Amerityre hires Dr. Gary Benningeras as COO

Oct. 14, 2005

Amerityre Corp. has hired Dr. Gary Benningeras as its chief operating officer.

Dr. Benninger, PhD. Physics, most recently was employed by Magna International Inc., a $20+ billion diversified auto parts supplier and its affiliate MEC, where he was director of technology development. He was responsible for identifying key

new technologies as well as managing the design, engineering and manufacturing launch of target products.

"We are pleased to have someone with Gary's knowledge and experience

joining our management team," said Richard Steinke, president and chairman of Amerityre. "Gary's experience in bringing emerging technologies to market is going to be key to successfully commercializing Amerityre's technology," he added.