CLEARWATER, Fla., Sept. 7, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- BlastGard International (OTCBB:BLGA) has engaged The Investor Relations Group, Inc. (IRG), based in New York City, to serve as its financial relations and corporate communications company.
IRG will strive to increase investor awareness of BlastGard within the U.S. market by individually and personally introducing BlastGard and its management to pre-qualified investment professionals. IRG will also focus on increasing public awareness of BlastGard and its proprietary BlastWrap(tm) product, a blast mitigation assembly material that is built to save lives and reduce explosion damage to people and valuable assets, by providing an extensive array of public relations services, including obtaining media placements in television, radio, magazine, newspapers and trade media outlets.
In the future, U.S. investor inquiries relating to BlastGard can be directed to The Investor Relations Group, New York, N.Y., Telephone: 212.825.3210, Fax: 212.825.3229, Email: mail@investorrelationsgroup.com.
About BlastGard International, Inc.
BlastGard International, Inc. was created to design, develop, manufacture and market proprietary blast mitigation materials. The Company's patent-pending BlastWrap(tm) technology effectively mitigates blast effects and suppresses post-blast fires. This unique technology can be used to create new, finished products or to retrofit to existing products. While the need for this technology has always been present, the security and safety concerns resulting from the September 11, 2001, acts and the subsequent development of Homeland Security make the timing of the Company's emergence even more important. The Company's core market focus is on blast effects mitigation for the commercial sector, military, law enforcement and government agencies. BlastWrap(tm) is based upon well-defined principles and suppresses blast pressures by 50% or more. BlastWrap(tm) products are made from two flexible films arranged one over the other and joined by a plurality of seams filled with attenuating filler material (volcanic glass bead or other suitable two-phase materials), configurable (designed for each application) with an extinguishing coating that offers a revolutionary blast protection system against Blast & Fire/burn threats. BlastWrap(tm) is a blast mitigation assembly that can be wrapped around or conform to any shape. BlastWrap(tm) is a concept (not a chemical compound) from which blast protection products are built to save lives and reduce damage to valuable assets from explosions. Additional information on BlastGard can be found at www.blastgardintl.com
About The Investor Relations Group
The Investor Relations Group, Inc., (IRG) founded in 1996, represents select publicly traded companies, and has a unique specialization for assisting those in the small-cap sector. IRG arranges meetings for its portfolio of clients with money managers selected from its proprietary contact base of over 44,000 qualified investment professionals, handling investment portfolios from $10 million to over $10 billion. IRG is a full-service corporate communications company offering services that include writing press releases, shareholder communications and serving as a primary contact for the investing community. IRG also houses a full-service public relations arm that specializes in building awareness within the financial and trade media, as well as the public at large. For further information, please visit the company's website at http://www.investorrelationsgroup.com/
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