LARGO, Fla. – (July 28, 2008) -- STAR Technology Enterprise Center (http://www.startecflorida.com), a manufacturing and technology business accelerator located at the Young-Rainey Science, Technology and Research (STAR) Center in Largo, has admitted Field Forensics, Inc., (http://www.fieldforensics.com) as a new client.
Field Forensics, Inc. manufactures the E.L.I.T.E. pocket-sized and disposable trace explosives detector, which is designed for use by security personnel, policemen and the military. FFI also distributes equipment such as bomb suites and hook and line gear for bomb squads and explosives ordnance disposal teams.
“Field Forensics is developing cutting edge technology that should help position the Company and by extension STAR TEC and the Tampa Bay area into the upper echelon of international technological players,” says Doug Martin, chairman of the STAR TEC Advisory Board and CEO, Business Consulting Group. “STAR TEC is proud to be the business accelerator that helps transform new technology companies like Field Forensics into profitable businesses.”
Field Forensics, Inc. joins five existing clients, Alaka’i Consulting & Engineering, Inc., next-generation sensor and technology solutions for the defense and security markets, (http://www.alakai.us); Homeland Intelligence Technologies, Inc., designer, developer and manufacturer of antiterrorism equipment, (http://www.homelandintel.us); ReadyAlert Services LLC, web-based emergency notification system, (http://www.readyalert.com); I.D. Rank Security, Inc., solutions that protect data while at rest, mobile and in transit, (http://www.idranksecurity.com); and Tattle-Trail, LLC, product development company offering a safety monitoring device for recreational vehicles, (http://www.tattle-trail.com).
With a mission of “Accelerating Entrepreneurial Success,” STAR TEC (http://www.startecflorida.com) is a private, not-for-profit organization that supports the growth of early stage manufacturing and technology-based companies in the Tampa Bay region, enabling them to move their products or services to market more rapidly and effectively. STAR TEC occupies 20,000 square feet at the Young-Rainey Science, Technology and Research (STAR) Center in Largo, Fla.