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.

Mariner Container Corp is found at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains