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    Norplex-Micarta
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    Norplex-Micarta is a leading manufacturer of high performance thermoset composite materials based on impregnation and lamination technology. Norplex-Micarta manufactures the highest quality specialty sheet products, prepregs, rods, molded shapes, and tubes to meet demanding applications for OEMs and fabricators around the world.


    The global headquarters of Norplex-Micarta is located in Postville, Iowa, USA. To support the demand for thermoset composite materials in Asia, the Company also operates a facility in Changzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China.


    Norplex-Micarta produces sheets, tubes, rods, and other specialty molded shapes for thousands of different applications in dozens of different industries. 


    The Postville, Iowa facility is equipped with a variety of impregnation and downstream equipment to serve the varied needs of the industrial market. Prepreg can be produced on either horizontal or vertical machines as required to match the requirements of the fabrication process. Norplex-Micarta processes sheets and stock shapes internally. 


    Sheets are regularly produced at 6 inches (150 mm) thick, and several materials can be produced as a monolithic sheet as thick as 12 inches (300 mm). Tubes are produced on IDs ranging from 0.094 inches (2.3 mm) to 48 inches (1.2 meters) on specially built mandrels. These materials are generally further processed by firms that specialize in the machining, punching, or other stock removal fabrication process.

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    Beijing New Friend Insulation Material
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    "Beijing Furunda Group is a private high-tech enterprise integrating R & D, production, deep processing and sales. The core products of the group are insulating materials, SMC composites, GPO-3 composite materials and deep processing products of nonmetallic materials. Products are mainly used in the national electrical, electrical, military, transportation, aerospace and other fields, the core products have been used for ""Shenzhou V"" to ""Shenzhou 10"", ""Chang'e"" to ""Chang'e III"" and ""Temple One ""Series of key national aerospace projects. Fu Runda this loud brand along with the development of China's space industry is being the world's attention. The company is vice chairman of the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association Insulation Materials Branch unit, China Composites Industry Association vice director of the unit, is China's composite materials, insulation materials, one of the drafting of national standards. The company has always been to ""develop new materials industry, build the world famous brand"" for the industry goals. In 2006 with the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemical Engineering jointly established a new R & D center R & D center, in 2007 the center was identified as the Beijing Enterprise Technology Center. The company has independent research and development capabilities, and through the authorization of the national invention patent 5, utility model 1. The company's core products have been exported to the United States, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Turkey, South Africa, South Korea, Malaysia, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine And other dozens of countries and regions, the annual export volume of the Group's total sales of more than 50%. At the same time, with the superb technology, reliable quality, first-class standards, the company has become a qualified supplier of China Aerospace Group, but also the United States General Motors (GE), Siemens, ABB, Schneider global procurement suppliers. Through continuous development, Beijing Furunda Group has become the domestic composite materials, insulation materials industry, the most competitive and development potential of one of the enterprises."