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Kepner Plastics Firsts

  • Design and install plastic lake, pond and reservoir liners (1958)
  • Set up ASTM Committee F-20 as one of the original 6 members
  • Design, manufacture and install an Inflatable Greenhouse (1960)
  • Manufacture Hydraulic Fluid Tank to go to the Moon (Grumman, Bethpage, N.Y. – Lunar Lander)
  • Design and manufacture Plastic Clean Rooms
  • Design and manufacture Hidex Plating Tank Liners
  • Invent and manufacture Foam-filled booms (1968)
  • Introduce an End connector device
  • Introduce Boom hinges
  • Use vinyl coated fabric for construction
  • Standardize the use of 23 oz fabric (and unbalanced coating)
  • Fabricate polyurethane materials
  • Use yellow fabric for oil spill booms
  • Manufacture an inflatable boom (1969)
  • Manufacture stable, high speed Towable fabric tanks
  • Incorporate floats into Towable tank construction
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