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We announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of, a privately held manufacturer of fiberglass reinforced plastic parts for the truck and automotive-aftermarket industries. It is based in, with manufacturing operations. Airshield has been operating under. We believe this acquisition represents an excellent strategic addition for us, said. Not only are we acquiring an attractive book of business and expanding our relationships within the truck industry, but we are also adding a Southwest location, some valuable new manufacturing processes, and new customer markets. In support of our strategic plan to diversify our process and customer base, we see the Airshield acquisition as an excellent complementary fit. Manufactures medium- to high-volume compression molded fiberglass reinforced products. using a more labor-intensive manufacturing process, produces lower-volume open and closed molded fiberglass reinforced products. This provides a broader product offering to serve a larger segment of the fiberglass reinforced plastics market. Customers include. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun does not affect aluminum, but in time, will affect untreated fiberglass. For this reason reflectors contain a stabilizing additive in the resin which effectively eliminates this problem. Throughout history, manufacturers have found a way to create confusion within their markets. Some do it intentionally to overcome their inability to sell their products or services based upon the merits of the product or service. Other manufactures simply ignore the fact that many users of their products have absolutely no background regarding the product and need the most fundamental information from which to build their knowledge base. The antenna industry, by use of vague terminology, has created some confusion too. Two of these areas, "factory pre-tuned" and "tunable antenna", will be explored. industrial activities include raw material extraction to manufacture glass, sodium bicarbonate, as well as sodium silicate and bicarbonate, just to mention some specialized chemicals.
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