TOMRA has signed a distributor agreement with Afcon Control & Automation Ltd., which was selected as the supplier of reverse vending machines (RVM) to the central deposit operating organization in Israel. TOMRA has received an initial order for 50 RVMs for the Israeli market to be delivered in December 2002 and January 2003. The distributor agreement positions TOMRA for placement of an additional 450 machines in 2003, which brings the Israeli market potential to approximately 50 MNOK.