Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. Names Corporate Sales And Marketing Vice President

ATLANTA, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: PESI; Boston) (Germany: PES.BE) today announced that Mr. William H. Carder has joined the Corporate staff as Vice President of Sales and Marketing to fill a newly created position.

Mr. Carder was the Regional Manager for COGEMA, Inc. from June 1997 to July 2002. From February 1992 to April 1997 he served in a number of positions for the Scientific Ecology Group, a division of Westinghouse, including Vice President of Government Sales, Vice President of Business Development, and finally Vice President of Sales and Marketing. From 1987 through 1991, Mr. Carder served with Quadrex Corporation as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Quadrex, he spent fifteen years (1971 to 1987) with the Nuclear Energy Business Operation of General Electric Company as field engineer, project engineer, service supervisor and manager, service sales engineer and manager and finally as the Commercial Program Manager for the Northeast Region. Mr. Carder has a B.S. Degree in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Chairman and CEO of PESI, stated: "We are very excited and proud to have Mr. Carder join our Company. The tremendous knowledge and experience he brings to our management team will be a real asset to our Company and strategic to our growth plans."

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is a national environmental services company, providing unique mixed waste and industrial waste management services. The Company operates nine major waste treatment facilities across the country. The industrial services segment provides hazardous and non- hazardous waste treatment services for a diverse group of customers including Fortune 500 companies, numerous federal, state and local agencies and thousands of smaller clients. The Company has increased its focus on the nuclear services segment, which provides radioactive and mixed waste treatment services to hospitals, research laboratories and institutions, numerous federal agencies including the Departments of Energy and Defense and nuclear utilities. Please visit us on the World Wide Web at http://www.perma-fix.com.

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