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