Protecting your business isn’t just important, it’s essential, especially when your equipment and productivity are on the line. CORTEC Fluid Control in Houma, Louisiana gets this better than anyone. After getting hit by multiple lightning strikes over the years, which wrecked equipment and caused expensive downtime, the team finally decided they’d had enough. Their answer? Install EMP Shield units throughout the machine shop. CORTEC bought seven EMP Shield 3-Phase 480V units, targeting the machines that matter most. They wanted to keep things running, no matter what. Turns out, their timing was perfect.
On June 21, 2021, lightning struck one of CORTEC’s buildings, straight on. Normally, that kind of hit would spell disaster, especially since the breaker panel that got zapped powered over $1.4 million worth of equipment. But this time, things played out differently. The breaker panel and every piece of equipment connected to it came through untouched. The EMP Shield did exactly what it was supposed to do. It stopped the surge in its tracks, so nothing past the shield got fried. Instead of weeks of downtime, CORTEC just called in an electrician to check the breaker panel. Within a few hours, they were up and running again. They had urgent orders ready to go out. Any delay would have cost them! Because of EMP Shield, those shipments made it out on time.
Hard to say exactly how much damage they dodged that day, but the savings were huge in equipment, repairs, and lost time. To make things even better, they had urgent orders waiting to go out. Missing those deadlines would have hurt, both in dollars and reputation.
But with EMP Shield, everything shipped right on schedule.
Like Justin Corte, their CFO, put it: “The investment in the EMP’s has paid for itself multiple times over.”
If you’re a homeowner or run a small business and want the same tough protection CORTEC trusts, check out the EMP Shield Home 120/240V model. It’s built to handle lightning strikes and tested to standards even tougher than what the military uses. Each unit comes with a solid 10-year warranty and a $25,000 connected equipment guarantee. If lightning ever gets through a properly installed EMP Shield and messes up your electronics, appliances, or systems, EMP Shield pays for repairs or replacements up to $25,000. That means you get real peace of mind, and it won’t break the bank like some old school surge protectors.
