BIDDEFORD, MAINE — September 20th, 2004 — Flotation Technologies, Inc., a global leader in deepwater buoyancy systems, today announced the delivery of a new tow body to Raytheon. This free flooding design has been engineered to be completely adjustable, allowing each deployment to be specific to the application at hand.
The revolutionary new design of this ultra light tow body allows for easy adjustment of the tow point, amount of buoyancy, and center of buoyancy and mass for each deployment, offering literally thousands of potential configurations and making it the most versatile tow body available today. The result of significant engineering efforts to predetermine its reaction in any of its variable configurations, this tow body will meet the requirements for several unique government applications.
"We relied on Flotation Technologies to provide complete engineering of this product and we were not disappointed — the tow body has performed exactly as designed," commented a Senior Engineer from Raytheon. "Flotation Technologies' expertise in buoyancy products was invaluable in this project and we will continue to work with them as a partner in future projects."
Flotation Technologies has been providing deepwater buoyancy solutions for over 25 years. Throughout this time they have worked directly with both government contractors and government entities to design and manufacture unique solutions to stringent specifications.
"Once again, our engineering and design capabilities have been proven by this project," stated Tim Cook, President of Flotation Technologies. "We take great pride in providing engineering and product development resources to a company of Raytheon's stature. The confidence of such a company in our abilities speaks volumes to the level of products and services we provide."
About Flotation Technologies
Flotation Technologies, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of deepwater buoyancy systems using high-strength Flotec™ syntactic foam and polyurethane elastomer products. Providing quick-turnaround, custom engineering and fabrication to the Offshore Oil, Oceanographic, Seismic and Government markets, Flotation Technologies delivers consistently reliable buoyancy and engineered products for a host of marine applications. Innovative syntactic foam products include flexible riser buoyancy, deepwater modular buoy, ADCP buoys, ROV/AUV buoyancy modules, pipeline/sled buoyancy, QuickLoc™ cable floats, Hardball™ umbilical floats, and elastomeric bend stiffeners, restrictors and cable protection. For more information on Flotation Technologies visit www.flotec.com.
Media Contact:
Fred Maguire, Sales & Marketing Manager
Flotation Technologies, Inc.
207.282.7749/fmaguire@flotec.com