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Company and Product Profile
Creative
Pultrusions, Inc., founded in December 1972 by Robert D. Sweet,
Jr., in Bedford, Pennsylvania to develop a prototype component
for General Motors. With seven employees and an “original”
pultrusion system, Mr. Sweet successfully completed the
prototype in 1973 and generated $250,000 of revenue in its first
year. The company steadily grew as a result of product
diversification, serving the defense, aerospace, transportation,
construction, electrical and consumer industries. After reaching
$1 million in Annual Sales in 1979, the company located to a
larger facility. Creative Pultrusions, Inc. expanded again in
1988 when it opened its second facility in Roswell, New Mexico,
and in 1992 when it enlarged its Alum Bank facility to over
100,000 square feet. In 1994, the European Sales Office was
established. Three years later, the office expanded to a formal
division: Creative Pultrusions International Ltd. In 1997, the
Corporate acquired Pultrusion Dynamics, Oakwood Village, Ohio as
its Technology Center, providing major benefits of applied
science to the pultrusion industry. Today, the Corporation’s
Annual Sales exceed $35M.
SuperLoc™
Composite Sheet pile System is a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)
composite manufactured by the pultrusion process. It is designed
and manufactured to provide a solution for deteriorated
waterfront structures subjected to the harsh marine operating
environment. After 3 years, there are over 200 successful
installations throughout the United States including residential
and marinas. SuperLoc™ Composite Sheet pile System, Patent
Pending, is the only all-composite system
available in the market. The system consists of the following
components: Interlocking Sheet piling Panels, Interlocking
Corner Connectors, Top Caps, Waler and Tieback Rods & Fasteners.
Since each panel is lightweight with an interlocking design,
minimizing installation equipment and labor during construction.
Pultruded connectors are used to permit easy corner installation
and flexibility for various designs. It is designed and
manufactured to provide lasting performance in highly corrosive
environments for shoreline protection and erosion control for
marine retaining walls. Because of its high-strength-to-weight
ratio, corrosion resistance and resiliency, SuperLoc™ Composite
Sheet pile System is the choice material for retaining walls.
The FRP composite system resists impact, creep, UV
and weathering effects better than vinyl (PVC) materials and are
easier to install in harder soils than vinyl (PVC) sheet
pile. Also, with the population growth
of marine borers, strict environmental laws that limit the use
of toxic treatments for wood, and prohibitions on traditional
maintenance practices (lead-based primers, sandblasting, and
solvent-based paints) have resulted in higher maintenance and
replacement costs for traditional materials. SuperLoc™ will not
leach harmful chemicals used in wood treatments, making them
environmentally safe. The use of composite materials in various
marine environments over the last ten years has shown to be more
economical than traditional materials when life-cycle costs are
considered.
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