An idea for a new type of company was born, one where he can call his own shots, and make community-driven marketable products. Company President Kurt was in partnership with NFL Hall of Famer Gayle Sayers on selling view Finders but ultimately saw more potential with the Sawyer Extractor Pump Kit.

The Extractor Pump Kit was shown to Roger Fortier and the wheels where set in motion. SV marketing (Sports View Marketing) was shut down and Gayle Sayer's got on board with the Extractor Pump Kit.

While attending a conference in 1984 at the University of Arizona, John Sullivan and Doc Forgey were leading the way in First Aid Kit discussions when wilderness medicine was determining what various protocols would be for specific real world scenarios. Sawyer was able to help build higher standard First Aid Kits that used the same boxes as the Extractor Pump Kit.

Sawyer won the sunscreen bid for the US Military during Desert Storm.

The founders of Coulston who originally developed Permethrin Fabric Treatment for military uniforms perfected an odorless after drying consumer grade formula. Sawyer went on to acquire Coulston. Permethrin insect repellent becomes widely available in consumer markets.

The still popular Controlled Release Time Release Lotion comes on the market and briefly wears the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.

Tulane University proved that using Permethrin treated fabrics reduced malaria by 70-80% which became the basis for treated bed nets. A study was also conducted in the Horn of Africa showing the effectiveness of Permethrin used on shawls.

After being introduced to some water filtration technology through Passport Health, we begin to work with Innova which was not only the closest company to us but also had the most advanced fibers on the market at this time.

In July, NGO Partner Water With Blessings formed and installed the first Sawyer Filters.

Sawyer Partners with GCW with bucket filters

NGO Partner Give Clean Water starts tracking household data outcomes with filters - GCL started using basic GIS now and upgraded to full-blown GIS in 2012.  

Once other NGOs saw what the filters were doing in Haiti, they were impressed and now interested.

We knew that Picaridin was a good active but all the 5-15% formulas up until now were not effective, hopped on 20% formula. Note how it disturbed the repellent space.

Begins a partnership with The Last Well to bring border to border clean water to all of Liberia. - Liberia project had already started but they were struggling with "the last mile" installations.  Thats when they realized that the tracking dynamic was vital to the sucess of these rural installations and prove that these filters were not going to get people sick. I finally got to the point where the company was financially stable enough to where we could donate.

clean water for all of the outer Marshall Islands in every household on the way to border-to-border clean water by 2022

Teeing up future projects, specifically Kibera