Benthos announces record breaking bookings week.NORTH FALMOUTH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1996--Benthos Inc. announced today that two orders of approximately $3 million each were received during the week of Oct. 14, 1996 -- one in its Undersea Systems Division for seismic hydrophones and the other for TapTone II systems from its Container Inspection Division. These orders combined for a record bookings week for the company. The hydrophone hydrophone (hī`drəfōn'), device that receives underwater sound waves and converts them to electrical energy; the voltage generated can then be read on a meter or played through a loudspeaker. order is the largest such order the company has received to date for its RDA RDA abbr. recommended daily allowance Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) The Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) are quantities of nutrients in the diet that are required to maintain good health in people. seismic hydrophones. These small underwater microphones are used in conducting seismic surveys which determine potential oil and gas deposits beneath the ocean floor. The customer is Syntron Inc. of Houston, a leading supplier of seismic technology throughout the world. The order for TapTone II systems was received from Heineken Breweries of Amsterdam, Holland. These systems will be installed on multiple lines in Heineken facilities located throughout Europe. They are used to test filled beer bottles for invisible sealing defects. Other major customers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. that are currently using these systems are Miller, Molson, Strohs and Labatts. Benthos benthos: see marine biology. Inc. makes oceanographic and robotic equipment for underwater inspection, exploration and research; and TapTone inspection systems for testing the seal integrity of consumer containers made of glass, metal or plastic. Current backlog for the company is now a record high. Benthos stock is currently traded over the counter and is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. under the symbol BTHS BTHS Brooklyn Technical High School BTHS Barth Syndrome BTHS Bartram Trail High School (Jacksonville, Florida) BTHS Brick Township High School (New Jersey) . For more information about Benthos, write to Benthos Inc. at 49 Edgerton Drive, North Falmouth, Mass., 02556 or visit their home page at http://www.benthos.com. CONTACT: Benthos Inc. John Coughlin or Peter Zentz 508/563-1000 |
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