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November 2006 ISPL TO CELEBRATE ITS SILVER ANNIVERSARY AT METS International Safety Products Ltd, world's leading manufacturer of inflatable marine lifejackets, will be celebrating 25 years of business when it attends METS in Amsterdam. The company was founded in 1981 and entered the safety equipment market by selling factored products to overseas markets. Since then the company has grown steadily and today manufactures a complete range of lifejackets and immersion suits at its factory on Merseyside, England. The company has now grown to the point where it achieves an annual turnover of more than £ million from products it has developed for users in the marine leisure, commercial and defence sectors.

Sales director Geoff Billington believes that much of ISPL's success is due to the company's established reputation for consistent quality and innovation. "We are among a very small number of companies that feel an obligation to develop new products and introduce innovations that will increase the safety of seafarers," he said. "There is no shortage of companies willing to copy existing ideas and manufacture lifejackets as cheaply as possible. However, we believe that our 25 years in the business shows that success comes from investing in R&D and continually working to raise the bench marks of marine safety and product quality."

Despite the high volume of ISPL's output, the company has developed manufacturing systems that have enabled it to achieve significant sales from its ability to manufacture bespoke lifejackets in batches as small as 250 units. Many of the best known names in the marine industry can today be found on lifejackets manufactured for them by ISPL. Customers are able to specify the colour, style and specifications of their lifejackets which are supplied with their company's name or logo printed on the cover. This creates a unique and distinctive product that meets the highest standards of manufacturing quality and conforms to all necessary performance requirements. A wide range of organisations are consequently able to generate revenue from life jacket sales while remaining confident that the products will match their own standards of quality and performance.

ISPL's plans for the coming year are to raise the profile of its restyled Arctic Tern logo found on its own Challenger range of lifejackets. Challenger lifejackets have been developed for use by professional seafarers and offshore workers and combine the durability needed for hard daily use with the company's most advanced design features. These include overlapping lobes that, when inflated, protect the wearer's face against waves and spray and are now recognised as one of the company's most significant innovations. Established customers as well as first time visitors to the ISPL stand at METS (No 3415) are now being invited to meet the company's expanding sales team and to join them in celebrating the company's anniversary and their optimism for its continued growth.

Press enquiries:   Paul Eastaugh 

Tel: +44 (0)118 934 1101 Fax: +44 (0)118 934 1137 Mobile +44 (0)7889 432014

Email:  paul.eastaugh@btinternet.com

Sales enquiries:   Jenny Slater,

International Safety Products Ltd

Orrell Mount, 159 Hawthorne Road,

Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6JU

Tel: +44 (0)151 922 2202  Fax: +44 (0)151 922 5874

Email: jslater@ispl.co.uk

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