Pride Commences Construction of Ballistics Testing Laboratory

Pride Business Development Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of personal protective clothing, proudly announced today that it has commenced construction of a ballistic testing laboratory within its 35,000 square foot headquarters located in Camarillo, California. The ballistic testing laboratory will be used to replicate the testing performed by the independent laboratories used by the National Institute of Justice in connection with the certification of body armor in the United States of America.

M. Michael Markow, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pride Business Development Holdings, Inc., stated, “A ballistic testing laboratory within our own facility will allow us to compress the time necessary to both achieve and surpass our research and development goals. Our own ballistic testing laboratory allows us to eliminate weeks of waiting for results that currently exist in the testing of new ballistic systems that we formulate prior to delivering these systems to the National Institute of Justice for certification.” Mr. Markow added, “Our ballistic testing laboratory will also serve as a demonstration facility for our customers who desire to witness actual performance of our products.”

Ari L. Markow, President of Pride Business Development Holdings, Inc., commented, “The testing of new products prior to certification by the National Institute of Justice has cost us as much as ten thousand dollars per new ballistic system formulation. We anticipate that our own ballistic testing laboratory will reduce this cost to an average of three thousand dollars per new ballistic system formulation.” Ari Markow added, “We expect our ballistic testing laboratory to pay for itself within the first three months of operation.”

ABOUT PRIDE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS, INC.

Pride Business Development Holdings, Inc., with its brand of Bodyguard(TM) products, is a specialty and protective clothing and materials manufacturer for the domestic and international law enforcement, military and dangerous materials handling markets. For information about Pride Business Development Holdings, Inc. please visit our website at www.pridegroup.org  or call us at 866-868-0461. For more information about Pride’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Bodyguard, Inc., please visit our website at www.yourbodyguard.com  or call us at 866-868-0461.