Alaska solution to storm related emergencies

Alaska solution to storm related emergencies

ANCHORAGE, AK-(Dec. 29, 2009)—Today the Department of Agriculture is providing recommendations to those affected by winter storms in the Midwest, Western Great Lakes area, Mid-Atlantic and the South. They are warning that power outages may knock out refrigeration units that are holding perishable items.

While the Department of Agriculture is working to minimize the potential for food borne illnesses due to power outages and other problems that are often associated with severe weather events there is a solution that is being manufactured here in Alaska—the TEDSBOX an active temperature controlled cargo container.

Here in Alaska we face the same dilemma every fall, winter and spring with storms, and flooding. Most villages in Rural Alaska are located on either river drainages, or on the coast. Tednologies, Inc. has just the solution to the potential of frozen or perishable food borne illnesses—their TEDSBOX.

The active TEDSBOX models can store more cubic feet (25-105 cu/ft) of fresh or frozen goods and can do so at a sub freezing temperature for up to five-days on batteries. TEDSBOX uses rechargeable batteries and could be the perfect solution to a debilitating storm that strikes for days and leaves residents without electrical power.

“At least one of our units could be placed in every village in Alaska,” said Ian Wilson, marketing manager for Tednologies, Inc. located at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. “The LD3 can be picked up with forklifts moved to an aircraft, flown to any village with an airport and off loaded with a forklift. It could then be plugged into the local power grid and kept full of perishable or frozen food. When the power goes out the TEDSBOX maintains temperature, hot or cold for up to five days.”

This time frame will give emergency responders time to fix knocked out power, and in the meantime food stored in the LD3 will remain fresh or frozen as desired.

A good old Alaskan solution to what could happen anywhere this winter-- or next-- here or on the East Coast of the U.S. or worldwide.

Tednologies Developes New Cargo Nets

Alaska company develops new light weight cargo nets for Beechcraft 1900 aircraft

ANCHORAGE, AK-(Dec. 23, 2009)--My friends at Tednologies, Inc. have created something new for the air cargo industry—a barrier net that does not wear out. No not the Internet or computers linked together, but a cargo barrier net for the Beechcraft 1900 and 1900 C aircraft. 

“This cargo net costs less, and lasts longer than other barrier nets on the market,” said Ian Wilson, marketing director at Tednologies.

The idea for the net improvement, came from Don Harman when he was repairing nets used by Frontier Alaska.

“These nets are not durable enough and I thought to myself, ‘I can make a better net than this.’ So I did,” said Harman.

After two-years of working with the local Anchorage MIDO (manufacturing inspection district office) Tednologies received a PMA (parts manufacturing approval) license to produce the cargo barrier nets for the 1900 and 1900 C Beechcraft.

“The nets actually will last three-times longer than anything else on the market today,” said Wilson.

The nets are important to the Alaska cargo industry as many of the Beechcraft 1900s and 1900 Cs are carrying both passengers and cargo under FAR Part 135. The spider web looking nets shaped to fit inside the fuselage act as a barrier, or bulkhead.

The Tednologies cargo nets are now available with no lead time and can be shipped for next day delivery.

Harman is in production sewing the nets to fill an order from a local airline while Santa Claus is delivering presents this week.