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Mustang Survival - Their Heritage
More than five decades ago, Mustang Survival began engineering lifesaving solutions that push the boundaries of performance and what is possible in marine safety. Fifty-five years later, we continue evolving and innovating, never losing sight of our goal to bring people home safe.
FOUNDED 1967
Irv Davies founds Mustang Sportswear Ltd. Five employees work out of a 2,000 sq. ft. office and manufacturing facility in Vancouver, British Columbia’s historic Gastown.
FIRST COAT 1970
The original iconic Mustang Floater™ coat hits the market.
Using closed-cell foam for flotation and insulation, it’s the first combined life preserver and jacket.
THERMO FLOAT COAT REDESIGN 1977
With Dr. John Hayward at the University of Victoria, we develop the Design Canada award-winning Thermofloat Coat. This new iteration of the original Mustang Floater™ added extra padding in areas that needed it most to protect against hypothermia and the innovative Beaver Tail neoprene flap to prevent cold water from flushing the jacket. This redesign is the pivotal point that directs us to become a leader in life-saving scientific research and technologically advanced designs, working with NASA, the military, the government, and more.
FIRST GOV CONTRACT 1984
Underarm Life Preservers (LPU), our first government contract, go into production, beginning our long history of supplying critical life support equipment to the Canadian military. We continued to fulfill government contacts with innovative and lifesaving solutions, including dry suit systems to the USCG for the next 20 years and the design and development of new US Air Force flight ensembles worn on the F22 Raptor.
META X WATERLIFE 1989
M.E.T.A Research Inc. (now Waterlife Studios) opens. A research and development division complete with a manufacturing center, innovative prototyping facilities, a science
lab to study human physiology and material properties, and a pool to test gear in reallife
scenarios. It revolutionizes the design and construction of marine equipment and
clothing.
NASA 1996
NASA awards us a contract to co-develop and supply self-inflatable life preservers fortheir Space Shuttle Program, beginning a long relationship providing equipment forseveral different missions.
OCX EP/ 2004
OCX (Ocean Class® Xtreme™) line, engineered with our revolutionary integrated LIFT™ (Life-saving Inflatable Flotation Technology) and the ultimate answer to extreme weather conditions, launches. OCX research and development will go on to inform the construction of our pinnacle EP ocean racing collection for the world's harshest marine environments.
ELITE 28 2016
Using wind tunnel testing, we engineer our Elite 28 Hydrostatic Inflatable PFD with a 3D chassis
that reduces drag when travelling at high speed. An instant favourite among professional anglers,
the Elite 28 is now synonymous with the professional bass fishing circuit.
RATIS 2018
With input and validation from several Tier-1 maritime-focused special forces groups, we launch RATIS. This extremely low-profile tactical life preserver uses an ultra-light-weight membrane film for the bladder and new COR capability. Co-developed with our partner Hammar® COR allows RATIS to activate at different water depths or time delays after immersion.
CROSSING THE POND 2022
We open our first office outside North America with a business and product development team in Salisbury, UK. At the same time, we successfully launch an e-commerce site to serve our international customers.
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