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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):August 18, 2008
INTERNATIONAL BARRIER TECHNOLOGY INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
British Columbia, Canada | 000-20412 | N/A |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
750 West Pender Street, #604 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | | V6C 2T7 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(604) 689-0188
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.01 FD Disclosure.
WATKINS, MN and VANCOUVER, BC--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 18, 2008 -- International Barrier Technology Inc. ("Barrier") (OTCBB = IBTGF.OB) (TSX = IBH.V), a manufacturer of proprietary fire resistant building materials, is pleased to report double digit growth in overall sales revenue and sales volume for the month of July 2008. Overall monthly sales revenue increased 27% to $527,157 from $416,500 in July of 2007. Sales revenue into the Commercial Modular Market increased 27% from $160,884 to $203,927 and grew slightly for the Multi-Family Residential Roof Deck and Structural Insulated Panel market ($58,682 vs. $57,088 in July 07).
Shipments of Blazeguard products for the month of July 2008 grew 15.5% over July 2007 (713,800 sq. ft. vs. 618,100 sq. ft.). Of the total, 579,500 sq. ft. was shipped into the Commercial Modular market; 102,700 sq. ft. went into the Multi-Family Residential Roof Deck market; and 31,700 sq. ft. into the Structural Insulated Panel market.
“In addition to increasing sales trends, Barrier is excited at the growth opportunity in the wildfire prone areas of California”" states Dr. Michael Huddy, President. “Recent state wide code changes are requiring additional fire resistant building materials for new construction. Barrier is already seeing heightened requests for non-combustible and ignition resistant materials in very high fire hazard severity zones”.
Refer to Exhibit #99.1 for additional information.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
99.1
Press Release, August 18, 2008
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 19, 2008 International Barrier Technologies Inc.
(Registrant)
/s/ Michael Huddy
(Signature)
(Michael Huddy, President/CEO/Director)
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