform any act which omission is referenced by) the
terms of section 3.9 or section 4.9.

                  6.2 Access to Books and Records. Between the date of this
agreement and the Closing Date, each Constituent Corporation shall afford to the
other Constituent Corporation and the Fluoroware Representative or the Empak
Representatives (collectively, the "Representatives") full access at all
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice to the offices, properties, books,
records, officers, employees and other items of such Constituent Corporation,
and the work papers of its regular

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independent accountants, relating to work done by such accountants with respect
to such Constituent Corporation for each of the fiscal years ended in August,
1998 and 1997, and otherwise provide such assistance as is reasonably requested
by the Fluoroware Representative or the Empak Representatives, as the case may
be, in order that the other Constituent Corporation may have a full opportunity
to make such investigation and evaluation as it shall reasonably desire to make
of the business and affairs of such Constituent Corporation. In addition, such
Constituent Corporation and its officers and directors shall cooperate fully
(including providing introductions, where necessary) with the other Constituent
Corporation to enable the other Constituent Corporation to contact such third
parties, including customers, prospective customers, specifying agencies,
vendors, or suppliers of such Constituent Corporation as the other Constituent
Corporation deems reasonably necessary to complete its due diligence; provided
that, the other Constituent Corporation agrees not to initiate such contacts
without the prior approval of such Constituent Corporation, which approval will
not be unreasonably withheld. Any information obtained by the other Constituent
Corporation or its representatives in connection with such investigation,
evaluation and due diligence shall be maintained by the other Constituent
Corporation or its representatives on a confidential basis in accordance with
the confidentiality commitments set forth in the letter of intent, dated March
15, 1999, between the Constituent Corporations, and the separate confidentiality
agreement between the Constituent Corporations, dated September 25, 1998 and
October 12, 1998.

                  6.3 Hart-Scott-Rodino Filing. Fluoroware, Empak and any
Shareholder who is an "Ultimate Parent Entity" of either Fluoroware or Empak
shall cooperate with each other and cause to be filed with the Federal Trade
Commission (the "FTC") and the U.S. Department of Justice the premerger
notification filing required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvements
Act of 1976 (the "Hart-Scott-Rodino Act"), and shall make available to each
other such financial and other information as may be needed to complete and file
the forms required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Each of Empak and Fluoroware
shall be responsible for the payment of one-half (1/2) of the filing date
payable to the FTC for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act notification filing.

                  6.4 Other Regulatory Filings. Each Constituent Corporation
shall, as promptly as practicable after the execution of this agreement, make or
cause to be made all filings and submissions under any laws or regulations
applicable to such Constituent Corporation for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein. Each Constituent Corporation will coordinate
and cooperate with the other Constituent Corporation in exchanging such
information, will not make any such filing without providing to the other
Constituent Corporation a final copy thereof for its review and consent at least
two full business days in advance of the proposed filing and will provide such
reasonable assistance as the other Constituent Corporation may request in
connection with all of the foregoing.

                  6.5 Conditions. Each Constituent Corporation shall take all
commercially reasonable actions necessary or desirable to cause the conditions
set forth in sections 7.1 and 7.2 to be satisfied and to consummate the
transactions contemplated herein as soon as reasonably possible after the
satisfaction thereof (but in any event within three business days of such date).

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                  6.6 No Negotiations. Neither Constituent Corporation shall
enter into any negotiations or agreement, or make any undertaking or commitment,
(i) to merge or consolidate with, or acquire substantially all of the property
and assets of, any other corporation or person, (ii) to sell, lease or exchange
all or substantially all of their respective properties and assets to any
other corporation or person or (iii) otherwise to cause the ownership or control
of such Constituent Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to be transferred to
any party other than the other Constituent Corporation.

                  6.7 Tax and Accounting Treatment. Each Constituent Corporation
shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange to qualify for pooling-
of-interests accounting treatment and as an exchange of property pursuant to
Section 351 of the Code that would be tax-free to the Shareholders.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                             CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

                  7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Fluoroware and the
Fluoroware Shareholders. The respective obligations of Fluoroware and each
Fluoroware Shareholder to consummate the Exchange and the other transactions
contemplated by this agreement are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the
Fluoroware Representative) of the following conditions on or before the Closing
Date:

                  (a) The representations and warranties of Empak set forth in
this agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of
the Closing Date as though then made and as though the Closing Date had been
substituted for the date of this agreement throughout such representations and
warranties (without taking into account any disclosures by Empak of discoveries,
events or occurrences arising on or after the date hereof), except that any such
representation or warranty made as of a specified date (other than the date
hereof) shall only need to have been true on and as of such date;

                  (b) Empak shall have performed in all material respects all of
the covenants and agreements required to be performed and complied with by it
under this agreement prior to the Closing Date;

                  (c) Empak shall have obtained, or caused to be obtained, each
consent and approval necessary in order that the transactions contemplated
herein not constitute a breach or violation of, or result in a right of
termination or acceleration of, or creation of any encumbrance on any of Empak's
assets pursuant to the provisions of, any agreement, arrangement or undertaking
of or affecting Empak or any license, franchise or permit of or affecting Empak;

                  (d) The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and
other FTC and U.S. Department of Justice rules and regulations shall have
lapsed;

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                  (e) All material governmental filings, authorizations and
approvals that are required for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this agreement shall have been duly made and obtained;

                  (f) There shall not be threatened, instituted or pending any
action or proceeding, before any court or governmental authority or agency,
domestic or foreign, (i) challenging or seeking to make illegal, or to delay or
otherwise directly or indirectly restrain or prohibit, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or seeking to obtain material damages in
connection with such transactions, (ii) seeking to prohibit direct or indirect
ownership or operation by the Company of all or a material portion of the
business or assets of Empak or Fluoroware, (iii) seeking to invalidate or render
unenforceable any material provision of this agreement, or (iv) otherwise
relating to and materially adversely affecting the transactions contemplated
hereby;

                  (g) Neither Fluoroware nor the Fluoroware Representative shall
have discovered any fact or circumstance existing as of the date of this
agreement which has not been disclosed to the Fluoroware Representative as of
the date of this agreement regarding the business, assets, properties, condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of Empak which is,
individually or in the aggregate with other such facts and circumstances,
materially adverse to Empak or to the value of the Empak Shares;

                  (h) There shall have been no damage, destruction or loss of or
to any property or properties owned or used by Empak, whether or not covered by
insurance, which, in the aggregate, has, or would be reasonably likely to have,
a material adverse effect on Empak;

                  (i) The Fluoroware Shareholders shall have received from
Robert E. Boyle & Associates P.A., legal counsel for Empak, a written opinion,
dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Fluoroware Shareholders and
satisfactory to Fluoroware's legal counsel, in form and substance substantially
as set forth in exhibit B;

                  (j) The Company shall have received a letter from KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Fluoroware and Empak,
dated as of the Closing Date to the effect that based on information provided to
it by Fluoroware and Empak and its review of this agreement, no conditions exist
which would preclude the Company from accounting for the Exchange as a "pooling
of interest" (the "Pooling Letter");

                  (k) Shareholder Agreements shall have been executed by each of
the Empak Shareholders, and such Shareholder Agreements, together with
certificates evidencing the Empak Shares owned by such Empak Shareholders, shall
have been delivered to the Company;

                  (l) HSBC Bank USA, the independent fiduciary of the
Fluoroware, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (the "ESOP) shall have
(i) received an opinion from its independent

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financial advisor, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Financial Advisors, Inc., to
the effect that (A) the value of the Company Shares received by the ESOP in
exchange for the Fluoroware Shares held by the ESOP is no less than fair market
value, and (B) the terms of the transactions are fair to the ESOP from a
financial point of view; and (ii) determined that entering into the Shareholder
Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated by this agreement are
prudent and in the best interests of the ESOP participants and beneficiaries.

                  (m) Prior to the Closing Date, Empak shall have delivered to
the Company and the Fluoroware Representative each of the following:

                  (i) a certificate of the President of Empak, dated as of the
         Closing Date, stating that the conditions precedent set forth in
         subsection (a) or (b) above have been satisfied;

                  (ii) copies of the third party and governmental consents and
         approvals and of the authorizations referred to in subsection (c), (d)
         or (e) above;

                  (iii) Empak's minute books, stock transfer records, corporate
         seal and other materials related to Empak's corporate administration;

                  (iv) a copy of the certificate of incorporation of Empak,
         certified by the Secretary of State of the state of Minnesota and the
         other states Empak is required to be qualified to do business in,
         evidencing the good standing of Empak in such jurisdictions;

                  (v) a certificate (dated as of the Closing Date) executed on
         behalf of Empak by its Corporate Secretary certifying to the Company
         and the Fluoroware Shareholders setting forth a copy of each of (A) the
         text of the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Empak
         authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this agreement
         and the consummation of all of the transactions contemplated by this
         agreement, and (B) bylaws of Empak; and further certifying that such
         copies are true, correct and complete copies of such resolutions and
         bylaws, respectively, and that such resolutions and bylaws were duly
         adopted and have not been amended or rescinded;

                  (vi) such other certificates, documents and instruments as the
         Fluoroware Representative reasonably request related to the
         transactions contemplated hereby.

