
California's Monterey Bay Aquarium is provided with Diamon Fusion®
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, February 2003-
Diamon Fusion® International, Inc. (DFI), supplier and exclusive licensor
of the Diamon Fusion® patented hydrophobic technology, has recently completed
the first phase (Penguins Exhibit) of the Monterey Bay Aquarium project,
awarded to DFI's Licensee in Santa Cruz, California, DHS Glass Surface INC.,
as part of a new maintenance program designed by the Aquarium to reduce maintenance
cycles and keep glass surfaces cleaner for longer periods of time. Diamon Fusion®
has also been provided at the Florida Aquarium (Tampa, FL) with excellent
reviews after more than 3 years (since application), with an approximate treated
area of 10,000 square feet.
Michael McPheeters, President and CEO of DHS Glass Surface INC., reported:
"We are extremely satisfied with the decision of the Monterey Bay Aquarium to
have Diamon Fusion® applied as a maintenance reducing surface treatment; we expect
this initial phase to be only the beginning of a much larger scope within the aquarium's
maintenance program".
The Monterey Bay Aquarium, located in the city of Monterey by the Pacific
Ocean shore in northern California (South of San Francisco), is visited by nearly
2 million people each year. The Monterey Bay Aquarium, opened October
20, 1984, is home to almost 300,000 individual plants and animals, and exhibits
approximately 550 species. The Outer Bay exhibit holds one million gallons
(3,785,400 liters) of seawater. The main view into this exhibit is the world's
largest window, 56 feet long and 17 feet high (about 17 meters long
and 5 meters high). The aquarium has an active research program and its sister institution,
the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, conducts deep-sea research in the
vast Monterey submarine canyon. The original cost of the aquarium was approximately
US$55 million. The aquarium was designed by the architectural firm of Esherick
Homsey Dodge and Davis of San Francisco.
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