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KAZAK EMPLOYEES TO COMPETE IN GOLF’S LONG DRIVE CHAMPIONSHIP
Tim Mustone and Mike Fee Headed to Regional Qualifier of Re/Max World Long Drive Championship

WOBURN, MA, August 22, 2008  – KaZaK Composites, Inc., a premier provider of high value-added composite engineering and design, is proud to announce today that two of its employees have qualified for the Re/Max World Long Drive Championship competition.  After competing in local qualifiers, Tim Mustone and Mike Fee will participate in the Northeast Regional Finals on August 22 and 23 in Conneaut Lake, PA. 

“We are proud to have not one, but two members of the KaZaK team involved in such an exciting golf competition,” says John Schickling, EVP/COO of KaZaK.  “We try to support our employees having a good work/life balance so it’s gratifying to see Mike and Tim excelling in an activity outside of the office.”

Tim Mustone, engineering product manager at KaZaK, started playing golf in the early 1990s and has reached the Long Drive Championships twice, which only includes the top 128 hitters.  He made it to the finals in his very first year of entering the competition, 2004, and he also reached the finals in 2007.  His longest drive, in the 2004 World Competition was 413 yards.  Tim credits his superior golf swing to the very skills that he needs to be successful at KaZaK:  engineering.  “The good thing about being an engineer is that I have a better understanding of how physics plays a role in the mechanics of a good golf swing how that knowledge helps or hinders a performance,” says Tim.  “I hope that will give me an edge on the other competitors.”

If that is the case, then Tim’s main competition may be his friend and colleague, fellow KaZaK employee Mike Fee.  Although this is Mike’s first time in the competition he played golf all four years of college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was the captain of the team in his senior year.  He plays with a 3 handicap and hit the ball 351.5 yards to qualify for the Northeast Regional Finals.  “I’ve never entered a long drive competition before this one so at the last minute Tim let me borrow a club of his and I qualified, coming in second place,” says Mike.  “I love the sport and I am excited to see how I can do at the next round of play in Conneaut Lake, PA.”

Long Drivers of America’s (LDA) annual RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship crowns champions in five competitive divisions and identifies the golfer who has the longest drive in the world.  The 2008 championship will have a purse of $600,000 and will pay the open division champion $250,000. The finals take place in October in Mesquite, Nevada after an eight-month qualifying process worldwide.

About KaZaK Composites
Headquartered in Woburn, MA, KaZaK Composites, Inc. integrates engineering design and low-cost manufacturing to produce high performance composites for the aerospace,
military and commercial markets. With specialization in large and unusual pultrusion processing, KaZaK Composites, Inc. provides product value in the area of material sciences that has enabled engineers to develop new and creative ways to build structures.
KaZaK Composites, Inc. also has a facility in Hudson, NH. For more information, please visit www.kazakcomposites.com.