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Small Business Spotlight: 1/24/13

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    Entrepreneur founds Oceansafe to make storm-resistant building materials

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And that our spotlight as small business.

We're talking to a small business owners and entrepreneurs about how they're managing to survive and even -- during these tough economic times it.

Joining us now.

Vincent at their beliefs teach you think he's the -- of ocean -- welcome great to have you here thank you for.

Let's talk about this company because this was company was born out of something that you felt there was a great need after seeing the destruction from storms.

Along the Gulf Coast.

That's correct.

-- -- is a New York based global company that.

Deals with a high performance greens.

This technology.

And it's based on that these products here which to -- structural insulated panels.

What they are or a -- were a magnesium skin.

Panel that is.

Surrounding a core.

That's and insulated core of either a polystyrene or a you're -- thing core.

These panels of very very strong and very -- -- to -- very lightweight they have tremendous growth properties.

Be.

Panels or are becoming external.

And load bearing walls and roofs to create a a building envelope and it's the envelope that gives us the strength.

These panels or are very energy efficient with -- values up to sixty.

They have the win capabilities for hurricanes and greater than 160 miles an hour.

We're talking about mold and termite proof.

Quick build and their pre engineered.

Must've as well as I understand that you and expressing your obviously making several inroads with the destruction devastation that was we recently -- appear was -- sandy.

That's correct we kind of developed our our business model with Katrina.

And it's learning with Katrina what we needed to do -- to superb disaster -- relief and response.

And understood back then that you had to elevate the house is using this material to prevent flooding.

And here back in our own back -- we have sandy and still to this date we have thousands of people without homes.

Without jobs you know everybody is is struggling right at this point.

And we need to do something in November we put together seminar where we put together four points on how we needed to to sought to respond to this.

First point was to get worker housing -- using the panels we can build quickly.

The second part was to give the people back some type of a home that they can get back to -- their homes are being reconstructed so we came up with an emergency response pod.

Which is -- -- -- -- -- positioned vis a vis a collapse of both trailers that can be put in front of the homes.

And we have panels that can be used is its curtain walls around the existing.

And then coming into homes simply making a difference I know -- expanding globally and that -- now you're going to be hiring more people.

That's correct break right now we're we have an agreement with the global transport in North Carolina that we'll be using and increasing our.

Our staff to an extra 303 people.

-- -- will be looking to acquire ex military from North Carolina which was.

-- tremendous presence of the military there we're talking with the wounded warrior foundation to also improve there.

There workflow through our company that's a good news -- hiring out there and people can come here.

Website to see more about what they can do to sign up and it's great -- you're doing very well these tough economic times.

Thank you very much we we we are we -- -- to be able to help this way.

You know where are.

But what I wanted to say was that.

He and I know I know that I'm running out of time a little bit but you know I know this important economic differences nationally to rest exactly right I think -- very much thank you thank you very appreciate it.

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