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