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Pratt & Whitney EcoPower(R) Engine Wash Business Experiences 10X Annual Growth

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 14 PRNewswire — FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW — Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners is on track to complete nearly 5,000 environmentally friendly EcoPower(R) engine washes in 2008, which represents a 10-fold increase over 2007. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.

Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners launched the EcoPower(R) service business in late 2004 and to date has completed more than 2,500 washes for about 50 customers in 10 countries.

"Our airline customers like EcoPower because it pays for itself in just weeks and provides significant benefits for up to six months," said Jim Keenan, senior vice president and general manager Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners. "When EcoPower was created, fuel prices were about half what they are today. At that time, EcoPower offered a strong return on investment. Today the value proposition is even stronger, and we don't see that changing any time soon."

EcoPower(R) washes reduce engine fuel burn by as much as 1.2 percent, eliminate three pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for every pound of fuel saved, and decrease exhaust gas temperature by as much as 15 degrees Celsius, improving performance and increasing the amount of time an engine can stay on wing.

The EcoPower(R) service uses a closed-loop system with pure, atomized water to wash aircraft engines, thus avoiding potential contaminant runoff. The system is more effective and much faster than traditional engine washing processes. Issued patents and applications cover various aspects of EcoPower(R) engine wash services in several countries relating to features such as water atomization, the closed-loop system, effluent collection process and purification techniques.

Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners is a total service provider for engines made by Pratt & Whitney, International Aero Engines, General Electric, Rolls-Royce and CFMI. In addition to engine overhaul and repair services, GSP provides customers with improved engine performance and increased asset value through a portfolio of services including line maintenance, engine monitoring and diagnostics, environmentally friendly on-wing water washes, leased engines, custom engine service programs, and new and repaired parts.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building industries.

This release includes "forward looking statements" concerning anticipated business opportunities that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in forward looking statements include changes in the health of the global economy and the aerospace industry. For information identifying other important economic, political, regulatory, legal, technological, competitive and other uncertainties, see UTC's 10-K, 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC.

Greg Brostowicz Jennifer Whitlow P&W Global Service Partners Pratt & Whitney 860.565.1655 860.214.7502 gregory.brostowicz@pw.utc.com jennifer.whitlow@pw.utc.com

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