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Exhibit 21
MERIDIAN NATIONAL CORPORATION
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT
State of Incorporation
Subsidiary or Organization
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Ottawa River Steel Company Ohio
National Metal Processing, Inc. Michigan
Meridian Environmental Services, Inc. Michigan
EPI Technologies, Inc. Delaware
Subsidiaries of EPI Technologies, Inc.
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National Purification, Inc. Ohio
MEPI Corp. Ohio
Environmental Purification
Industries Company, Ohio
a general partnership 100% owned by
National Purification, Inc. and MEPI Corp.