APPLICATIONS

Automotive and Truck Interiors

FlexForm has enabled automotive manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz/Chrysler (DCX), Ford, GM, Honda, and Nissan to improve physical properties while reducing interior vehicle weight in several of their most popular models. FlexForm is used in door panels, door bolsters, headliners, side and back walls, seat backs, rear deck trays, pillars, center consoles, load floors, and trunk trim. Future applications under evaluation will include exterior components such as wheel well liners.

Office Partition Panels and Moveable Walls:

(Available Second quarter 2008)

FlexForm FR is the result of a multi year development project to produce a natural fiber based material that meets the Class A flame and smoke requirements of the ASTM E84 standard for interior applications in buildings. FlexForm FR will give the environmentally conscious office furniture OEM an alternative for glass matting used in partition panels, moveable wall systems, and ceiling tiles. With superior structural properties designers now have the ability to look at systems requiring less steel to reduce costs, weight, and simplify manufacturing. FlexForm FR has excellent tack properties.

Ceiling Tiles

The next evolution with FlexForm FR will be to breathe new life into boring ceiling tile designs. Designers and end-users will be able to custom tailor three dimensional logos or themes into a molded tile that can be produced with a variety of fabric finishes giving entry ways and board rooms an upscale appearance.

Aircraft Interiors

FlexForm FR is stirring up excitement in the commercial aircraft industry as initial testing has proved it will meet their most stringent requirements for flame, smoke, and toxicity. The strength-to-weight ratio of this product will allow for significant weight reductions having a beneficial impact on fuel efficiency. Our existing FlexForm product is already being used in non-commercial aircraft interior trim components by the world's largest manufacturer of personal aircraft.

RV and Highway Trailer Sidewalls

FlexForm has patented a revolutionary material for recreational vehicle and truck trailers sidewalls. FlexForm XLP has been designed to allow manufacturing versatility in sheet sizes up to 10 feet wide and variable lengths for even the longest trailers. This new composite improves strength, durability, appearance, and does so while reducing weight. It can also be produced with a paint ready surface to meet the automotive paint specifications for Class A finishes. FlexForm XLP will become the product of choice for RV and truck trailer manufacturers.

Furniture

FlexForm's unique properties allow designers to create attractive, lightweight, and functional pieces never before possible. FlexForm can be used to create work surfaces or systems, and seating. Its ability to bond with fabrics in the molding process enables revolutionary approaches to the design of seating and molded in functionality to work areas.

Packaging and Storage

FlexForm offers a durable, lightweight alternative to existing packaging solutions. Virgin or recycled FlexForm can be molded to accommodate a wide range of custom applications. FlexForm's strength and durability also make it an excellent material for slip sheets.

Absorbency Products

Natural fibers in the raw form are highly hydroscopic. Taking advantage of this FlexForm has teamed up with a Midwest company to incorporate natural fibers into absorbent mats used around manufacturing equipment. The saturated mats are recovered, the petrochemical based fluids extracted and sold off, and the cleaned mats put back into the system for re-use. This unique approach removes the cost for disposal and keeps hazardous wastes out of lands fills.