To create its new custom Ballisti-Wall® and Ballisti-Cover® ballistic-resistant solutions to protect and camouflage utility substations and other critical facilities and equipment to mitigate physical attacks; Southern States LLC, a Georgia manufacturer of products for the electric utility industry, selected PolyOne’s industry-leading GlasArmor™ continuous glass-fiber composite.
Southern States saw an opportunity to provide a unique solution to its utility customers, who were under pressure to comply with new physical security mandates from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). To meet the FERC requirements, each utility company was required to perform a risk assessment of their systems, identify the most critical assets within the power grid, and then propose and implement a plan to protect them. Southern States ballistic-resistant solutions incorporate three layers of GlasArmor panels to achieve Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Level 8 protection. Level 8 specifies protection against a 7.62 mm rifle using a lead core, full metal jacket 0.308 caliber copper military ball. Using GlasArmor panels, Ballisti-Wall® and Ballisti-Cover® successfully encapsulate the bullet and prevent any ricochet that could be harmful to individuals or assets of the utilities.
06-Jun-16 
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