The company specialized in the production of deflector shield technology for the Federation, as well as their associated components. Its first practical shield systems were created on Stardate 1/83 and since then contributed greatly in the field of defense shield engineering. This was accomplished by the development of a working dual phase shift transformer, which gave the business a large share in the shield market. As a result of its success, it was seen as an upstart business and a number of major competitors sought to unseat it . This in turn led to a series of corporate battles between the firms that ran from 1/94 through the next five years. This eventually brought about the involvement of the Federation Court of Commerce, which intervened in the final years of "The Great Shield Wars