Corporate News
Board Change
Armor Designs, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of composite armour products, announces that Andy Volkmann, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Board. The Company has hired, as a consultant, David Seaton, (formerly chief financial officer of ArmorGroup International PLC) to perform the duties for which Mr. Volkmann was previously responsible on an interim basis, pending the recruitment of a suitable replacement chief financial officer for the Company. A further update will be provided to the market in due course.
For further information:
| Armor Designs, Inc. | |
| Dr. James St. Ville, CEO & President | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7702 |
| www.armordesigns.com | |
| Zimmerman Adams International Limited | |
| Fiona Kinghorn / Graeme Thom | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 2900 |
| fionaf@zimmint.com | www.zimmint.com |
| Media enquiries: | |
| Abchurch | |
| Henry Harrison-Topham / Joanne Shears | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7709 |
| joanne.shears@abchurch-group.com | www.abchurch-group.com |
Notes to Editors
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Armor Designs specialises in the research, testing, development and commercialisation of composite armour products.
Each of the products being developed by the Group, in whole or in part, is based upon a generic synthetic manufacturing process called VCM. The VCM process was originally developed by Dr. James St. Ville and involves the creation of a computerised model into which can be inputted the specific tolerances and design constraints of a proposed product. The model then adjusts the composition of the material until the required properties are achieved, through 3D design optimisation. The VCM process gives the Group the potential to rapidly develop new composite armour products which might consist of various materials, such as metals, ceramics, resins and/or fibres, which in combination might share the same or better resistance to penetration as existing armour equivalents but which are, potentially, lighter and more versatile.
The VCM technology is the subject of several US and international patents and patent applications, which are owned by Aztec and which are exclusively licensed to Armor Designs subsidiary, Armor Designs LLC in the field of use of synthetic armour.
In addition, the Group's body armour has been tested at the H. P. White test center, which is the test center for the National Institute of Justice ("NIJ"). The Group is in negotiations with a US and an overseas military procurement office to supply body armour plates and anticipates the announcement of binding contracts in 2008.
Key Board members include: Dr. James A. St. Ville, (Chief Executive Officer and President). Dr. James St. Ville is the founder of Armor Designs and the creator of the VCM process. Dr. St. Ville has an MS in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego, an MD from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird University).
Major General Alfred Valenzuela, retired (Non-executive Director). Retired Major General Alfred Valenzuela was formerly a commanding officer of the Army of the South (SOUTHCOM) in the US Army, working at Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico. He gained extensive army experience in the Caribbean, Latin America, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, before his retirement in 2004.
Sir Richard Johns, (Non-executive Director). Air Chief Marshall Sir Richard Johns was previously a NATO Commander-in-Chief, responsible for bringing to full operational capability the new Regional Command of Allied Forces in North West Europe. Prior to this, Sir Richard was the Director of Operations in the National Joint Headquarters for all British forces deployed to the Middle East during the first Gulf War. In 1997, Sir Richard was appointed Chief of the Air Staff, responsible for the operational efficiency and morale of the Royal Air Force, and on retirement in April 2000, Sir Richard was appointed by the Queen as Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, a position which he still holds.
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