Industrial3D Focused on Safety in the Energy Industry
Business WirePress Release: Check-6, Inc. – Tue, Jun 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT
TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Check-6, Inc. is announcing the acquisition of Industrial3D, one of the
world’s most well-respected computer-generated industrial animators. The
announcement was made June 10th at the Check-6 Board Meeting
in Ft. Worth, Texas.
“We are extremely pleased to be able to announce that I3D is joining the
Check-6 family,” said Yarko “JJ” Sos, Chief Executive Officer. “Beau
Brown and his staff bring an incredible wealth of creativity and focus
to their work. His experience and engineering insights bring to light
what drillers and operators cannot see underground, and that has been
invaluable, even life-saving to the industry.”
Beau Brown, President of Industrial3D, began creating computer animation
in 1995 in his spare time while working in the oil and gas industry. His
service in the Marine Corps paid off in persistence and resourcefulness,
as he began to learn a technology that few people knew existed. When a
member of management saw one of Beau’s 3D animations of a Pressure
Relief Valve, he began creating more complex animations for the
industry, and his hobby became his full-time job. In 2002 Brown created
Industrial3D, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A few years later his 3D
animations aided CNN in worldwide coverage of the BP Macondo disaster
that was taking place a mile beneath the ocean’s surface in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Industrial3D’s satisfied clients include CNN, as well as National Geographic, Schlumberger, GE, Helmerich & Payne, Pioneer Drilling, and Transocean.
“We are thrilled to be taking this new step with Check-6,” said Beau Brown, President of Industrial3D. “We have been working with the simulator wing of Check-6 for the past few years. We help Check-6 Training Systems graphically portray potential on-the-job hazards for their clients, so rig personnel can use these tools on their own computers for continuous and effective training. With Check-6’s focus on leadership, training, and safety, and our ability to help their clients ‘see’ the potential hazards, it is a perfect combination. We look forward with great anticipation to our future with Check-6.”
About Check-6:
Check-6 (www.checksix.com) was founded in 2007 with a mission to improve safety and efficiency in high-risk, high-reliability operations. The Check-6 team of professionals uses their training from the military, commercial, and nuclear power industries to bring a standardized approach to job planning, briefing and debriefing.
Contact:
Check-6, Inc.Jennifer Eve, 405-620-6379
Director of Marketing
jenny@checksix.com