                  7.2 Conditions to the Obligations of Empak and the Empak
Shareholders. The respective obligations of Empak and each Empak Shareholder to
consummate the Exchange and the other transactions contemplated by this
agreement are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Empak
Representatives) of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

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                  (a) The representations and warranties of Fluoroware set forth
in this agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as
of the Closing Date as though then made and as though the Closing Date had been
substituted for the date of this agreement throughout such representations and
warranties (without taking into account any disclosures by Fluoroware of
discoveries, events or occurrences arising on or after the date hereof), except
that any such representation or warranty made as of a specified date (other than
the date hereof) shall only need to have been true on and as of such date;

                  (b) Fluoroware shall have performed in all material respects
all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed and complied with
by it under this agreement prior to the Closing Date;

                  (c) Fluoroware shall have obtained, or caused to be obtained,
each consent and approval necessary in order that the transactions contemplated
herein not constitute a breach or violation of, or result in a right of
termination or acceleration of, or creation of any encumbrance on any of
Fluoroware's assets pursuant to the provisions of, any agreement, arrangement or
undertaking of or affecting Fluoroware or any license, franchise or permit of or
affecting Fluoroware;

                  (d) The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and
other FTC and U.S. Department of Justice rules and regulations shall have
lapsed;

                  (e) All material governmental filings, authorizations and
approvals that are required for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this agreement shall have been duly made and obtained;

                  (f) There shall not be threatened, instituted or pending any
action or proceeding, before any court or governmental authority or agency,
domestic or foreign, (i) challenging or seeking to make illegal, or to delay or
otherwise directly or indirectly restrain or prohibit, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or seeking to obtain material damages in
connection with such transactions, (ii) seeking to prohibit direct or indirect
ownership or operation by the Company of all or a material portion of the
business or assets of Fluoroware or Empak, (iii) seeking to invalidate or render
unenforceable any material provision of this agreement, or (iv) otherwise
relating to and materially adversely affecting the transactions contemplated
hereby;

                  (g) Neither Empak nor the Empak Representatives shall have
discovered any fact or circumstance existing as of the date of this agreement
which has not been disclosed to the Empak Representatives as of the date of this
agreement regarding the business, assets, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations or prospects of Fluoroware which is,
individually or in the aggregate with other such facts and circumstances,
materially adverse to Fluoroware or to the value of the Fluoroware Shares;

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                  (h) There shall have been no damage, destruction or loss of or
to any property or properties owned or used by Fluoroware, whether or not
covered by insurance, which, in the aggregate, has, or would be reasonably
likely to have, a material adverse effect on Fluoroware;

                  (i) The Empak Shareholders shall have received from Dunkly,
Bennett & Christensen P.A., legal counsel for Fluoroware, a written opinion,
dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Empak Shareholders and satisfactory to
Empak's legal counsel, in form and substance substantially as set forth in
exhibit C;

                  (j) The Company shall have received the Pooling Letter;

                  (k) Shareholder Agreements shall have been executed by each of
the Fluoroware Shareholders, and such Shareholder Agreements, together with
certificates evidencing the Fluoroware shares owned by such Fluoroware
Shareholders, shall have been delivered to the Company; and

                  (l) Prior to the Closing Date, Fluoroware shall have delivered
to the Company all of the following:

                  (i) a certificate of the President of Fluoroware, dated as of
         the Closing Date, stating that the conditions precedent set forth in
         subsection (a) or (b) above have been satisfied;

                  (ii) copies of the third party and governmental consents and
         approvals and of the authorizations referred to in subsections (c), (d)
         or (e) above;

                  (iii) Fluoroware's minute books, stock transfer records,
         corporate seal and other materials related to Fluoroware's corporate
         administration;

                  (iv) a copy of the certificate of incorporation of Fluoroware,
         certified by the Secretary of State of the state of Minnesota and the
         other states Fluoroware is required to be qualified to do business in,
         evidencing the good standing of Fluoroware in such jurisdictions;

                  (v) a certificate (dated as of the Closing Date) executed on
         behalf of Fluoroware by its Corporate Secretary certifying to the
         Company and the Empak Shareholders setting forth a copy of each of (A)
         the text of the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of
         Fluoroware authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
         agreement and the consummation of all of the transactions contemplated
         by this agreement, and (B) the bylaws of Fluoroware; and further
         certifying that such copies are true, correct and complete copies of
         such resolutions and bylaws, respectively, and that such resolutions
         and bylaws were duly adopted and have not been amended or rescinded;

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                  (vi) such other certificates, documents and instruments as the
         Empak Representative reasonably requests related to the transactions
         contemplated hereby.

                                 ARTICLE VIII
                                  TERMINATION

                  8.1 Termination. This agreement may be terminated at any time
prior to the Closing Date:

                  (a) by the mutual consent of Fluoroware and Empak;

                  (b) by either Fluoroware, on the one hand, or Empak, on the
other, if there has been a material misrepresentation, breach of warranty or
breach of covenant on the part of the other in the representations, warranties
and covenants set forth in this agreement;

                  (c) by either Fluoroware or the Fluoroware Representative, on
the one hand, or Empak or the Empak Representatives, on the other, if the
transactions contemplated by this agreement have not been consummated by June
30, 1999; provided that, neither will be entitled to terminate this agreement
pursuant to this section 8.1(c) if such party's willful breach of this agreement
has prevented the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
agreement; or

                  (d) by Fluoroware or the Fluoroware Representative if, after
the date hereof, there shall have been a material adverse change in the
financial condition or business of Empak or if an event shall have occurred
which, so far as reasonably can be foreseen, would result in any such change,
except to the extent such change is directly caused by Fluoroware or the
Fluoroware Shareholders; or

                  (e) by Empak or the Empak Representatives if, after the date
hereof, there shall have been a material adverse change in the financial
condition or business of Fluoroware or if an event shall have occurred which, so
far as reasonably can be foreseen, would result in any such change, except to
the extent such change is directly caused by Empak or the Empak Shareholders.

                  8.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this
agreement by either Fluoroware or the Fluoroware Representative, on the one
hand, or Empak or the Empak Representatives, on the other, as provided in
section 8.1, all provisions of this agreement shall terminate and there shall be
no liability on the part of any of the parties to this agreement, except further
that parties shall remain liable for willful breaches of this agreement prior to
the time of such termination.

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                                  ARTICLE IX
                            SURVIVAL; OFFSET RIGHTS

                  9.1 Survival. Notwithstanding any investigation made by or on
behalf of any of the parties to this agreement or any of the Shareholder
Representatives or the results of any such investigation and notwithstanding the
participation of such party in the Closing, the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of Empak and Fluoroware in this agreement shall survive
the Closing Date for a period of one (1) year following the Closing Date. If a
notice of an indemnification claim is given in accordance with section 9.5
before the expiration of such one (1) year period, then (notwithstanding the
expiration of the one (1) year period) the representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement applicable to such claim shall survive until, but only for purposes
of, the resolution of such claim.

                  9.2      Indemnification Commitments.

                  (a) Subject to the limitations of sections 9.3(a), 9.3(b) and
9.3(d), the Company shall have the right to full and complete indemnification
against, and to be held harmless from, any loss, liability, deficiency, damage,
expense or cost (including reasonable legal expenses) which the Company may
suffer, sustain or become subject to, as a result of (i) any misrepresentation
in any of the representations and warranties of Fluoroware contained in this
agreement or of any of the Fluoroware Shareholders contained in the Fluoroware
Shareholder Agreements, (ii) any breach of, or failure to perform, any agreement
of Fluoroware contained in this agreement or any of the Fluoroware Shareholders
contained in the Fluoroware Shareholder Agreements, or (iii) any third party
claims asserted or threatened against the Company which arise out of the actions
or inactions of Fluoroware or any of the Fluoroware Shareholders prior to the
Closing (collectively, "Fluoroware Recoverable Losses").

                  (b) Subject to the limitations of sections 9.3(a), 9.3(c) and
9.3(d), the Company shall have the right to full and complete indemnification
against, and to be held harmless from, any loss, liability, deficiency, damage,
expense or cost (including reasonable legal expenses) which the Company may
suffer, sustain or become subject to, as a result of (i) any misrepresentation
in any of the representations and warranties of Empak contained in this
agreement or of any of the Empak Shareholders contained in the Empak Shareholder
Agreements, (ii) any breach of, or failure to perform, any agreement of Empak or
the Empak Shareholders contained in this agreement or any of the Empak
Shareholders contained in the Empak Shareholder Agreements, or (iii) any third
party claims asserted or threatened against the Company which arise out of the
actions or inactions of Empak or any of the Empak Shareholders prior to the
Closing (collectively, "Empak Recoverable Losses"). Fluoroware Recoverable
Losses and Empak Recoverable Losses shall sometimes be collectively referred to
as "Company Losses."

                  9.3      Limitations on Indemnification Commitments.

                  (a) In the event that any claims for indemnification are made
by the Company or any of the Shareholder Representatives pursuant to this
article IX, such claims

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shall be satisfied solely from the Fluoroware Holdback Shares or the Empak
Holdback Shares, as the case may be, and neither Fluoroware, Empak nor any
Shareholder shall be personally liable for any indemnification commitments under
this agreement; provided, however, that such limitation on indemnification shall
not apply to indemnification claims that arise from the inaccuracy of any
representation of a Shareholder under a Shareholder Agreement.

                  (b) The Fluoroware Holdback Shares shall be subject to
reduction by the Company for any Fluoroware Recoverable Losses (i) only if the
Company or the Empak Representatives deliver to the Fluoroware Representative
written notice (a "Claim Notice") in the form contemplated by section 9.5
related to a claim or claims prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing
Date and (ii) only if, and to the extent that, the aggregate amount of all
Fluoroware Recoverable Losses exceeds Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000) (the "Threshold"), in which case such losses shall only constitute
Fluoroware Recoverable Losses to the extent of the excess of the aggregate
amount of all such Fluoroware Recoverable Losses over the Threshold; provided,
however, that any Fluoroware Recoverable Losses (A) arising out of or
attributable to the inaccuracy of representations set forth in section 3.5 of
this agreement or any of the Fluoroware Shareholder Agreements or the failure by
Fluoroware or the Fluoroware Shareholders to comply with any of their covenants
under this agreement or the Fluoroware Shareholder Agreements, respectively, or
(C) which are based on fraudulent actions or statements of Fluoroware or any
Fluoroware Shareholder, shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in
this section 9.3(b).

