RECTICEL MIDLANDS

Azalea Close Clover Nook Industrial Park

Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 4QX

TEL 01773520242 FAX 01773 520513

22 February 2002

To Whom It May Concern:

REFERENCE: MR M MORAN

Dear Sirs

I have personally known Mr Moran for over twelve years, during which time he has undertaken a number of varied positions all of which he has accomplished with a high degree of success. He has always been willing to accept change and has taken on a number of challenging jobs.

PRODUCTION OPERA TIVE - Soon after joining the company it became evident that he possessed a high level of skill whilst he carried out his duties, he had the aptitude to interpretate specifications and have the ability to efficiently utilize materials.

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - As the result of the above skills he was promoted to Production Supervisor. As a relatively new starter he had to overcome some resentment from longer serving employees following his promotion, this he successfully managed. He was not in this position very long as we required an experienced production operative to help commission and produce programs for a new CNC cutting machine we purchased.

CNC PROGRAMMER - His self taught skills on PC's enabled him to quickly adapt to the needs of the CNC, he was soon able to produce accurate programs. The success of the work he achieved on the CNC brought him directly into contact with Designers of our customers. He assisted by producing more complex shapes and products. He was then given an assistant who he taught to carry on the day to day programming, he then took on a new position Sales Co-ordinator.

SALES - CO-ORDINA TOR - In this capacity he had direct dealings with customers assisting the Sales Department with producing and developing proto- type samples for them. He also developed various costing and production-planning systems on the PC's which were quickly adopted into our daily procedure.

A Division of Recticel Limited

Registered Address: Bluebell Close

Clover Nook Industrial Park

Alfreton Derbyshire DE 55 4RD

Registered in England No. 665376

The factory where he worked was closed and consolidated locally into another of our divisions, he took responsibility for an enlarged department involving CNC programming and Production Planning. The growth of production dependency on IT Systems required a co- ordinator, he was appointed IT Systems Controller.

IT SYSTEMS CONTROLLER - In addition to the daily requirements of CNC programming and Production Planning for which he continued to be responsible, we introduced a totally new production planning system 'Engin Object' that was to be introduced to all the company sites through out the UK and Europe. Mr Moran was chosen to pilot and develop the system in the UK. This involved a number of trips to several of our other sites in Europe. The development of this system involved a high degree of PC development with net working various PC's and Servers, to be able to perform this work he had to have a higher degree of access to company equipment, he was promoted to Production Systems Manager.

PRODUCTION SYSTEMS MANAGER - This was a Head Office Group position. In this capacity he was responsible for rolling out Engin Object to other divisions in the UK. He was also responsible for PC's and computer controlled production machines on all UK Conversion Sites and was on call for 24 hours. This involved a considerable amount of travelling and time away from home.

As can be seen from the above Mr Moran has a wide range of Production and PC skills, he would be an asset to any future employer.

His attendance and time keeping were always of the highest standard, often working from home at night and weekends.

I would have no hesitation in recommending Mr Moran to any future employer.

C M YoungGeneral Manager Recticel Midlands

A Division of Recticel Limited

Registered Address: Bluebell Close

Clover Nook Industrial Park

Alfreton Derbyshire DE 55 4RD

Registered in England No. 665376