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Manufacturing and Engineering Marine Vessels

In 2008, EPS acquired one-half interest in Vectorworks Marine LLC, manufacturer of reinforced plastic composite vessels. Located on the Intracoastal Waterway, Titusville, FL the facility specializes in producing state-of-the-art marine vessels for military, commercial, sport, and recreational use.

The EPS Vectorworks facility is a shipyard dedicated to the design, development, and manufacture of composite vessels up to 70 meters in length. High-end computer-based systems are used to take customer concepts, develop two and three dimensional drawings or models, and by use of the on-site 5-axis milling machine, convert these models directly into limited and/or full production tooling and molds. EPS Vectorworks has the ability and facilities to engineer and produce prototype vessels, test and trial them and, once proof of concept is established, refine and develop the design for the manufacturing process. In addition, the size of the shipyard facilities allows for full production of several vessels to continue concurrently.

Under a contract to the Ministry of Interior for the Saudi Arabia Border Guard, Naval Affairs, the first of two EPS M-10 Hovercraft are under construction for delivery in 2010. The EPS M-10 can operate effectively at sea, in shallow water, as well as over land, beaches, mudflats and even ice. Powered by two 1,000 horsepower diesel engines, which provide it with lift and propulsion, the EPS M-10 can reach speeds of up to 50 knots.