                  (c) The Empak Holdback Shares, shall be subject to reduction
by the Company for any Empak Recoverable Losses (i) only if the Company or the
Fluoroware Representative deliver to the Empak Representatives a Claim Notice
related to claim or claims prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing
Date and (ii) only if, and to the extent that, the aggregate amount of all Empak
Recoverable Losses exceeds the Threshold, in which case such losses shall only
constitute Empak Recoverable Losses to the extent of the excess of the aggregate
amount of all such Empak Indemnified Losses over the Threshold; provided,
however, that any Empak Recoverable Losses (A) arising out of or attributable to
the inaccuracy of representations set forth in section 4.5 of this agreement or
any of the Empak Shareholder Agreements or the failure by Empak or the Empak
Shareholders to comply with any of its covenants under this agreement or the
Empak Shareholder Agreements, respectively, or (C) which are based on fraudulent
actions or statements Empak or any Empak Shareholder, shall not be subject to
the limitations set forth in this section 9.3(c).

                  (d) If any claim for indemnification under this article IX is
determined to be valid pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 9.5, the
amount of the Fluoroware Recoverable Loss or the Empak Recoverable Loss, as the
case may be, shall be satisfied by reducing the number of Fluoroware Holdback
Shares or Empak Holdback Shares, respectively, which are to be issued by the
Company on the first anniversary of the Closing Date. The reduction in the
number of Fluoroware Holdback Shares (the "Fluoroware Reduction") shall be equal
to (i) the amount of the Fluoroware

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Recoverable Loss, divided by (ii) the Holdback Value. The reduction in the
number of Empak Holdback Shares (the "Empak Reduction") shall be equal to (i)
the amount of the Empak Recoverable Loss, divided by (ii) the Holdback Value.
For this purpose, such Holdback Value shall be deemed to be the per share value
of Company Shares immediately following the completion of the Exchange on the
Closing Date that is determined by the mutual agreement of the Shareholder
Representatives, and the Shareholder Representatives shall be authorized to
obtain, at the expense of the Company, such independent valuation assistance as
they, in their discretion, determine to be appropriate to determine the Holdback
Value.

                  (e) For purposes of section 2.1(b)(ii), the Fluoroware
Adjustment shall be equal to (i) the amount by which (A) 900,001, exceeds (B)
the Fluoroware Reduction, divided by (ii) 900,001. For purposes of section
2.2(b)(ii), the Empak Adjustment shall be equal to (i) the amount by which (A)
600,001, exceeds (B) the Empak Reduction, divided by (ii) 600,001.

                  9.4 Insurance Proceeds. Notwithstanding any provision in this
agreement to the contrary, no reduction in the amount of the Holdback Shares
shall be made, if and to the extent that the Company, Empak or Fluoroware has
actually received any insurance proceeds attributable to the Company Losses. If
and to the extent such insurance proceeds are received by the Company, Empak or
Fluoroware after the Company has reduced the number of Holdback Shares pursuant
to this article IX, the Company shall reissue that number of additional Company
Shares to the appropriate Shareholders as shall be equal to the amount of such
insurance proceeds, divided by the Holdback Value, determined pursuant to
section 9.3(d). The Company covenants and agrees to pursue diligently all claims
for insurance proceeds under any applicable policy maintained by Empak,
Fluoroware or the Company. The parties agree to use reasonable efforts to
cooperate in ascertaining and establishing coverage and pursuing and collecting
any claims under applicable insurance polices related to insured Company Losses.

                  9.5      Claims Procedure.

                  (a) Initiation of Claim Procedure. In the event the Company or
any Fluoroware Representative or any Empak Representative (the "Claimant")
proposes to make any claim for indemnification under this article IX, it shall
deliver a written notice signed by Claimant (the "Claim Notice") to other
Shareholder Representatives (with a duplicate copy thereof being delivered
concurrently to the Company, if appropriate) prior to the first anniversary of
the Closing Date. The Claim Notice shall specify in reasonable detail each
individual item of damage, loss, expense or other claim included in the amount
so stated, the date such item was paid or properly accrued, the basis for any
anticipated liability and the nature of the misrepresentation, breach of
warranty, agreement or claim to which each such item is related. Respondent
shall have forty-five (45) days after receipt of any Claim Notice in which to
object in writing to the claim or claims made by Claimant in the Claim Notice,
which written objection (the "Objection Notice") shall state, in reasonable
detail, the basis for Respondent's objection.

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                  (b) Negotiated Settlement of Claims. In the event that
Respondent does deliver an Objection Notice with respect to any claim or claims
made in any Claim Notice, the Empak Representatives and the Fluoroware
Representative shall, within the forty-five (45) day period beginning as of the
date of the receipt by Claimant of the Objection Notice, attempt in good faith
to agree upon the proper resolutions of each of such claims. If the parties
should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and
signed by both parties and shall be furnished to the Company. The Company shall
be entitled to rely on any such memorandum to make distributions of the Holdback
Shares in accordance with the terms of such memorandum and section 2.1(b)(ii) or
section 2.2(b)(ii) of this agreement.

                  (c) Arbitration. If no agreement can be reached after good
faith negotiation within the forty-five (45) day period specified in section
9.5(b) or such extended period as the Shareholder Representatives shall mutually
agree upon in writing, the matter shall be submitted to binding arbitration in
accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration
Association. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Shareholder Representatives, any
such arbitration shall be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The decision of the
arbitrator as to the validity and amount of any claim shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Company, the Shareholder Representatives and the Shareholders.
The Company shall be entitled to act in accordance with such decision and make
distributions of the Holdback Shares in accordance therewith and with section
2.1(b)(ii) or section 2.2(b)(ii). Any arbitrator's decision may be used as a
basis for entry of judgment in any jurisdiction. Each party shall pay their own
costs and expenses incurred in connection with such arbitration proceedings and
each party shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the fees of the arbitrator and the
American Arbitration Association; provided, however, that if either party is
successful in such arbitration proceeding in an amount equal to eighty percent
(80%) or more of the amount in dispute (e.g. the Empak Representatives are
successful if awarded eighty percent (80%) or more of their claims, and the
Fluoroware Representative is successful if the Empak Representatives are awarded
less than twenty percent (20%) of their claims), the other party shall be
responsible for paying all of the costs of the proceeding, including the costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees, arbitration fees and costs)
of the prevailing party.

                  (d) Final Payment. Upon the later of (i) the first anniversary
of the Closing Date, or (ii) expiration of the forty-five (45) day period after
the delivery of a memorandum of agreement, in cases covered by section 9.5(b) of
this agreement, or the receipt of a decision of the arbitrator, in cases covered
in section 9.5(c) of this agreement, the Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, issue to the Shareholders the number of Holdback Shares determined
to be issuable to each of them pursuant to section 2.1(b)(ii) or section
2.2(b)(ii), as applicable.

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                                   ARTICLE X
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

                  10.1 Press Releases and Announcements. Prior to the Closing
Date, no party hereto shall issue any press release (or make any other public
announcement) related to this agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby
or make any announcement to the employees, customers or suppliers of Empak or
Fluoroware without prior written approval of the other parties, except as may be
necessary, in the opinion of counsel to the party seeking to make disclosure, to
comply with the requirements of this agreement or applicable law. If any such
press release or public announcement is so required, the party making such
disclosure shall consult with the other party prior to making such disclosure,
and the parties shall use all reasonable efforts, acting in good faith, to agree
upon a text for such disclosure which is satisfactory to both parties.

                  10.2 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided for
herein, Fluoroware and the Fluoroware Shareholders, on the one hand, and Empak
and the Empak Shareholders, on the other hand, will be responsible for the
payment of all of their own expenses (including attorneys' and accountants'
fees) in connection with the negotiation of this agreement, the performance of
their respective obligations under this agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (whether consummated or not); provided,
however, that legal fees and expenses of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, as special legal
counsel for the Exchange, shall be regarded as expenses of the transaction and
one-half (1/2) of such fees and expenses shall be paid by each of Fluoroware and
Empak, regardless of whether the transactions contemplated by this agreement are
consummated.

                  10.3 Amendment and Waiver. This agreement may not be amended
or waived except in a writing executed by the party against which such amendment
or waiver is sought to be enforced; provided, however, that (a) the Fluoroware
Representative shall be authorized to amend or waive provisions of this
agreement on behalf of the Fluoroware Shareholders so long as such amendment
does not modify the number of Company Shares to be received by the Fluoroware
Shareholders pursuant to the Exchange, and the Empak Representative shall be
authorized to amend or waive provisions of this agreement on behalf of the Empak
Shareholders so long as such amendment does not modify the number of Company
Shares to be received by the Empak Shareholders pursuant to the Exchange. No
course of dealing between or among any persons having any interest in this
agreement will be deemed effective to modify or amend any part of this agreement
or any rights or obligations of any person under or by reason of this agreement.

                  10.4 Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to
be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this agreement
will be in writing and will be deemed to have been given when personally
delivered or three days after being mailed, if mailed by first class mail,
return receipt requested, or when receipt is acknowledged, if sent by overnight
courier service, facsimile, telecopy or other electronic transmission device.
Notices, demands and communications to the Fluoroware Shareholders, Fluoroware,
the Empak Shareholders and Empak will, unless another address is specified in
writing, be sent to the address indicated below:

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Notices to Fluoroware or                    with a copy to:
Fluoroware Representative:                  Dunkley, Bennett & Christensen P.A.
3500 Lyman Boulevard                        701 Fourth Avenue South, Suite 700
Chaska, MN 55318                            Minneapolis, MN 55415
Attn: Stan Geyer                            Attention: Jay Bennett, Esq.
Telecopy: 612-488-2950                      Telecopy:  (612) 339-9545

Notices to Empak or the Empak                with a copy to
Representatives:                             Robert E. Boyle & Associates, P.A.
950 Lake Drive                               145 Paramount Plaza III
Chanhassen, MN 55317                         7831 Glenroy Road
Attn: Delmer Jensen                          Bloomington, MN 55439
Telecopy: 612-949-1288                       Attention: Robert E. Boyle, Esq.
                                             Telecopy: (612) 837-0920

                  10.5 Assignment. This agreement and all of the provisions
hereof will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that neither this
agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be
assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other
parties hereto.

