Point Blank Enterprises Receives Esteemed WorldSafe Award from the Safe America Foundation
Company's Alpha Elite™ Body Armor System with Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology Honored for Safety Product "Breakthrough"
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Point Blank Enterprises ("Point Blank" or "PBE"), the worldwide leader in the production of soft body armor and related protective solutions, today announced that the Company's ground-breaking Alpha EliteTM system has been recognized with the prestigious WorldSafe Award by the Safe America Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to improve the safety awareness and preparedness of Americans nationwide.
The annual WorldSafe Award, which was started in 2001, was presented to Point Blank Enterprises for Safety Product "Breakthrough". Joining other companies, government agencies, NGOs, and individuals recognized for their innovation, leadership and lifetime achievement, Point Blank celebrated at a special "Safety on the Home Front Gala" held on Saturday, November 8 at the new Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. This year's award ceremony was conducted in collaboration with the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP) and hosted by Clayton County Commission Chairman Jeff Turner.
Accepting the Award for Point Blank, Michael Foreman, EVP of International Business Development, Federal Sales and Marketing, commented, "We are extremely proud to be honored by such a highly-respected organization as the Safe America Foundation, where safeguarding the lives of each and every American is the number one priority. This lies at the heart of Point Blank; the reason why we've spent the last 40 years developing and delivering the most innovative body armor solutions to maximize the protection of America's service men and women, law enforcement professionals, corrections officers, and Federal agents who put their lives on the line to preserve our nation's security and freedoms. The latest Alpha Elite system is yet another unprecedented achievement in light weight, flexible and comfortable protection which is helping to keep more and more of our officers in their body armor and simply put, safe."
As the first and most advanced body armor ever to be designed around the revolutionary Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology by DSM, the Alpha Elite™ Series NIJ Level II and IIIA tactical and concealable body armor systems have exceeded all performance requirements, including tests for maximum velocity approaching or exceeding 2,000 fps. Made possible through the fusion of polymer science, fiber technology and uni-directional engineering, key features include:
- Multi-hit performance exceeding FBI protocol
- Special-threat performance exceeding FBI protocol
- NIJ Standard 0101.06 compliance in Level II and IIIA configurations
- Extremely high effectiveness against fragmentation
- Extraordinarily efficient absorption of impact energy
- Lightest NIJ .06 Level II and Level IIIA products
- Level II is 20 percent lighter than the best models in the industry
- Level IIIA is nearly 25 percent lighter than the average of the best models in the industry
- Thinnest NIJ .06 Level IIIA product – over 30 percent thinner than the average of the best Level IIIA packages in the industry
- Highest performing Level II model – outperforms the previous best Level II models by five percent with a higher v50
- Ballistics available in the Elite concealable carrier and the Alpha-1 tactical armor systems for both male and female officers
Mr. Foreman continued, "We celebrate with Safe America in its 20 years of accomplishments and look forward to many more years collaborating with the Foundation and our partners such as DSM on initiatives to enhance officer safety and preparedness on both the home front and by extension, around the world. We pay homage with this award to our protectors, our heroes and their families."
The Safe America Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit licensed by the state of Georgia. Chartered in 1994, the Marietta, Georgia based foundation partners with corporate, governmental, public and private sector organizations, and other nonprofits.
About Point Blank Enterprises, Inc.
Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. ("PBEI") is a leading provider of high performance protective solutions, including bullet, fragmentation and stab resistant apparel and related accessories. Through its key brands, Point Blank Body Armor, Protective Apparel Corporation of America (PACA), Protective Products and PARACLETE®, the Company ranks as the largest global supplier of ballistic and soft armor systems in the world. The Company's ballistic solutions have been credited with saving countless lives for the most important customers in the world, including the U.S. Armed Forces, Department of Defense, Federal Government and law enforcement, corrections and security personnel, both domestically and abroad. For more information on our Company, please visit our website at www.pointblankenterprises.com.
Company Contact:
Michael Foreman
Point Blank Enterprises
Tel: 407-448-6139
Email: [email protected]
Media Contacts:
Glenn Wiener and Dionne Manchester
GW Communications
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