Marion Composites Delivers 500th S-788 Lightweight Shelter
ROSWELL, Ga., June 11 - Advanced Technical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATPX), announced today that its Marion Composites division has delivered its 500th S-788 Lightweight Multi- Purpose Shelter. Originally developed by Marion Composites under a U.S. government contract, the S-788 shelter is a lightweight, HMMWV-mountable electronic enclosure providing 60 dB of electromagnetic shielding. According to Steve Sperry, Director of Shelter Operations, "This is a great accomplishment for us. We attribute our success to listening to our customers and providing a quality product they can count on." The Marion Composites S-788 shelter is deployed on numerous DoD systems to house mobile electronic systems, including the Standardized Integrated Command Post Shelter (SICPS). Marion Composites originally developed the SICPS under a U.S. Army contract.
To provide maximum customer benefit, Marion Composites maintains an inventory of shelter subcomponents to minimize delivery time. Depending on the specific configuration, small quantity delivery for S-788 shelters is no longer than 30 days and can be as little as 15 days. Marion Composites provides S-788 shelters in a standard "bare box" configuration or as integrated systems including internal power generator, environmental control units, and other custom equipment.
For U.S. government and U.S. government sponsored customers, the Marion Composites S-788 shelter is available through the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) under government contract # GS-07F-0156L. GSA is a federal agency responsible for providing products and services to other federal agencies.
Marion Composites produces a wide variety of aerospace composite structures, shelters, and relocatable hospitals, and is the world's leading manufacturer and designer of radomes for high-performance jet aircraft.
Advanced Technical Products, Inc.'s operating divisions include Intellitec, Lincoln Composites, Lunn Industries and Marion Composites. The Company's products are used in a variety of applications in the aerospace and defense industries, as well as commercial markets. ATP designs, develops, and manufactures high-performance radomes, aircraft components, rocket motor cases, pressure vessels, fuel tanks, shelter systems and other advanced composite products utilizing various production capabilities. The Company is also a leader in the design, development and manufacture of biological and chemical detection and protection systems. ATP also designs and manufactures electronic products for the specialty vehicle market. Further information on Advanced Technical Products, Inc. is available at www.atpx.com .