                  10.6 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this
agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this agreement is held to be prohibited
by or invalid under applicable law, such provision will be ineffective only to
the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder
of such provision or the remaining provisions of this agreement.

                  10.7 Complete Agreement. This agreement, the schedules, and
other exhibits hereto, the Fluoroware Disclosure Schedule, the Empak Disclosure
Schedule and the other documents referred to herein contain the complete
agreement among the parties and supersede any prior understandings, agreements
or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have
related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

                  10.8 Counterparts. This agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than
one party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the
same instrument. This agreement shall not be binding until is executed by all of
the parties hereto.

                  10.9 Governing Law. The internal law, without regard for
conflicts of laws principles, of the State of Minnesota will govern all
questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this
agreement and the performance of the obligations imposed by this agreement.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties to this agreement has
executed this agreement as of the date set forth in the first paragraph.

FLUOROWARE, INC.                         EMPAK, INC.

By                                       By
   ---------------------------------       --------------------------------

ENTEGRIS, INC.

By
   ---------------------------------

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                                                                    Schedule A-1

Shareholder                                          Fluoroware Shares

Fluoroware, Inc. Employee Stock
       Ownership Plan Trust                                      10,040,562
Jay Bennett                                                          80,380
Sarah Bennett                                                        78,100
Andrew Bennett                                                       16,100
Robert Bennett                                                       16,100
Thomas Bennett                                                       16,100
Robert Bennett                                                       16,100
James E. Dauwalter                                                1,775,280
Judith Dauwalter                                                    199,220
Michael Dauwalter                                                    33,220
David Dauwalter                                                      33,220
Kathryn Dauwaler                                                     33,220
James Effertz                                                         3,300
Stan Geyer                                                          749,300
Beverly Geyer                                                       145,880
Christian Geyer                                                      20,100
Annie Geyer                                                          20,100
John Goodman                                                         67,840
James Hanson                                                         17,967
Al Henningsgaard                                                     56,560
Wayne Holtmeier                                                      27,080
Richard LaBute                                                       67,840
Roger McDaniel                                                        5,880
Guy Milliren                                                        130,440
Jacqueline Lee Milliren                                               4,460
David Niederkorn                                                     70,640
Daniel Quernemoen                                                   421,000
June Quernemoen                                                     170,000
Richard G. Revord Trust                                              89,000
Dorothy E Revord Trust                                               89,000
Frank Sidell                                                         58,880
T.Weldon Smith                                                       70,640
Paul Turley                                                           2,964
John Villas                                                          67,840
Craig Wallestad Trust                                               322,220
Craig Wallestad Children Trust                                       83,780
Wallestad Foundation                                                  5,900
Lowell Wolter                                                         3,300
Jan W. Wright                                                       398,420
Timothy Wright                                                       46,120
Wayne Zitzloff                                                        8,340

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                                                                    Schedule A-2

Shareholder                                           Empak Shares

Marubeni Corporation                                 396,215

Marubeni America
    Corporation                                       264,144

WCB Holdings, LLC                                    5,890,303

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.16

                             DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 6th day of July, 1995, by
and between Fluoroware, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of Minnesota, U.S.A., with its principal place of business at Chaska,
Minnesota (U.S.A.) (hereafter "Supplier") and Metron Semiconductors Europa B.V.,
a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of The
Netherlands, with its principal place of business at Almere, The Netherlands
(hereafter "Distributor").

     WHEREAS, Supplier designs, manufactures and sells products for use in the
semiconductor industry, which Products are more particularly described in
Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Products") , and wishes to expand its market for
the Products in the geographical areas set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto
(the "Territories");

     WHEREAS, Distributor has served as Supplier's distributor under various
distribution agreements dating back to 1975;

         WHEREAS, Distributor wishes to assign this Agreement to those of its
subsidiaries and affiliates in the respective Territories as more particularly
described in Exhibit B;

     WHEREAS, Supplier wishes to appoint Distributor and Distributor wishes to
accept such appointment, as the independent, exclusive distributor of the
Products in the Territories on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

     NOW, THEREFORE, Supplier and Distributor agree as follows:

1.   Appointment of Distributor, Terms of Product Sales.

     1.1  Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Supplier
          hereby appoints Distributor, and Distributor hereby accepts such
          appointment, as the exclusive, independent distributor of the Products
          in the Territories. Supplier may, however, sell Products to third
          parties for use in the Territories on a representative basis, provided
          that Supplier shall pay Distributor a commission with respect to such
          sales equal to ten percent (10%) of the applicable sales list price of
          the Products. In certain representative sales of Products, Supplier
          may allocate the commission between Distributor and a third party,
          such allocation determined by Supplier on an equitable basis and based
          on services performed by Distributor with respect to such Products,
          consistent with past practice between Supplier and Distributor.
          Moreover, Supplier shall not be prohibited from establishing technical
          or support offices or organizations in the Territories, provided that
          such offices or organizations may not engage in sales of the Products.

     1.2  With the exception of Supplier's Critical Fluid Management products,
          or such other products as agreed to by Supplier and Distributor,
          Supplier shall sell the
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          Products to Distributor at Supplier's current U.S. domestic sales list
          prices, less Distributor's discount, as provided in Exhibit A.
          Supplier's Critical Fluid Management products shall be sold through
          Fluoroware GmbH to Distributor at Supplier's current GmbH sales list
          price less Distributor's discount, as provided in Exhibit A. Supplier
          may change its sales list prices upon sixty (60) days' advance written
          notice to Distributor.

     1.3  Distributor shall have the right of first refusal to act as
          distributor in the Territories and under the terms of this Agreement
          for any modified, revised, up-dated or replacement products sold by
          Supplier and related to the Products. Supplier shall notify
          Distributor immediately of any such products.

     1.4  Sales to the Distributor will be invoiced on an open account basis.
          Sales invoices will be due for payment sixty (60) days after shipment
          of the Products. A late payment penalty may be applied to late
          payments for Products accented by Distributor or Distributor's
          customers, without prior written approval by Supplier. Such penalty
          shall be equal to the lesser of the following interest rates in effect
          on the date the payment was due: (i) two points plus the prime
          interest rate as announced by Harris Trust and Savings Bank, and (ii)
          three points plus the statutory default late payment interest rate
          under the laws of the Netherlands applicable to distribution
          agreements.

     1.5  Supplier shall retain title to the Products and bear the risk of loss
          until delivery to the carrier, F.O.B. Supplier's factory or
          distribution center, at which time title shall pass and the risk of
          loss shall be borne by Distributor (or Distributor's customers).
          Provided, however, that beginning September 1, 1996, Supplier and
          Distributor shall implement procedures to provide for Supplier to
          retain title to the Products and bear the risk of loss until delivery
          F.O.B. at Distributor's warehouse (or the place of acceptance by
          Distributor's customer). In any event, Distributor (or Distributor's
          customers) shall, directly or indirectly, bear the cost of any customs
          duties, taxes, shipping and handling costs, and insurance with respect
          to the shipment of the Products.

     1.6  Notwithstanding the general rule provided in Section 1.5 above,
          Supplier and Distributor may negotiate and arrange for certain sales
          of Products pursuant to terms under which either: (i) Supplier shall
          retain title to the Products and bear the risk of loss until delivery,
          F.O.B. Distributor's warehouse (or the place of acceptance by
          Distributor's customer) , or (ii) Supplier shall retain title to the
          Products and bear the risk of loss until delivery to the carrier,
          F.O.B. Supplier's factory or distribution center.

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2.   Obligations and Covenants of Supplier.

     2.1  Supplier will use its best efforts to comply with Distributor's
          request for the means of shipping the Products as specified in
          Distributor's orders and shall use its best efforts to notify
          Distributor in the event that Supplier is unable to comply with such
          request. Supplier shall not send partial shipments of Distributor's
          orders unless Distributor agrees in advance.

     2.2  Absent extraordinary circumstances and subject to written agreement by
          Supplier and Distributor (such agreement which shall not be
          unreasonably withheld), Supplier shall not sell the Products directly
          to customers in the Territories and shall refer to Distributor in a
          timely manner all orders and inquiries relating to the Products
          originating from within or outside the Territories to the extent such
          orders or inquiries relate to Products destined for use within the
          Territories.

     2.3  In negotiation or renegotiation of any agreement with any of its other
          distributors, agents or employees subsequent to the date of this
          Agreement, Supplier will insist upon a covenant that such other
          distributor, agent or employee will not seek customers or establish a
          branch or maintain any distribution outlet in the Territories.

     2.4  Supplier will, from time to time, supply Distributor, at Supplier's
          cost, with a reasonable quantity of promotional materials in the
          English language, such as literature, catalogs and other advertising
          materials relating to the Products. Such promotional materials shall
          also be translated in the native language of the country to which the
          Products are shipped if required by applicable law.

     2.5  Supplier will provide Distributor with reasonable numbers of the
          Products for Distributor to use as samples and demonstration models.
          The supply of the Products under this provision shall be on a
          consignment basis only.

     2.6  Supplier will conduct technical seminars and provide training for
          sales or services related to the Products for the benefit of
          Distributor's employees. Each party shall be responsible for the
          expenses (including the cost of transportation, meals and lodging)
          incurred by its own employees attending such seminars or training.

     2.7  Supplier will, from time to time, and at its own cost (including the
          cost of salaries and lodging for Supplier's employees), participate in
          international trade shows for promoting the Products in the
          Territories pursuant to agreement by Supplier and Distributor.

     2.8  Supplier will use its best efforts to assist Distributor to facilitate
          any import processing by providing Distributor with all required
          documents and information.

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     2.9  Supplier agrees to comply with all applicable export control laws and
          regulations relating to the Products. Supplier will also use its best
          efforts to provide information necessary for Distributor to comply
          with all applicable export control laws and regulations relating to
          the Products.

