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25 Jan 2006  -  United States

Powertrusion and Creative Pultrusions announced manufacturing and marketing agreement

Powertrusion International, Inc. and Creative Pultrusions, Inc. (CPI) announced that they have entered into an exclusive Manufacturing and Marketing Agreement. Under the agreement, CPI will manufacture, to Powertrusion specifications, all of Powertrusion’s fiberglass composite utility and telecommunications products. Manufacturing will take place at CPI’s facilities in Alum Bank, PA. Daniel J. Lonergan, Powertrusion’s VP for Engineering, has joined CPI as Utility Product Manager.
This strategic relationship will give Powertrusion the benefits of CPI’s manufacturing expertise and large production capability as well as direct access to CPI’s national sales and marketing program. Lonergan will provide continuity in customer support and will continue to build CPI’s distributor and representative network.
Creative will benefit from the increased usage of its production capacity and its entry into the
electric utility and telecommunications markets. Bo Statham, President and CEO of Powertrusion, expressed his strong belief in this strategic partnership and the continuation of Powertrusion’s long relationship with CPI. He stressed that Powertrusion’s customers will benefit from CPI’s engineering and manufacturing expertise.
Shane E. Weyant, COO of Creative Pultrusions, believes this is a very strategic move for both
corporations to strengthen and expand the path forward that Powertrusion has developed over the past seven years. The partnership will produce a unique combination of capabilities and expertise that will expand the use of composites within the electric utility and telecommunications markets.

Powertrusion will close its plant in Las Vegas, Nevada, and relocate its corporate office to
Tucson, Arizona. Powertrusion’s products include fiberglass composite utility poles and crossarms. Its pultrusion process produces very high quality products that have the lowest coefficient of variation in the utility pole industry. CPI assisted Powertrusion in the early development of the process.

Creative Pultrusions, Inc. is The World’s Most Innovative Leader in the Fiber Reinforced
Polymer Composites Industry. Established in 1973, the company operates in Alum Bank,
Pennsylvania (Corporate Headquarters) with a Technology Center: Pultrusion Dynamics
Division, Oakwood Village, Ohio and a complementary Worldwide Distribution Network. For
more information, visit www.creativepultrusions.com

Source : Powertrusion