February 20, 2006—UltraStrip Systems, Inc., a Florida-based homeland security technology company, has announced a $665,000 sale and delivery of one of its patented robotic waterjetting systems to USJ Investment Co, Ltd., a Japanese investment company.
Included among the partners in USJ Investment are Chiba Marine Yokohoma Co., Ltd., Shuwa Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd., and Ihara Co., Ltd. The Japanese partnership will utilize UltraStrip’s robotic technology to perform high-speed coating removal services to shipyard customers in Japan. The customers will include the shipyards, as well as the owners of oil tankers, cruise ships, bulk carriers, and container ships that bring their ships to the various Japanese shipyards, says UltraStrip.
UltraStrip also won a five-year exclusive agreement with BAE Systems ship yard subsidiaries in San Francisco and San Diego to provide its patented robotic automated waterjetting technology equipment and services.
UltraStrip’s robotic technology will perform high speed coating removal services to the shipyard’s customers, including US Navy vessels, oil tankers, cruise ships, bulk carriers, and container ships.
BAE Systems San Francisco and BAE Systems San Diego are subsidiaries of BAE Systems Ship Repair, Inc., a group of companies owned by UK based BAE Systems. BAE Systems is the largest U.K. defense contractor and is one of the top ten U.S. defense contractors with offices located on five continents. BAE employs 90,000 people world wide and trades its stock on the London Stock Exchange.
UltraStrip is a technology firm that develops and manufactures patented equipment to provide solutions to homeland security, military, and environmental problems. UltraStrip’s patented robotic water jetting systems are provided through its UltraStrip Envirobotic Solutions subsidiary and are designed to provide an environmentally and cost-effective coatings removal process for a range of commercial and military vessels, including military support vehicles.
The robotic systems have been utilized for US Navy ships (including the U.S.S. Cole after its attack off the coast of Yemen), cruise ships, and tankers in shipyards throughout the world. For more on the company, visit its Web site.