     2.10 Supplier's warranties with respect to the Products are set forth in
          the Exhibits C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4 which are attached hereto and
          incorporated herein by reference. Such warranties may be amended,
          supplemented or replaced by Supplier, provided that Supplier provides
          Distributor with sixty (60) days' prior written notice of such
          amended, supplemented or replacement warranties.

     2.11 Without Distributor's prior written consent, Supplier will not use,
          reproduce, disclose or otherwise make available to any person, other
          than Supplier's employees or agents who have a need to know such
          information, any and all information, written or oral, which is
          disclosed by Distributor to Supplier, identified as confidential
          information and not generally available to the public. The term
          "confidential information" shall not include information provided by
          Distributor to Supplier exclusively for the purpose of soliciting
          potential and actual sales of the Products. In addition, the term
          "confidential information" shall not include any information that is
          or becomes known to the public through no fault of Supplier.

     2.12 Supplier shall accept for credit any inventory of spares or equipment
          which is obsolete, provided that Distributor shall review its
          inventory on an annual basis for the purpose of determining
          obsolescence, and Supplier may refuse any Products held by Distributor
          for more than twelve (12) months. Supplier shall accept such obsolete
          equipment or spares within six (6) months after written notice of
          obsolescence by Distributor. Moreover, Supplier shall accept for
          credit or refund any consumable Products that are in the original
          packaging and in good, saleable condition as determined by Supplier.
          Supplier's credit or refund shall be pursuant to agreement between
          Supplier and Distributor. Distributor shall pay all costs of custom
          duties, insurance, shipping and handling costs for returned Products.

     2.13 During the term of any warranty made by Supplier with respect to any
          Product sold by Distributor, Supplier shall maintain an adequate
          inventory of spare parts for such Product.

     2.14 Upon delivery of each Product by Supplier to Distributor, Supplier
          shall supply Distributor or its customers with adequate documentation
          for purposes of servicing and trouble-shooting such Product. Such
          documentation shall comply with any applicable law. The cost of any
          such manuals and documentation shall be included in the price of the
          Product under Section 1.2 of this Agreement.

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3.   Obligations and Covenants of Distributor.

     3.1  Distributor will use its best efforts to market and sell the Products
          in the Territories.

     3.2  Except as otherwise required by law, Distributor will market and sell
          the Products without removing or altering any labels, trade names,
          trademarks, notices, labels, serial numbers or other identifying
          marks, symbols or legends affixed to any of the Products or their
          containers or packages.

     3.3  Supplier shall not be liable under any warranties made by Distributor
          with respect to any of the Products which exceed the warranties made
          by Supplier. Supplier may modify any warranties upon reasonable notice
          to Distributor, provided, however, that such amended warranties will
          not apply to Products sold or Products which Distributor has entered
          into a contract to sell but which have not yet delivered.

     3.4  Without Supplier's prior written consent, Distributor shall not use,
          produce or disclose or otherwise make available to any person, other
          than Distributor's employees or agents who have a need to know such
          information for the performance of its obligations hereunder, any and
          all information written or oral, which is disclosed by Supplier to
          Distributor, identified as confidential information and not generally
          available to the public. The term "confidential information" shall not
          include information provided by Supplier to Distributor exclusively
          for the purpose of soliciting potential and actual sales of the
          Products. In addition, the term "confidential information" shall not
          include any information that is or becomes known to the public through
          no fault of Distributor.

     3.5  Distributor shall furnish to Supplier, upon Supplier's reasonable
          requests from time to time, reports including, but not limited to,
          actual and forecast sales, market conditions and competitive activity.

     3.6  Distributor will, from time to time, and at its own cost (including
          the cost of salaries and lodging for Distributor's employees),
          participate in international trade shows for promoting the Products in
          the Territories pursuant to agreement by Supplier and Distributor.

     3.7  Distributor shall use its best efforts to install and service any
          Products during any applicable warranty period. Distributor may
          contract with other individuals or business entities to assist
          Distributor in installing and servicing the Products, provided that
          such individuals or business entities: (i) have adequate training to
          install and service the Products, and (ii) agree in writing that they
          will not compete with Supplier by selling any products or equipment in
          the Territories

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          during the term of this Agreement, to the extent that such products or
          equipment are similar in function to any Products sold by Supplier.

4.   Term and Termination.

     4.1  Unless and until sooner terminated as provided for herein, this
          Agreement shall continue for a term of three (3) years commencing on
          July 1, 1995 and will be deemed automatically renewed thereafter for
          one or more additional terms of two (2) years and on the same
          conditions.

     4.2  This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon providing the
          other party with written notice of termination more than twelve (12)
          months prior to expiration of the applicable term, i.e., more than
          twelve (12) months prior to expiration of the initial three-year term
          or more than twelve (12) months prior to expiration of an ensuing
          two-year extension.

     4.3  In the event of a breach of any material provision of this Agreement,
          this Agreement may be terminated upon ninety (90) days' written notice
          given by the nonbreaching party to the other party, which notice shall
          specify the breach on which the termination is based, provided,
          however, that in such event this Agreement shall continue in full
          force and effect without regard to such notice if the other party
          cures the breach specified in the notice within the said 90-day
          period.

     4.4  This Agreement will terminate immediately upon the occurrence of any
          of the following events:

          (a)  All or any substantial part of the property of either party shall
               be condemned, seized or otherwise appropriated, or the custody or
               control of such property shall be assumed by any person or agency
               acting or purporting to act under authority of any government (de
               jure or de facto) or either party shall have been prevented from
               exercising normal managerial control over all or any substantial
               part of its property by any such person or agency; or

          (b)  Either party shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of
               a receiver, trustee or liquidator for its business or of all or
               any substantial part of its assets, or (ii) be unable, or admit
               in writing its inability, to pay its debts as they mature, (iii)
               make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) be
               adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or (v) file a voluntary
               petition in bankruptcy or a petition or an answer seeking
               reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or seeking to
               take advantage of any insolvency law, or file an answer admitting
               the material allegations of a petition filed

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               against either party in any bankruptcy, reorganization or
               insolvency proceeding, or take corporate action for the purpose
               of effecting any of the foregoing; or

          (c)  An order, judgment or decree shall be entered without the
               application, approval or consent of the subject party by any
               court of competent jurisdiction, approving a petition seeking
               reorganization of the party or appointing a receiver, trustee or
               liquidator of its business or of all or any substantial part of
               its assets; or

          (d)  An order or notice shall be published by any government or
               inter-government authority requiring the cessation of trading
               activities with the subject party as a result of the violation of
               export controls, safety or other regulatory laws.

     4.5  Upon termination of this Agreement, Distributor shall no longer have
          the right to serve as a distributor of the Products in the Territories
          and shall not be entitled to any additional consideration as a result
          of such termination. However, Distributor shall have the right to
          continue selling in the Territories the Products which are in
          Distributor's inventory at the time of termination of this Agreement;
          such right, however, shall terminate six (6) months after termination
          of this Agreement. Supplier shall accept all Products returned by
          Distributor for full refund if Distributor so requests in writing
          within twelve (12) months after termination of this Agreement, such
          refund to be made at the prices for which the Products were originally
          purchased by Distributor from Supplier, provided that the returned
          Products are in good condition as approved by Supplier, such approval
          by Supplier shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed.

     4.6  Upon termination of this Agreement, Distributor shall cease to
          represent itself as being a distributor of Supplier. Within sixty (60)
          days after termination, Distributor will return to Supplier all
          promotional materials for and samples and demonstration models of the
          Products.

     4.7  Notwithstanding termination of this Agreement upon notice as provided
          in Section 4.2 of this Agreement, Supplier shall continue to provide
          Products in conformity with and pursuant to the terms of this
          Agreement during the remaining term of this Agreement. Further, in the
          event of a termination notice, Distributor shall notify Supplier by
          the termination date, of a list of all prospective customers
          interested in the Products. If, within six (6) months after the
          termination date, Supplier receives a purchase order from any of the
          identified prospects, Supplier (i) shall promptly notify Distributor
          of such purchase order and (ii) shall pay to Distributor a commission
          equal to the Distributor's discount with respect to the Products under
          such purchase order.

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     4.8  Notwithstanding termination of this Agreement, Distributor shall
          continue to perform all warranty service during the term of any
          applicable warranty period, whether such warranty expires before or
          after the termination of this Agreement, with respect to any Products
          sold by, on behalf of, or in cooperation with Distributor.

     4.9  Upon the termination, expiration or non-renewal of this Agreement,
          Supplier shall not be liable to Distributor for any compensation,
          reimbursement or damages on account of the loss of prospective profits
          from anticipated sales, or on account of any expenditures,
          investments, losses or commitments in connection with the business or
          goodwill of Supplier, Distributor, or otherwise, provided that
          Supplier has not breached any material provision of this Agreement,
          except as expressly provided in Section 4.7 of this Agreement.

5.   Indemnification.

     5.1  Distributor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Supplier harmless from
          and against any and all damages, liabilities, fines or expenses
          incurred by Supplier as a result of Distributor's breach of any
          provision hereof.

     5.2  Supplier hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Distributor harmless from
          and against any and all damages, liabilities, fines or expenses
          incurred by Distributor as a result of Suppliers breach of any
          provision hereof.

     5.3  Supplier agrees to defend and hold Distributor harmless from and
          against any and all damages, liabilities, fines or expenses incurred
          by Distributor in connection with any claim or lawsuit arising out of
          the design, manufacture, use, Supplier's warranty, or any defect
          ("gebrek") of any of the Products, provided that Distributor has
          complied with its obligations hereunder and has given prompt notice of
          the claim or lawsuit to Supplier together with all information and
          documents relating to such a claim or lawsuit. Distributor hereby
          agrees to assist Supplier in defending such claim or lawsuit.

