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Since we began marketing
composite plastic products in 2000, RPM has been successful
marketing these products to businesses and industries.
We maintain a group of Fortune 500 companies as repeat
customers. We continue to promote our line of composite
products through an agressive press media campaign
and our internet division. Overall sales of RPM products
has grown an average of 30%+ each year. Sales for all
our 100% recyclable products have exceeded $4.6 million
in 2007
Whether it's material
handling products or plastic roofing tile, RPM management
developed and implemented a unique processing system,
based upon proprietary technology, which enables it
to produce superior plastic products at a price competitive
to (and in some cases lower than) wood or clay products.
We have a major price advantage over similar products
made from other materials because of our cost-efficient
production system. Our raw material consists of
100% recyclable materials so we produce throughly "green"
products.
RPM's products are
based upon proprietary designs that enable us to accept
and process most high-density plastic materials, including
types and colors of plastic material that some processors
must reject or discard. The essence of our technology
is in our processing system. To the best of our knowledge,
no other company is producing products in a similar
manner. RPM currently grinds and processes recyclable
plastic scrap. In addition to using the bulk of this
material for RPM pallets and roofing products, we also
offer regrind in truckload quantities to other molders
when an excess exists.
Additionally, the
mix of recyclable plastic materials that will be used
enhances economy and structural integrity. The blends
used consist of Polypropylene in
a proprietary formulation. A thermoplastic additive,
developed by RPM, enables the amalgamation
of chemically incompatible polymers. This permits a
significant reduction in raw material and processing
costs while producing an end product of superior strength
and durability.
The additive compatibilizes commingled dissimilar
polymers, which would normally have little or no affinity
for each other. It reduces melt viscosity and acts
as a wetting agent for inorganic substances. Tests
performed under strict laboratory conditions have clearly
indicated a marked improvement in bonding. This additive
also enables polymers to be molded at lower processing
temperatures. Additionally, it serves as a filler or
extender to thermoplastics thereby lowering the cost
of the end product.
Companies such as Lee Carpet,
Toyota, Goodyear, Dow Chemical, Exxon-Mobil, Kraft,
Sara Lee, Armstrong World, Smurfit-Stone, Federal
Mogul, General Dynamics, Black & Decker,
Alliance Chemical, Thyssen Steel, Fuji Film and more
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