NEW MADRID, Mo., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Kontek Industries announced today that it has been selected to demonstrate its steel bollards, vehicle barriers, mobile troop housing with mortar shield roof, erectable mortar shield canopy, and .50 caliber armor-proof, blast-tested guardhouse, at the invitation-only 5th Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED) at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia, next week. FPED provides a venue to show state-of-the-art, commercial off-the-shelf force protection equipment to senior leaders and decision makers from the Department of Defense, federal departments, and agencies. For more information about FPED V go to: http://www.fped5.org/ .

"This a tremendous opportunity for us to showcase our state-of-the-art, field-tested and certified, force protection products in front of the military's key decision-makers," said Don Utz, president of Kontek.

In response to previously identified threats such as: rocket-propelled grenades, vehicle-based improvised explosive devices, and mortar artillery, Kontek refocused its force protection R&D efforts. Kontek now has products that are certified and field-tested to withstand the threats facing U.S. troops overseas. The research, conducted by the University of Missouri-Rolla's (UMR) Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center, was carried out and field-tested at UMR and Air Force Research Labs in Florida as part of the $2.4 million Department of Defense research grant awarded to Kontek and UMR. This was included in the FY 2005 defense bill by Missouri Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson, and Missouri Senators Jim Talent and Christopher "Kit" Bond.

About Kontek

Kontek Industries, headquartered in New Madrid, Mo., is a homeland security company that helps 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 vehicle and delay- access 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 telecommunication shelters in its 150,000 square- foot facility. Kontek has provided modular blast barriers to the U.S. Air Force, Force Protection Command and Control Program Office. It has also provided vehicle and delay access barriers 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: http://www.kontekindustries.com/ .

CONTACT: David LaValle for Kontek Industries, office, +1-314-982-8668,
or cell, +1-314-852-3167

Web site: http://www.fped5.org/
http://www.kontekindustries.com/