Barron Tasker
Chattanooga, TN (USA)
Role(s):
Floodbloc, LLC
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Location:
Chattanooga
Industry:
Technology/Web
Year Founded:
2006
Number Employees:
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Description:
Floodbloc, LLC is seeking capital to allow it to commercialize two patent pending polymers that are targeted at the flood control market and the petroleum and hazardous spill cleanup markets. The company's first commercially available product is the Floodbloc Bag, a patent pending dual layer bag filled with super absorbent polymer. When exposed to water, the bags inflates to approximately 40 pounds and can then be stacked to form a water protective barrier. The Floodbloc Bag is a modern replacement to the traditional sandbag and has a number of advantages when compared to the sandbag. When compared to the sandbag, the Floodbloc Bag can be deployed with significantly less people, does not require the logistics of arranging 40 truckloads of sand for every truckload of bags, is more enviro