ABOUT US INTRODUCTION: Our partnership is devoted to the research, development, patenting and manufacturing of creative and useful ideas. We hope to make life more convenient for people who buy our product. HISTORY & COMPANY DEVELOPMENT: PU DIGITAL was established in January 1991 by two Czech engineers. On April 6, 1994 we called a specific meeting in order to discuss the possibility of developing a new and revolutionary potty seat. This is how we started (see picture on the left). On October 10, 1995 a U.S. patent was issued, and the FLIP-N-FLUSH® potty seat was ready to show off to the rest of the world. On April 4, 1996, we had our first 500 final production units, and FLIP-N-FLUSH® was placed into our first sale channel. PRODUCT SUCCESS: Due to the overwhelming interest in our product, we have moved from a home based business to our first real office with warehousing capability. Additionally we hired our first employee to pack and ship the product. About a year later we introduced the elongated version of FLIP-N-FLUSH®, thus completing this product family, and further satisfying our overall customer base need. PU DIGITAL IN THE NEWS PAPER: PU! An engineer's daughter is the mother of toilet invention. (From San Jose Mercury News, published on February 15, 1998) You come to Silicon Valley to change the world. Petr and Pavel Skoda had this notion when they fled communism back when there was communism in Czechoslovakia. "I had a dream," says Petr, 42, "to be successful." The two got jobs and Petr started a company on the side. He designed a novel power saver switch for computers. But it flopped. Then one 1994 day at his Mountain View townhouse it came to him. Well, his 3-years-old, Anette, came to him, because she had to go to the bathroom. And there was Petr thinking about how small the bathroom was and how much room a child's potty takes up, when it hit him. Why not a child's toilet seat that permanently attaches to the bigger seat and lifts out of the way when it isn't needed? Petr, an Apple hardware engineer at that time, talked to his twin Pavel, a design engineer at a start-up. The two tested materials and tweaked Macintosh-aided designs. "We bought a whole bunch of various toilets seats," Petr says. "To be able to take hundreds of needed measurements". Soon they had the final design of the FLIP-N-FLUSH®. "It looks like a Miata," somebody says, meaning it's sleek final design. Petr began carrying the potty seat on business trips. In off hours he'd visit baby product stores. The two scoured the Silicon Valley for retail outlets. True, they had an answer to the digital question: "Where do you want to go today?" But they acknowledge it is hard for some to take the product seriously. "I have an answer for that, says one. "You can go to the moon, or anywhere, but you still needed that." And the company name PU Digital- hardly stops snickers. "It wasn't meant that way," says Petr, who explains the name is an unfortunate holdover from his other inventions. "We didn't even know what PU stands for." It was tough going. Then one day a number ONE children's mail order catalog promised to list the $12.95 seat. Soon PU was shipping 4,000 seats a month, and showing its first profit. And, just maybe, changing the world. "We get e-mail," Petr says. "One customer, she said: "I always had a problem dragging my daughter into the bathroom. Now, when I purchased FLIP-N-FLUSH®, I have a problem dragging her out. SUCCESS OF FLIP-N-FLUSH® CONTINUES: FLIP-N-FLUSH® potty seat was selected among "Potty Picks" products by "PARENTING" magazine in March 1999 issue. FLIP-N-FLUSH® potty seat was selected among the best products in its category by "PARENTS" magazine in January 2000 issue. FLIP-N-FLUSH® potty seat was selected among the most innovative products on the JPMA international show in Dallas by CBS and aired on CBS morning news in January 2000. OUR FUTURE: The product success and growth does not stop there. The FLIP-N-FLUSH® product was only the beginning of the PU DIGITAL success. PU DIGITAL has introduced several other products, which make the Potty Training Product line more appealing to its customers. We have more coming! Our research and development team is evaluating and developing new ideas and products while getting feedback from our in-house marketing team and it all started with the little potty seat which we are very proud of. We do not hesitate to say that this particular potty is THE BEST POTTY in the world today. We are certain of it because it is a very logical and elegant solution; the ONLY solution that trains your child on a "real time toilet". FLIP-N-FLUSH® has been recognized not only by hundreds of thousands of happy little users, but also by major industry players, as well as many parent and family-type magazines.

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