Marion Composites Wins Motorola Ground Station Contract
ROSWELL, Ga., March 12 - Advanced Technical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATPX), announced today that its Marion Composites division received a purchase order valued at approximately $300,000 for 13 Common Ground Station (CGS) shelters from Motorola Integrated Systems Division in Scottsdale, Arizona. Delivery is scheduled to begin in April and end in August of this year. These shelters are mounted on a HMMWV and are modified versions of the Army's S-788/G Lightweight Multi-Purpose Electrical Equipment Shelter which was also developed and manufactured by Marion Composites.
"To fully support our military customers, the CGS must support a variety of operational needs and environment conditions with optimum flexibility," said Manny Mora, general manager of Integrated Systems Division. "We are confident that Marion Composites' shelter can deliver the mobility that the military expects."
"This purchase is the latest option to be exercised on a purchase order originally signed in 1997," stated Pat Bell, Marion Composites' Program Manager for Shelter Operations. "Since that time we have delivered 107 shelters under the agreement and we are pleased with the continuation of this long-standing relationship between Motorola and Marion Composites."
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 Marion Composites, Lincoln Composites, Intellitec and Lunn Industries. 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 nuclear, biological and chemical detection and protection equipment. The Company's products are used in a variety of applications in the aerospace and defense industries, as well as commercial markets. Further information on Advanced Technical Products, Inc. is available at www.atpx.com .
Contact: Howard Bruce, VP Mfg & Shelter Programs, of Marion Composites, 540-783-9670, or hbruce@mcomposites.com; or Lisa Lawson, Director of Communications of ATP, 770-993-0291, or llawson@atpx.com; or Investors, Harvey A. Goralnick of FOCUS Partners LLC, 212-752-9445, or atpx@focuspartners.com, for ATP