Kontek Industries To Construct Weapons Storage Igloos

Contracts Will Bring Fifty New Jobs to Southeast Missouri

New Madrid, Mo., July 12, 2006 ­ Kontek Industries, a national leader in research and development of ballistics protection materials and products, announced today that it has been awarded a delivery order amount of $5.2 million as part of a $15 million contract from the Department of Defense for the construction of storage munitions igloos. The “igloos” will be used as weapons storage facilities for the Air Force's Whiteman Air Force Base.

“We are looking forward to beginning construction on this important military installation,” said Don Utz, president of Kontek. “We are especially proud to continue our relationship with Whiteman Air Force Base, and to continue to demonstrate our unique capabilities with the Department of Defense.”

This delivery order is part of a $15.0 million contract that was awarded to Kontek Industries in 2005 after Kontek successfully designed and constructed the “Igloo” weapons storage facilities and additional force protection products.

The construction will be performed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and is expected to be completed by September 23, 2009.

About Whiteman Air Force Base
Located 60 miles southeast of Kansas City, Whiteman Air Force Base is the home of the 509th Bomb Wing, which operates and maintains the Air Force's premier weapon system, the B-2 bomber.

About Kontek Industries

Kontek Industries, headquartered in New Madrid, Mo., is an engineering and design construction company specializing in homeland security and force protection solutions that help solve the most critical homeland security and defense-related challenges in the private and public sectors. The company manufactures the world's most technologically advanced anti-crash vehicle barriers, blast resistant barriers, L-8 and NIJ-4, .50 caliber armor-proof, blast-tested guardhouses, mobile mortar-proof troop housing, erectable mortar shield canopies, and modular buildings, which are earthquake, tornado, hurricane, and fire-proof, in its 150,000 sq. ft. facility. Kontek has provided modular blast barriers to the U.S. Air Force Force Protection Command and Control Program Office. It has also provided anti-crash vehicle barriers and other perimeter security and force protection products to 12 nuclear facilities throughout the United States and to two national security facilities: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. To learn more about Kontek Industries and its products, please go to: www.kontekindustries.com.