The Department of Homeland
Security recently awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
phase I grant for the research and development of a "Smart" Hybrid
Container System to Mariner Container Corp.
Mariner Container was also
recently awarded grants by AdvantageWest-North Carolina (http://www.awnc.org/)
western regional economic development commission and the Caldwell County
economic development commission (http://www.caldwelledc.org/) for
commercialization of their revolutionary new production process
AdvantageWest is a
nonprofit public/private partnership whose primary focus is marketing NC
mountains to corporations seeking to relocate or expand business in the
region.
North Carolina 10th
Congressional Congressman Cass Ballenger (R-NC) recently visited the
revolutionary manufacturing facility.