Nuclear Facilities Select Kontek Industries to Provide Homeland Security/Force Protection
Perimeter Security Enhancements will offer the world's most technologically advanced, certified, and proven homeland security/force protection solution
New Madrid, Mo., June, 17, 2004 — Kontek Industries announced today that to date over 12 nuclear facilities throughout the U.S. have selected Kontek to install its state-of-the-art critical infrastructure protection products.
"This is a proud day for Kontek Industries, and it confirms our position as an innovator and technology leader in a critical area of homeland security and infrastructure protection. We look forward to providing government and corporate industry with the most technologically advanced and proven security and protection solutions available," said Kontek President Don Utz. "Consistent with Kontek's strong commitment to enhancing homeland security, we are very pleased to be a part of our country's ongoing fight against terrorism and protecting critical infrastructure."
About Kontek Industries
Kontek Industries, headquartered in New Madrid, Mo., manufactures the world's most technologically advanced vehicle and delay access barriers, blast resistant barriers, L-8 and NIJ-4 guard house shelters, and telecommunication shelters in its 150,000 square-foot facility. To date Kontek has provided over 1,500 modular blast barriers to USAF Force Protection. Kontek is an SBA-certified HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) company. This designation provides Federal contracting preferences to small businesses operating and employing workers in these designated areas of the country.
Kontek Advantages
Blast Design — Kontek manufactures Massive Modular Barriers (MMBs). They are designed to deliver a massive, virtually indestructible, physical security barrier capability. The MMBs were designed to resist bulk high explosive and linear threat weapons.
Kontek works with the University of Missouri-Columbia and Rolla's Rock Mechanics and Explosive Design Center. The University of Missouri, which is a leading researcher in the field, has had extensive DOD blast design experience and collaborates with the Army Corps of Engineers Explosive Research and Design Center (ERDC).
Blast Barrier Experience — To date Kontek has provided over 1,500 modular blast barriers to USAF Force Protection to protect critical assets.
Crash Barrier Design — Kontek manufactures the only stand-alone, Department of State-tested and -rated K8-L2 and K4-L1 vehicle barriers. The company has successfully full-scale tested DOS K4 & K8 crash barriers. K4 (15,000 lb vehicle at 30 mph). K8 (15,000 lb vehicle at 40 mph, actual recorded impact 44.6 mph). Our design engineers, consultants, and University of Missouri experts used this actual live crash data to increase barrier size to defeat a vehicle weighing 5,000 lbs more at 6 mph faster speed resulting in a confirmed barrier design at 20,000 lb vehicle at 50 mph.
- Barriers have internal barrier to barrier connection.
- All Kontek barriers are stand-alone. No foundation required.
- No construction required.
- Rapid deployment.
- Barriers have cast in chase slot on back to run conduit for electric, video cables, alarm wire, etc.
- Barrier design allows for mounting poles on barriers for cameras, lights, etc.
- Modular stand-alone design allows barriers to be moved in the event emergency vehicles need additional access.
- Modular stand-alone design allows for various placement configurations and fast, simple and economic add-on protection should the threat level increase in the future. Various surface architectural finishes such as brick, inset panel frame, exposed aggregate, and painted surface are available as an option on all concrete passive barriers.
For further information please contact Don Utz at:
Kontek Industries
P.O. Box 98
New Madrid, MO 63869
Tel. 573-748-5561
Fax 573-748-2828
www.kontekindustries.com
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