Carmanah/Sabik Marine Lanterns to Support Oil Spill Containment Efforts
News Release
Carmanah Technologies Inc.
June 21, 2010
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<DIV class=PlainText><BR>VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (June 19, 2010): –
Carmanah<BR>Technologies Corp. through its marine partnership with Sabik Oy
is<BR>providing Carmanah/Sabik solar LED marine lanterns for marking oil
spill<BR>containment booms in the Gulf of Mexico. The lanterns are helping
to<BR>keep marine traffic safe while containment and cleanup work continues
in<BR>the area.<BR><BR>Through the efforts of Carmanah’s authorized marine
distributor in<BR>Texas, several hundred white and yellow Carmanah/Sabik Model
502 and<BR>M650 solar LED marine lanterns ( <A
href="redir.aspx?C=f61563cf2e96432aa7493c82c9fdcd50&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbit.ly%2fcuQ1Iv"
target=_blank>http://bit.ly/cuQ1Iv</A>) have already been<BR>deployed to mark
areas such as open bays and waterways where the<BR>presence of containment booms
poses a risk to navigational safety.<BR>Carmanah is working with its
Houston-based manufacturing partner to<BR>fast-track production and delivery of
several hundred additional lights<BR>in the coming days. Carmanah has a
history of responding in times of<BR>crisis, most notably in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when all<BR>production was diverted to supply
self-contained, self-powered solar LED<BR>lighting solutions to keep road, air
and marine traffic along the Gulf<BR>Coast moving safely while rebuilding
efforts were underway.<BR><BR>“Our customer had tried and abandoned a
battery-powered marking light<BR>due to performance issues and ongoing
maintenance requirements. They<BR>asked us to provide a maintenance-free,
cost-effective alternative that<BR>could be trusted to perform reliably in a
range of operating<BR>conditions,” said Carmanah distributor Jeff Sandel, Vice
President of<BR>Laporte, Texas-based Channel Safety and Marine Supply. “Our
years of<BR>working with Carmanah, and Carmanah’s reputation as a trusted
supplier<BR>of aids-to-navigation lighting to the U.S. and Canadian Coast
Guards,<BR>tell us that the Carmanah/Sabik solar-powered LED marine lanterns
will<BR>deliver on all accounts.”<BR><BR>“With all available resources in the
Gulf focused on containment and<BR>cleanup, this is no time to worry about
whether or not the lights are<BR>working, or to be expending valuable manpower
to change bulbs or<BR>batteries,” said Carmanah CEO Ted Lattimore. “The
combination of solar<BR>power and LED technology in our marine lanterns means
they can be<BR>trusted to perform day after day, year after year, leaving our
customers<BR>free to concentrate on the job at
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<DIV class=PlainText><BR>VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (June 19, 2010): –
Carmanah<BR>Technologies Corp. through its marine partnership with Sabik Oy
is<BR>providing Carmanah/Sabik solar LED marine lanterns for marking oil
spill<BR>containment booms in the Gulf of Mexico. The lanterns are helping
to<BR>keep marine traffic safe while containment and cleanup work continues
in<BR>the area.<BR><BR>Through the efforts of Carmanah’s authorized marine
distributor in<BR>Texas, several hundred white and yellow Carmanah/Sabik Model
502 and<BR>M650 solar LED marine lanterns ( <A
href="redir.aspx?C=f61563cf2e96432aa7493c82c9fdcd50&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbit.ly%2fcuQ1Iv"
target=_blank>http://bit.ly/cuQ1Iv</A>) have already been<BR>deployed to mark
areas such as open bays and waterways where the<BR>presence of containment booms
poses a risk to navigational safety.<BR>Carmanah is working with its
Houston-based manufacturing partner to<BR>fast-track production and delivery of
several hundred additional lights<BR>in the coming days. Carmanah has a
history of responding in times of<BR>crisis, most notably in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when all<BR>production was diverted to supply
self-contained, self-powered solar LED<BR>lighting solutions to keep road, air
and marine traffic along the Gulf<BR>Coast moving safely while rebuilding
efforts were underway.<BR><BR>“Our customer had tried and abandoned a
battery-powered marking light<BR>due to performance issues and ongoing
maintenance requirements. They<BR>asked us to provide a maintenance-free,
cost-effective alternative that<BR>could be trusted to perform reliably in a
range of operating<BR>conditions,” said Carmanah distributor Jeff Sandel, Vice
President of<BR>Laporte, Texas-based Channel Safety and Marine Supply. “Our
years of<BR>working with Carmanah, and Carmanah’s reputation as a trusted
supplier<BR>of aids-to-navigation lighting to the U.S. and Canadian Coast
Guards,<BR>tell us that the Carmanah/Sabik solar-powered LED marine lanterns
will<BR>deliver on all accounts.”<BR><BR>“With all available resources in the
Gulf focused on containment and<BR>cleanup, this is no time to worry about
whether or not the lights are<BR>working, or to be expending valuable manpower
to change bulbs or<BR>batteries,” said Carmanah CEO Ted Lattimore. “The
combination of solar<BR>power and LED technology in our marine lanterns means
they can be<BR>trusted to perform day after day, year after year, leaving our
customers<BR>free to concentrate on the job at
hand.”<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>