     5.4  Supplier agrees to defend and hold Distributor harmless from and
          against any and all damages, liabilities, fines or expenses incurred
          by Distributor in connection with any claim or lawsuit arising out of
          any infringement or alleged infringement of any patent or other
          intellectual property rights of any person, firm or company in the
          Territories, provided that Distributor has given prompt notice of the
          claim or lawsuit to Supplier together with all information and
          documents relating to such a claim or lawsuit. Distributor hereby
          agrees to assist Supplier in defending such claim or lawsuit.

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     5.5  The indemnification agreements as provided in this Section 5 shall
          continue in full force and effect despite the expiration, recision, or
          termination of this Agreement.

6.   Relationship of the Parties.

     6.1  The relationship between Supplier and Distributor is an independent
          contractor relationship between a seller and buyer. Neither
          Distributor, nor any employee of Distributor, shall be considered an
          employee or agent of Supplier for any purpose. Unless otherwise
          expressly authorized in writing by the other party hereto, neither
          party shall have the right or authority to assume or create any
          responsibility, express or implied, on behalf of or in the name of the
          other party hereto, or to bind the other party in any manner
          whatsoever, or to accept payment from any person on behalf of the
          other party.

     6.2  Supplier hereby grants a license to Distributor permitting Distributor
          to use Supplier's trademarks and trade names only in connection with
          the sale of Products. Distributor agrees to use Supplier's trademarks
          and trade names in connection with the sale of any Products. This
          license shall terminate upon the termination of this Agreement, at
          which time Distributor shall cease to and shall not thereafter use,
          and shall not permit any of its agents, employees or subsidiaries
          thereafter to use, for any purpose whatsoever, any of Supplier's
          trademarks or trade names other than for the purpose of selling
          Products in Distributor's inventory as specifically provided in
          Section 4.5 of this Agreement, or pursuant to any other written
          agreement between the parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
          deemed to transfer to or confer upon Distributor any right, title or
          interest in any trademark or trade name owned by or used by Supplier.

     6.3  During the term of this Agreement and for a period of six (6) months
          after termination of this Agreement, (i) Supplier shall not, without
          Distributor's prior written consent, solicit employees of Distributor
          or any of its subsidiaries for employment with Supplier or otherwise
          interfere, with Distributor's relationship with its employees, and
          (ii) Distributor shall not, without Supplier's prior written consent,
          solicit employees of Supplier or any of its subsidiaries for
          employment with Distributor or otherwise interfere with Supplier's
          relationship with its employees. This Section shall not restrict or
          prohibit (i) Supplier from hiring an employee of Distributor or any of
          its subsidiaries, if such employee applies for employment with
          Supplier by responding to an announcement of an available employment
          position, and (ii) Distributor from hiring an employee of Supplier or
          any of its subsidiaries, if such employee applies for employment with
          Distributor by responding to an announcement of an available
          employment position.

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7.   Assignment.

     7.1  Neither this Agreement nor any right, title, interest or obligation
          hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred by either party or
          their assignees, transferees or successors in interest without the
          prior written consent of the other party. This Agreement shall inure
          to the benefit of such assignees, transferees and other successors in
          interest of the parties in the event of an assignment or other
          transfer made consistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

     7.2  By its signature to the Agreement, Supplier consents to the assignment
          of this Agreement to Distributor's affiliated companies in the
          respective geographical areas set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto.

8.   Force Majeure.

     Neither party shall be liable for any breach of this Agreement occasioned
     by an act of God, labor disputes, unavailability of transportation, goods
     or services, governmental restrictions or actions, change in the law, war
     (declared or undeclared) or other hostilities, or by any other event, the
     condition or cause of which is beyond the control of such party. In the
     event of nonperformance or delay attributable to any such causes, the
     period for performance of the applicable obligation hereunder will be
     extended for a period equal to the period of delay. However, the party so
     delayed shall use its best efforts, without obligation to expend
     substantial amounts not otherwise required under this Agreement, to
     circumvent or overcome the cause of the delay. In the event that any such
     delay exceeds sixty (60) days, either party may at its option terminate
     this Agreement effective immediately by giving written notice thereof to
     the other party.

9.   Notices.

     Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be deemed to have been
     effectively given only when delivered personally to an officer of the
     applicable party, or when first sent by telefax and confirmed by registered
     mail, addressed to the ,applicable party at its address set forth below, or
     at such other address as such party my hereafter designate as the
     appropriate address for the receipt of such notice:

     To Supplier at:                   Fluoroware, Inc.
                                       Attention:  Stan Geyer
                                       102 Jonathan Boulevard North
                                       Chaska, Minnesota 55318 U.S.A.

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     To Distributor at:                 Metron Semiconductors Europa B.V.
                                        c/o Metron Technology Corporation,
                                        Attention:  Edward Segal
                                        770 Lucerne Drive
                                        Sunnyvale, California 94086-3844
                                        U.S.A.

     with a copy to:                    Metron Semiconductors Europa B.V.
                                        Attention:  Udo Jaensch
                                        Saturnstra e 48
                                        D-85609 Aschheim
                                        Germany

10.  Waiver.

     No waiver by either party of strict compliance with all terms and
     conditions of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any subsequent
     failure of the other party to comply strictly with each and every term and
     condition hereof.

11.  Complete Agreement.

     This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
     relating to the subject matter contained herein and it supersedes and
     terminates any and all prior agreements between them, including the
     Distribution Agreement between Supplier and Distributor dated September 1,
     1988, and the Conditions of Sales Representative Term Agreement between
     Supplier and Metron Semiconductors (Hong Kong) Ltd., dated June 4, 1985, as
     amended on October 22, 1985, June 4, 1986, and June 19, 1986. If any
     provision, or application hereof, of this Agreement is held unlawful or
     unenforceable in any respect, such illegality or unenforceability shall not
     affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect and this
     Agreement shall be construed as if the unlawful or unenforceable provision
     or application had not been contained herein. This Agreement may be amended
     or otherwise modified only by a written document signed by authorized
     representatives of the parties.

12.  Counterparts.

     This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be
     deemed an original, but both of which shall constitute but one instrument.

13.  Arbitration and Applicable Law.

     13.1 Any dispute between the parties arising out of or in connection with
          this Agreement that cannot be settled amicably between the parties
          shall be finally

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          resolved by arbitration. Arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in
          Minneapolis, Minnesota pursuant to the International Arbitration Rules
          of the American Arbitration Association. In the event that either
          party makes a demand for arbitration, the arbitrator shall be selected
          by mutual agreement between the parties, or if the parties are unable
          to agree on an arbitrator within twenty (20) days after a demand for
          arbitration is made, the arbitrator shall be selected by the American
          Arbitration Association. Disputes subject to arbitration hereunder for
          claims in the aggregate amount of One Million (U.S.) Dollars
          ($1,000,000.00) shall be resolved by a panel of three independent
          impartial arbitrators, one arbitrator selected by Supplier, one by
          Distributor and the third by the other two arbitrators. Failure to
          select an arbitrator within twenty (20) days of a demand for
          arbitration shall be deemed a waiver of a right to select an
          arbitrator and one will be selected by the American Arbitration
          Association. All arbitrators shall be persons with skill and
          experience in the industry. The costs of arbitration, but not the
          costs and expenses of the parties, shall be shared equally by Supplier
          and Distributor.

     13.2 Either party shall have the right to review, prior to the submission
          of its case to the arbitration panel, any and all documents in the
          possession of the other party which relate to such other party's
          performance under, or the conduct of its activities in connection
          with, this Agreement.

     13.3 The governing language of this Agreement shall be English. This
          Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the
          laws of the United States and the State of Minnesota, without giving
          effect to choice of law principles. The United Nations Convention on
          Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this
          Agreement.

     13.4 The agreement to arbitrate as provided in this Section 13 shall
          continue in full force and effect despite the expiration, recision, or
          termination of this Agreement. The parties knowingly and voluntarily
          waive their rights to have their dispute tried and adjudicated by a
          judge or jury.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.

DISTRIBUTOR                            SUPPLIER

METRON SEMICONDUCTORS EUROPA B.V.      FLUOROWARE, INC.

By    /s/ Illegible                    By /s/ James Dauwalter
   -------------------------------        --------------------

Title Executive Vice President         Title Executive Vice President
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Distribution Agreement                                            6th July, 1995

                                    EXHIBIT A

1.   The following Products are covered by this Distribution Agreement:

     1.1  Except as provided in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 below, or pursuant to a
          written agreement between Supplier and Distributor, Distributor shall
          be the exclusive distributor of the following Products and any
          products which are intended to replace such Products:

          (a)  Microelectronics Materials Management Products.

               *    HTC 8020 Cleaning Systems
               *    all products listed in Supplier's following catalogs,
                    in effect as of the effective date of this Distribution
                    Agreement:

                    *    Handling Products for the Semiconductor Back-End
                    *    Handling Products and Services for the Data Storage
                         Industry
                    *    Wafer Handling Products for the Semiconductor Industry
                    *    Mask and Reticle Handling Products for the
                         Semiconductor Industry
                    *    Specialized Handling Products
                    *    Labware

          (b)  Critical Fluid Management Products.

               *    espy Sensing Components

               *    all products listed in the Fluoroware Fluid Handling
                    Products and Technical Reference Manual (3-ring binder) with
                    the following subcatalogs, in effect as of the effective
                    date of this Distribution Agreement:

                    *    Valves and Fluid Controls
                    *    Tube Fittings and Tubing
                    *    PureBond Fusible and Related Piping Products
                    *    Specialty, Custom Fab and Accessory Products
                    *    FluoroPure Chemical Container Product
                    *    Process Tanks

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          Any new product lines manufactured by Supplier subsequent to the
          effective date of this Distribution Agreement will be covered by this
          Distribution Agreement only upon written agreement between Supplier
          and Distributor.

     1.2  Products Limited to certain Supplier offices.

          Matrix trays may be distributed only by Metron Semiconductors Limited,
          Metron Semiconductors Asia Limited and Metron Semiconductors (Hong
          Kong) Limited.

