LAS VEGAS, March 16, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Returning from a successful trip to Washington, D.C. packed with nearly two-dozen high level meetings, officials from 21st Century Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:TFCT) are finalizing its efforts for federal procurement. Company officials were impressed with the level of enthusiasm they received from elected officials. "Once they saw our product demonstration, officials were wondering aloud how such technology hasn't been utilized in multiple safety and leak prevention applications," reminisced Kevin Romney, general manager of 21st Century. "They were awed by its simplicity, easy application and seal power."
Jim Branch, president of Trident Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of 21st Century, accompanied Romney on the trip. Both provided product demonstrations of the ProMag and SeaPatch sealing devices to elected officials from Nevada and Texas as well as to congressional leaders in the transportation and homeland security sectors.
The company's Washington team has obviously worked hard to introduce key decision makers to patch technology products. "Key officials had already been briefed on the capability of our products, but were sold after they applied the patch, were shocked by the loud application and amazed at the sealing power," Branch said, adding that he's confident that the federal government will purchase products to mitigate environmental spills and protect our homeland through various government procurement processes.
ProMag (for land-based applications) and SeaPatch (for marine uses) devices are magnetic patches capable of sealing any type of leak to include size. The devices have been successfully used on large and small circular punctures, jagged tears, even bullet holes -- to overt disasters that are natural, accidental or caused by acts of terror.
As a symbol of their reliability and functionality, SeaPatch and ProMag magnetic-powered quick seal devices have been type-approved by the American Bureau of Shipping and are used during emergency response training at the Department of Transportation's Emergency Response School in Pueblo, Colorado, the Louisiana Emergency Response Training Center and the Texas Engineering Extension Service.
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