NEWTSUITS | 7 deals larketing made | {INTERNATIONAL ‘agp Suits Inc. (JHSI) of North — Vancouver has signed marketing agreements for its unique . Newtsuit ‘atmospheric diving Australia and India. The deal follows an announce- meni. last week thal the company had-won approval to have one of - the suits tested by the U.S. later this month, ' . “We're making progress every’ week,’’ said IHS] general manager . Aris Morfopoulos. » Navy ‘other companies - that “agreements with companies Greece and the United States and ° aluminum-skinned ‘suit suit. with representatives in Morfopoulos said the agreement will help strengthen 1HS!'s inter- national marketing presence. JHSI is also negotiating with have ex- pressed interest as Newtsuit agents or distributors in other countries, Thus; far the company has in has a idistributing deal for the Newtsuit in Japan,” Developed . by IHSI president and Can- Dive Services Ltd. founder Phil Nuytten, the divers to work at depths of up to “74,000 feet .without ‘having. to go. through Subsequent decompres- sion. | The suit also uses a closed-cir- cuit breathing system that H climinates - underwater breathing '. bubbles. 1HSI has. thus far sold four of ° the $250,000 suits this year, and "|. Morfopoulos has said the company echnologies “will repre- ; Australia, ~ ‘de ‘International |-in - white SeaTech Trading Ltd. will be {According to “the THSL| press + both. countries” have : significan military and commer-. al diving lnterests, both of which’ ‘ ngincering ithe hu assembly .o of an ly designed by: Wagner. im Pederson, to'make it. for*.use:on..iceb aking in, . Brisbane, Australia. - ‘employs about 120 people: . containing unique ideas or oppor-, target for suit sales in £988 is 15. Over the next six years, SHS] ; hopes to sei] 200 suits or approx: | imately $60 million worth of. the product: - The Newtsuit, displayed: at Expo 86's Canada) which was/ “a major part of the country’ s pa vilion ‘display’ at Expo’ 88 in ‘A’ NORTH Vancouver engineering firm has been awarded a federal : <0) nment contract. to develop ship pre- Radiological Society. {af “ also lead to othe ‘commercial con- se the new hub is still in “the development’ stage,” Roach said it ‘would be difficult to estimate its potential market. : ‘Wagner, which has’ been on ithe ~ North: Shore. since’ 1978, currently ort rth: the =. f The ‘“contract for. Trans Canada was’ awarded to, the'Nc . Vancouver ‘company. under. Unsolicited Proposals Progr ence’: and Technology,: h mcourages ‘the: private sector! in general, and small business in par- “ticular, to submit written proposals » unities:, to support government 7 ‘research, and development objec: nt. He was. among; the many ‘interned.to,camps in, B.C.’s. Inte here and. * rebuilt: ite had ,to:’start, all over . allows . 3 - Friday, May 13, 1988 ~ North Shore News Photo submitted BREAST CANCER wcreening equipment like that pictared here ‘could be in full swing next year if the province 2 , . pee / f ‘ i , oy agrees to fisance a permanent program. Statistics show that | breast screening could help reduce the number of ~ breast ¢ cancer deaths in B.C. / / PILOT I PROJECT | i ‘New breast c eo essential, Sa ys LGH president one " _ Robert Smith made his comment following a recent Health Ministry ; announcement allocating $365,000 to the Cancer Contro} Agency of : B.C... (CCABC) to. assist it in| establishing . a pilot project for | breast caficer screening. - The pilot project will be set up “in ‘conjunction with the B.C. Med- ‘fecal’ Association and the B.C. Smith, who officially took. over April 1 as LGH president,“also sits on the stecring committee planning the pilot project.’ /. “MT see'it as. absolutely. essential for women,"' Smith said. ‘‘So, we - will help in any,way we can to ‘en- sure: we