PACA bags Virginia State Police contract for soft body armor

Point Blank Solutions, Inc., a leader in the field of protective body armor solutions, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, PACA Body Armor has been awarded the Virginia State Police contract for soft body armor, which applies to all state, city and county law enforcement and corrections agencies.

"We are honored to have been selected by the State of Virginia as their trusted supplier of soft body armor solutions and will work to exceed all of our commitments to not only the state, but to the other 17,000 local officers who require the most advanced body armor systems in the market," stated Michael Foreman, senior vice president, domestic and international sales.

"This is a meaningful win for our company given the importance of the Virginia market and its proximity to our nation's capital. This also builds upon our momentum in the Northeast markets, following key customer wins in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York for both concealable and tactical body armor."

Utilizing 100 percent DuPont Kevlar XP, a new patented woven fabric technology from DuPont Protection Technologies, Perform-XP protects against increased threat levels faced by officers, and delivers incredible bullet-stopping power under a variety of extreme field conditions (heat, humidity, cold and mechanical wear).

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BioFach 2011: Green fashion increasingly catching on

Green fashion is on the road to success and its sector meets representatives from the whole international organic market once a year at BioFach, the World Organic Trade Fair, in the exhibition centre in Nürnberg – altogether 2,557 exhibitors and 43,669 trade visitors at the last event.

From 16–19 February, the Textil-Area at BioFach 2011 will assemble suppliers and visitors from the market segment of natural textiles and eco fashion for the third time. This year’s special area continued the success of the premiere with a total of 47 exhibitors present. A real highlight this year were the daily fashion shows, which will take place again in 2011 following their successful first edition.

Organic cotton is the material of the hour and the most significant indication of the growing market. The balance of power is still unequal – organic cotton only has a less than 1 % share of the total cotton market – but the growth figures are all the more impressive. 175,000 t of the ecologically genuine raw material were harvested in 2008 and 2009, a remarkable 20 % more than the season before. This corresponds to more than 800,000 bales. Altogether 222,000 organic farmers in 22 countries grow cotton at the moment.

The demand is boosted by new markets like Eastern Europe and Asia and by established markets like North America and Europe. Alone the demand from the booming market in Great Britain will have trebled by 2012 according to market estimates.

Other natural fibres like wool, silk, flax or hemp fibre, which also originate from organic cultivation or natural livestock production, carry proportionally little weight at the moment. All these fibres are ecologically the best choice, as they are kind to man and the environment in an exemplary way.

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TUV Rheinland proudly presents GTAC Bangkok

Mr. Friedrich Hecker, President and CEO of TUV Rheinland AG, gave an opening speech on 10th August 2010 for the Grand opening of the Global Technology Assessment Center (GTAC), Bangkok. The GTAC Bangkok is the sixth Assessment Center established by the TUV Rheinland Group and serves the purpose of being a solution provider for clients to access international and domestic markets.

With an area of over 2,500 sqm containing more than 20 testing rooms arranged under one roof and an investment budget of over 150 million Baht, GTAC, which is located at Ladkrabang Industrial Estate in Bangkok, is the first GTAC in South East Asia and the 6th of its kind. The facility is built to provide testing, inspection and certification services to manufacturing industries, especially for toys, shoes, garment / textile, furniture, stationery, electrical appliances, auto parts, and more, where such tests are crucial to assess the readiness of the products before they are exported.

TUV Rheinland is a leading group for the provision of technical services worldwide. It has over 490 locations in 61 countries on all five continents. With a workforce of 13,850, it achieves a turnover of approx. € 1.2 billion a year. The guiding principle in the Group is sustainable development of safety and quality standards. The motivating factor for TUV Rheinland employees is the conviction that without technical progress, society and industry cannot grow. For this very reason, using technical innovations, products and equipment in a safe, responsible manner is of decisive importance. TUV Rheinland has been a member of the Global Compact of the UN since 2006. TUV Rheinland is 140 years old and its headquarters are in Cologne.

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