     1.3  Products under a non-exclusive distributor basis.

          FluoroTrac identification products, FluoroTrac spares, and Flat Panel
          Display products may be sold by Distributor on a non-exclusive basis.

2.   Distributor's discount for each Product shall be a percentage of Supplier's
     sales list price within a range of five percent (5%) to forty percent
     (40%), unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Supplier and Distributor.

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Distribution Agreement                                            6th July, 1995

                                    EXHIBIT B

     The Territories covered by this Distribution Agreement include each of the
following countries and any country that is a successor to such countries.
Responsibility for the Territories are divided among Distributor's subsidiaries
as follows:

Metron Semiconductors Deutschland GmbH

         Albania                            Latvia
         Armenia                            Lithuania
         Austria                            Macedonia
         Azerbaijan                         Moldova
         Belarus                            Poland
         Bosnia & Hercegovina               Romania
         Bulgaria                           Russia
         Croatia                            Slovakia
         Czech Republic                     Slovenia
         Estonia                            Switzerland
         Georgia                            Tajikistan
         Germany                            Turkey
         Greece                             Turkmenistan
         Hungary                            Ukraine
         India                              Uzbekistan
         Kazakhstan                         Yugoslavia
         Kyrgyzstan

Metron Semiconductors Deutschland GmbH, Filiale Italiana

         Italy
         Malta

Metron Semiconductors Benelux B.V.

         The Netherlands
         Belgium
         Luxembourg

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Metron Semiconducteurs France S.A.

         France
         Spain
         Portugal

Metron Semiconductors Ltd.

         United Kingdom
         Republic of Ireland

Metron Semiconductors Nordic AB

         Denmark
         Finland
         Norway
         Sweden

Metron Semiconductors (Israel) Ltd.

         Israel

Metron Semiconductors (Hong Kong) Limited

         Hong Kong

Metron Semiconductors Asia Limited and Metron Semiconductors Far East Limited

         Peoples Republic of China
         Indonesia
         Korea
         Malaysia
         Philippines
         Singapore
         Taiwan
         Thailand

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                                   EXHIBIT C-1

                 Microelectronics Materials Management Products

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Quality Policy      Fluoroware, Inc. is dedicated to providing quality products
                    and services that satisfy our customers' needs. Quality is
                    the responsibility of every employee. Our focus is on
                    continuous improvement and prevention methods for achieving
                    quality.

                    Dan Ouememoen
                    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

                    Fluoroware is ISO certified. This certification, issued by
                    SGS International Certification Services, covers all design,
                    manufacture and sale of close tolerance plastic products
                    produced by injection molding, rotational molding,
                    extrusion, machining and fabrication.

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How to Order        Contact your local sales representative or Fluoroware.
Fluoroware          Fluoroware Products
Products

                    FLUOROWARE, INC.
                    102 Jonathan Boulevard North
                    Chaska, Minnesota 55316 USA
                    Telephone: 612/448-3131
                    Telefax: 612/448-5224
                    CUSTOMER SERVICE: 612/448-8181

                    Please use a complete ordering numbers when placing an
                    order.

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Environmental       Fluoroware is dedicated to the conservation of the earth's
Statement           resources to ensure that future generations may also enjoy
                    the beauty and diversity of the natural environment.

                        Please recycle this catalog. Please contact Fluoroware
                        for information on recycling your plastic products.

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Technical Support   Fluoroware has technical service personnel who are always
Services            ready to assist you with your questions and concerns about
                    Fluoroware(R) products and your specific application.
                    We are committed to being your resource for quality products
                    and efficient technical service.  Contact your local sales
                    representative or Fluoroware, Inc. 612/448-3131.

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Conditions          Terms and Delivery
of Sale             Net 30 days, FOB Chaska, Minnesota unless otherwise
                    specifically provided in writing. In all cases, risk
                    of loss or damage in goods in transit shall fall
                    upon Purchaser, whose responsibility it shall be to
                    file with the carrier.

                    Warranty Fluoroware, Inc. warrants each new Fluoroware
                    Product against defects in materials or workmanship for a
                    period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase and,
                    upon confirmation of defects, agrees as is exclusive remedy
                    to receive defective product without charge, shipping
                    expenses to be paid by customer.

                    Fluoroware, Inc. is not responsible for such damage
                    resulting from accident, misuse or abuse, or lack of
                    reasonable care.

                    IMPORTANT: NO OTHER WARRANTY, WRITTEN OR ORAL IS AUTHORIZED
                    BY FLUOROWARE, INC. NO RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED FOR ANY
                    SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. IMPLIED
                    WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR
                    PURPOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED.

                    Claims and Returns Claims for storage or inaccurate filling
                    of orders must be made to Fluoroware, Inc. within 30 days
                    after receipt of goods. All returns must have an
                    accompanying return authorization number regardless of
                    reason for return. Return procedures must be initiated by
                    phone or mail contact directly with Fluoroware, Inc. There
                    will be a restocking charge on any items returned for credit
                    or exchange when the error is not Fluoroware's.

                    Price All prices are subject to change without notice and
                    are based on standard packaging. For information on pricing,
                    please contact Fluoroware.

                    Product Changes Fluoroware, Inc. reserves the right to make
                    design changes for the improvement of a product.

                    Special Orders Product runs of parts with special
                    materials/revisions or parts requiring a special material
                    revision will be quoted as specials and are NOT RETURNABLE
                    when made to a customer's specification.

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Trademarks          Fluoroware(R), STAT-PRO(R), RoBox(R), FluoroTrac(TM),
                    ORION(TM) and PolyPure(TM) are trademarks of Fluoroware,
                    Inc.
                    Tellon(R), Tyvek(R), Tefzel(R) and Dalrin(R) are
                    registered trademarks of DuPont.
                    Calanex(R)is a registered trademark of Hoechst Celanese.
                    Ultem(R)is a registered trademark of G.E. Plastics.
                    Solei(R)is a registered trademark of Solvay and Cie.

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                                   EXHIBIT C-2

                      HTC 8020 System and FluoroTrac System
                                                                Product Support
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INSTALLATION

     Installation of HTC systems is performed by the customer. Facilities
     requirements are provided by the Fluoroware Account Manager to the
     appropriate customer contact. It is the Account Manager's responsibility to
     review facilities requirements, warranty, training and installation with
     the appropriate customer contact(s).

SYSTEM START-UP

     A Fluoroware Field Service Representative will visit the customer to ensure
     correct installation and to conduct the initial start-up of the equipment.
     This field support is included in the system cost. Fluoroware requires
     notification of system start-up at least two weeks in advance. Fluoroware
     will give faster response when feasible, but will only commit to a two week
     response time. If facility hookup is not complete when the Fluoroware
     Representative arrives, the start-up will be rescheduled and Fluoroware
     will bill the customer for additional time and expense. It is the
     responsibility of the Account Manager to inform the appropriate customer
     contact of this, insuring the facility hookup is complete when the Field
     Service Representative arrives.

WARRANTY INFORMATION

     Fluoroware, Inc. warrants each HTC 8020 System against defects in materials
     or workmanship for a period of (1) year from the date of shipment and, upon
     confirmation of the defect agrees, at its option, to repair or replace the
     defective component without charge. Fluoroware will pay shipping expenses
     for any defective components.

     Fluoroware, Inc. is not responsible for product damage resulting from
     accident, misuse or abuse, or lack of reasonable care.

     No responsibility is assumed for any special, incidental, or consequential
     damages. Implied warranties for merchantability and fitness for a
     particular purpose are specifically disclaimed.

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Entegris                                             Integrated Shipping Systems

                                                                  Entegris, Inc.
                                                          4405 Arrows West Drive
                                                 Colorado Springs Colorado 80907
                                                          Telephone 719-528-2600
                                                          Facsimile 719-528-2690

                        Entegris, Inc., ISS Amendments to
                     Metron/Fluoroware Distribution Contract
                                (7/6/98 Renewal)

Entegris, Inc. Integrated Shipping Systems (ISS) has noted the following
exceptions to the Distribution Agreement, executed between Metron Technologies,
Inc. and Fluoroware, Inc., dated July 7, 1995, hereafter "Agreement" in these
Amendments. The following sections shall be amended and replace the respective
sections of the Agreement as noted;

Section

1.1  Entegris, Inc. - ISS (hereafter "Supplier" in these Amendments) will
     maintain offices for sales support to identified Strategic Accounts,
     referred to in Exhibit "Al", and within the territories identified in the
     attached amendments to Exhibit "B1". ISS personnel will actively sell to
     identified Strategic Accounts, globally. Supplier International Sales
     Managers (ISM) will direct Metron Technology, Inc. (hereafter "Distributor"
     in these amendments) and Supplier personnel, within their assigned regions,
     to meet business unit goals and objectives. The Distributor sales personnel
     will also take direction from the Supplier Strategic Account Managers (SAM)
     on any activity involving an identified Strategic Account within their
     respective territories.

1.2  Entegris ISS will sell Products, as defined in Exhibit "Al", to the
     distributor per the attached price list, unless product is shipped directly
     from the Supplier manufacturing facilities or distribution centers to the
     customer ("drop ship") in which case Supplier shall extend Distributor a
     ten percent (10%) discount off of the end customer "net sales price" or
     commercial invoice. "Net sales price" for the purpose of this Agreement
     shall mean the price received by the Supplier, excluding any sales taxes,
     value added taxes (VAT), duties, transportation charges, freight charges,
     foreign exchange rate differential, or other items which are ordinarily and
     customarily deducted from the gross sales price. The attached price list
     will be reviewed on a semi-annual basis. Concurrent to the semi-annual
     price list review, Supplier shall have the right to modify Exhibit "Al".
     Entegris ISS will give a sixty (60) day advance notice of impending changes
     to the price list, based on the semi-annual review. Submittal of a Price
     Deviation Request (PDR, sample attached) will document any requested
     deviation from the attached price list. The Supplier Product Marketing
     Manager must approve the PDR prior to acceptance of any
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     purchase order from the Distributor. Distributor will reference recommended
     selling price guidelines (maximum / minimum) established on the attached
     price list.

