Shield Technologies Corp

The annual cost of corrosion in the United States is estimated to be approximately $276B USD or approximately 3.1% of the US GDP. Worldwide corrosion is estimated to cost over $1.8T USD (WCO; 2005). Environmental factors such as moisture, sand, dust, dirt, Ultra-Violet rays, salt, heat, and impact damages have an adverse effect on material and operation readiness. A full one third of these costs are avoidable by the consistent use of proven corrosion inhibiting and prevention technologies. (LMI; 2008) The Envelop material was developed for the US military through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program with the goal of developing a material to replace vinyl then in use on US Navy ships. Since 2004 has created over a 1,000 cover designs and delivered over 100,000 Envelop covers to military, commercial and consumers worldwide. Envelop is a patented material that consists of multiple layers of material which include a weatherproof exterior shell, a breathable waterp...