Ceramic Knife Public Safety
Concerns Drives Effort to Improve Detection
July 13, 2004 -- Redondo Beach, California -- Universal Relations Incorporated (URI) announced today the start of testing of its Eagle brand ceramic knives, conducted with the assistance of the leading manufacturer of security scanning devices, to improve the detection of their ceramic kitchen knives.
URI will be supplying current and modified products for testing to the leader of the security scanning device industry. The tests will be conducted with equipment that represent the state of the art technology across a broad array of security devices commonly used to screen items at the entrance to airports and public buildings.
Ceramic knife blades contain no metal and therefore pose a unique threat for security scanner equipment and their operators to detect. Ceramic blade materials are 2nd in hardness only to diamond. The blade hardness allows these knives to remain nearly razor sharp for years of normal use and this has made them very popular with those who do lots of cooking at home.
URI Product Manager, Justin Johnson, explains the goal, “URI Eagle Ceramic Knives is determined to minimize the potential risk to public safety posed by any URI product.” Johnson says he plans to achieve this goal through, “a variety invisible modifications allowing security scanning devices to more easily detect any of our ceramic blade knives.”
The purpose of the analysis and testing is to validate effectiveness of the planned modifications to URI Eagle brand ceramic knives. The testing may even improve the ability to detect any ceramic knife. URI’s Mr. Johnson concludes by saying, “The Company I work for does not need a profit motive to do what it can to protect the safety of the public. We will not seek patents for any public safety modifications under development and invite our competitors to help make public safety an industry-wide effort.”
Local news media will be provided with summary test results and those interested may be invited to witness and report to their viewers first-hand, as appropriate under TSA, FBI, and other applicable guidelines. The information shall provide the press and other news media with an appropriate assessment in response their recent questions on improving the ability of security scanning devices to detect and alert operators to potential threats including those posed by ceramic knives.
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PR Contact information:
For more information you may contact Justin Johnson at URI Eagle Ceramic. The phone number to call is: (310) 921-6526.
You may request more information by mail by writing to URI Eagle Ceramic, PO Box 3805, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.
You may also contact us via e-mail: info@urieagle.com?subject=PR Ceramic Knife Public Safety Concerns