     The Supplier agrees to pay a five percent (5%) commission based upon a
     percentage of "net sales price" received from the sale of the Products to
     identified Strategic Accounts. All prices are F.C.A / F.O.B. point or
     origin or manufacture. In case of a blanket order, the sale occurs when the
     blanket order buyer submits instructions for the actual delivery of the
     Products. The Supplier will pay the commission during the month following
     receipt of payment. When commission has been paid and the Products are
     returned at a later date for credit, the commission paid will be deducted
     against Distributor future commissions. No commission will be paid on
     returned goods, samples, restocking charges, tooling fees, engineering
     charges, second operations, or special run charges that are considered
     abnormal to operations.

1.4  Sales to the Distributor will be invoiced on an open account basis. All
     terms are net thirty (30) days, with a one and one-half percent (1-1/2%)
     monthly service charge on the unpaid balance, not to exceed the maximum
     amount permitted by law. Supplier reserves the right to withhold services
     and remaining Products until payments on this or any other order are
     current

1.5  All prices are exclusive of taxes and are F.O.B. point of manufacture or
     origin. All applicable duties, sales, use, VAT, or excise taxes will be
     added to the purchase price and itemized and/or invoiced separately. For
     Product purchased by the Distributor, title to the Product shall be passed
     to the Distributor and Distributor shall bear the risk of loss, F.O.B.
     Suppliers factory or distribution centers.

1.6  This section is excluded.

2.2  Supplier will negotiate pricing, accept purchase orders from, ship directly
     to, and invoice all designated Strategic Accounts or entities, located
     within any of the Distributor's Territories. All orders from designated
     Strategic Accounts will be placed with an Entegris, Inc. customer service
     representative. Supplier shall present and freely share global strategies,
     objectives, and goals for each designated Strategic Account, with locations
     within the Distributor's Territories, with the Distributor personnel.

2.4  Supplier will, from time to time, supply Distributor, at Supplier's cost,
     with a reasonable quantity of promotional materials in the English
     language, such as literature, catalogs and other advertising materials
     relating to the Products. The Distributor will only translate such
     materials to other languages on approval of the Supplier Product Marketing
     Department and after final draft review. Cost of translations to other
     languages will be borne by the Distributor, unless approved in advance by
     Supplier.

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2.5  Supplier will provide Distributor with reasonable numbers of the Product
     for the Distributor to use as samples and demonstration models, on an as
     needed basis only. Distributor will insure that all such product shall be
     destroyed or returned to Supplier if the product does not reflect the
     current acceptable engineering revision levels or acceptance criteria.

2.10 Supplier warrants that at the time the Products are delivered to the
     Distributor, they will meet the Supplier's Product specification, for a
     period of ninety (90) days. Said warranty is limited, at the option of
     Supplier, to repair or replacement of the defective item, provided that
     such item is returned to Supplier, transportation prepaid for inspection
     and approval. Distributor will follow Supplier establish Corrective Action
     procedures.

     THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES HEREIN CONTAINED ARE IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL
     WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY
     AND FOR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
     IS NOT RELYING UPON SELLER'S SKILL AND JUDGMENT TO SELECT OR FURNISH
     PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND THAT THERE ARE NO
     WARRANTIES WHICH ARE NOT CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. SELLER SHALL NOT BE
     LIABLE FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
     ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT OR
     THEIR USE BY PURCHASER. THIS WARRANTY SHALL NOT APPLY TO PRODUCTS WHICH
     HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO MISUSE OR ABUSE, MISAPPLICATION, REPAIR OR TAMPERING
     IN ANY WAY SO AS TO AFFECT PERFORMANCE

2.12 Supplier shall only accept for credit any inventory of Product that is
     obsolete, provided that said product is no older than ninety (90) days.
     Supplier determines definition and designation of obsolete product and is
     obligated to give sixty (60) days notice of Product obsolescence. Supplier
     may refuse any products held by the Distributor for more than ninety (90)
     days after written notice of obsolescence by Supplier.

3.1  Distributor will use its best efforts to sell the products in the
     Territories. Distributor will support SAM activity and take direction from
     the SAMs and ISMs in implementation of designated Strategic Account
     strategies, objectives, and goals.

4.2  These amendments will be effective for twelve- (12) months from the
     execution date. Either party, upon providing a ninety- (90) day written
     notice of termination, prior to the expiration date, may terminate these
     Amendments to the Agreement stated herein. If neither party provides notice
     to terminate, these Amendments to the Agreement will automatically extend
     for an additional twelve- (12) month term and this amendment will revert to
     the original Section 4.2, as written in the Agreement, dated 7/6/98,
     between Fluoroware Inc. and Metron Technologies Inc.

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4.5  Upon termination of these Amendments to the Agreement, Distributor shall no
     longer have the right to serve as a distributor of the Products in the
     Territories and shall not be entitled to any additional consideration. All
     Products in possession of the Distributor shall be returned to the
     Supplier, using Supplier approved means. An authorization number provided
     by Supplier and only upon prior authorization must accompany product
     returned. Only those Products that are new and unused currently
     manufactured, and which have been shipped to the Distributor within ninety
     (90) days, will be accepted for return. Non Standard Products may not be
     returned for credit. Products must be securely packed and sealed, in
     original packaging, to reach Supplier without damage. Damaged Products will
     not be accepted or considered for credit.

With the exceptions as noted above, Entegris, Inc. - Integrated Shipping Systems
recognize all other provisions of the Agreement.

 /s/ Richard M. Lemons                       /s/ Michael Grandinctti
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Richard M. Lemons                           Michael Grandinetti
Senior Vice President, Entegris, Inc.       Executive Vice President
Integrated Shipping Systems                 Metron Technology, Inc.

  October 22, 1999                          October 17, 1999
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Date                                        Date

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Entegris                                             Integrated Shipping Systems

                                                                  Entegris, Inc.
                                                          4405 Arrows West Drive
                                                 Colorado Springs Colorado 80907
                                                          Telephone 719-528-2600
                                                          Facsimile 719-528-2690

         Entegris, Inc. - ISS Amendments to Metron / Fluoroware Contract
                                (7/6/98 Renewal)
                                   EXHIBIT Al

1.   The following Products are covered by this Distribution Agreement, in
     addition to the Products defined in the original Exhibit A, dated 7/6/95:

     1.1. Distributor shall be the exclusive distributor of the following
          Products and any Products which are intended to replace such Products:

          1.1.1. Wafer Shipping System

               a.   Ultrapak(R)Wafer Shipping Systems - All sizes

               b.   Ultrapak(R)SC (Sentinel Cassette) Wafer Shipping Systems -
                    All Sizes

               c.   Voyager(R)150mm, 200mm, and 300mm Wafer Shipping Systems

               d.   Crystalpak(R)Wafer Shipping systems - 200mm and 300mm

               e.   Crystalpak(R)SC (Sentinel Cassette) Wafer Shipping Systems -
                    200mm and 300mm

               f.   Sentinel(R) and Sentinel Plus@ Wafer Shipping Systems -
                    200mm

               g.   Orion(R) Wafer Shipping Systems - All Sizes

          1.1.2. 300mm Front Opening Shipping Box (F.O.S.B.)

          1.1.3. Disk Shipping System

               a.   All Sizes

          1.1.4. Disk Process Carrier

               a.   All Sizes

2.   Distributors discounts for each Product, defined herein, shall be:

     2.1. Orders shipped directly to Metron Technology location, as defined in
          Exhibit "B" - Per attached price list.
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     2.2. Orders shipped directly to Metron Technology customer location

          - Ten Percent (10%) of net sales price established on Customer
            Purchase Order to Metron Technologies

          or

          - Ten Percent (10%) of net sales price established on Commercial
            Invoice to Metron Technologies customer.

3.   The following accounts are designated as Entegris, Inc. ISS Global
     Strategic Accounts. For these accounts the Distributor will provide local
     representative support and receive a five percent (5%) commission on paid
     invoices for product shipped to the Strategic Account entities or locations
     within the Distributor's defined Territories, outlined on Exhibit B1.

     3.1  Disk Strategic Accounts

          -    Seagate Technologies Inc.
          -    International Business Machines (IBM) Inc.
          -    Komag Inc.
          -    HMT Inc.
          -    MMC
          -    Hoya
     3.2. Wafer Strategic Accounts

          -    Wacker
          -    Shinetsu Hartdotai (SEM
          -    MEMC
          -    Sumitomo Sitix
          -    Komatsu
          -    Mitsubishi Silicon

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Entegris                                             Integrated Shipping Systems

                                                                  Entegris, Inc.
                                                          4405 Arrows West Drive
                                                 Colorado Springs Colorado 80907
                                                          Telephone 719-528-2600
                                                          Facsimile 719-528-2690

          Entegris, Inc. - ISS Amendments to Metron/Fluoroware Contract
                                (7/6/98 Renewal)
                                   EXHIBIT B1

With the exception of the designated Strategic Accounts, listed on Exhibit Al,
located within any of the listed Territories, the Territories covered by this
Distribution Agreement include each of the following countries and any country
that is a successor to such country. Responsibility for the Territories are
divided among Distributor's subsidiaries as follows:

Metron Semiconductors Deutschland GmbH
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Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconductors Deutschland GmbH, Filiale Italiana
--------------------------------------------------------
Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconductors Benelux B.V.
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Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconducteurs France S.A.
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Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconductors Ltd.
--------------------------
Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconductors Nordic AB
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Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconductors (Israel) Ltd.
-----------------------------------
Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconductors (Hong Kong) Limited
-----------------------------------------
Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

Metron Semiconductors Asia Limited and Metron Semiconductors Far East Limited
----------------------------------     --------------------------------------
Refer to original Exhibit B, dated 7/6/95

ALL SALES WITHIN JAPAN ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED

ALL SALES TO LG SILTRON (WORLDWIDE) ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED

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