CirTran Awarded New Assignment from Hill AFB
SALT LAKE CITY, May 1, 2006 – CirTran Corporation (OTC BB: CIRT), an international full-service contract manufacturer of IT, consumer and consumer electronics products, announced today that it has won a new contract from Hill Air Force Base in Utah, adding to its list of government contracts and assignments.
CirTran said work will begin shortly, both on-site at Hill AFB and at its Salt Lake City manufacturing facility. CirTran said that its assignment includes creating new custom cables and interfaces, refurbishing existing underground cables, and upgrading various rack assemblies and connectors. In its initial phase the contract is worth approximately $15,000 to CirTran.
CirTran and its Racore Technology have previously won contracts from the U.S. military, including the Air Force, as well as from police and fire departments for technology-based products including network cards and specialty radio bridges.
Hill Air Force Base is an Air Force Materiel Command base located in northern Utah. Hill AFB is home to many operational and support missions, with the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) serving as the host organization. The center provides worldwide engineering and logistics management for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The base performs depot maintenance of the F-16, A-10 and C-130 Hercules aircraft.
“CirTran is proud to be counted on by Hill Air Force Base for this important and exacting work involving cabling and data interfacing,” said Trevor Saliba, executive vice president for worldwide business development for CirTran and its subsidiary organizations.
“Being chosen for this assignment is significant to us as it will raise CirTran’s profile in Utah as well as within the military and government sector, where we are working hard to continue our growth,” Mr. Saliba said.
About CirTran Corporation
Founded in 1993, CirTran Corporation (OTC BB: CIRT, www.CirTran.com) is a premier international full-service contract manufacturer. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, its ISO 9001:2000-certified, non-captive 40,000-square foot manufacturing facility is the largest in the Intermountain Region, providing “just-in-time” inventory management techniques designed to minimize an OEM's investment in component inventories, personnel and related facilities while reducing costs and ensuring speedy time-to-market. In 1998, CirTran acquired Racore Technology (www.racore.com), founded in 1983 and reorganized as Racore Technology Corporation in 1997. In 2004, it formed CirTran-Asia as a high-volume manufacturing arm and wholly-owned subsidiary with its principal office in ShenZhen, China. CirTran-Asia operates in three primary business segments: high-volume electronics, fitness equipment and household products manufacturing, focusing on the multi-billion dollar Direct Response Industry.
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