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Strongwell’s COMPOSOLITE® FRP building panels were used as scaffolding for a bridge reconstruction project in New Jersey. The FRP scaffolding served as working platforms when construction workers replaced the Driscoll… Read full article

A recent bridge project in Black River Falls, Wisconsin made interesting use of Strongwell’s SAFPLANK® decking. The contractor chose the FRP panels to serve as a concrete forming system.
The interlocking… Read full article

In 1998, Cordova Park near Des Moines, Iowa, chose to re-purpose a decommissioned water tower into an observation deck for sightseers. EXTREN® Series 525 from Strongwell was selected for the… Read full article

The School of Business and Information Systems for Vocational Training Council in Tsing Yi, Hong Kong needed a versatile solution for their new air-conditioning platforms. DURADEK® I-6000 fiberglass grating was… Read full article

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has established the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in East Orland, Maine to propagate and stock juvenile Atlantic salmon. The hatchery takes great… Read full article

Clint Smith (Manager of Engineering & Quality – Strongwell’s Bristol Division) and coauthor Stacy Brooks of Technick won the ACMA’s Best Pultrusion Technical Paper award.
The paper titled “The Impact of… Read full article

DURAGRID® R-8300 1″ fiberglass grating is specially designed for use in environments such as cooling towers where maximizing air flow is important. The smooth rectangular bar construction yields 83% open… Read full article

John Tickle, President of Strongwell, has taken office as President of ACMA (American Composites Manufacturers Association), and will serve as President until June 30, 2009. Tickle succeeded Bill Kreysler, President… Read full article

Architectural handrail has never been so easy to assemble and install! Strongwell is proud to unveil its latest product line – STRONGRAIL® Architectural Handrail! STRONGRAIL® architectural handrail systems are a… Read full article

DURASHIELD HC® is one of the newest members of Strongwell’s broad line of problem-solving fiberglass products. DURASHIELD HC® is a hollow core pultruded fiberglass panel that features a simple tongue-and-groove… Read full article

Several apartment buildings in downtown Los Angeles chose a unique architectural application for Strongwell products.
To achieve a more “modern” look, the Savoy Apartment buildings were in need of steel trim… Read full article

A busy East Didsbury Train Station in Manchester, England has received a new look with Strongwell products. PIPEX Structural Composites Ltd., an international distributor of Strongwell products, helped the owner… Read full article

The Franklin County, Ohio Road Department recently upgraded a very corrosive storage area using Strongwell products. The Road Department stores the bulk road de-icing chemicals in outdoor storage tanks. Safe… Read full article

DURAGRID® Mill Ruins Park in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota utilized Strongwell’s fiberglass grating on new walkways. The park is the centerpiece of the revitalization of Minneapolis’ historic West Side Milling District… Read full article

An FRP bridge deck by Strongwell solved logistics and maintenance problems by replacing a conventional wooden bridge deck on Tangier Island. Deterioration forced the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to… Read full article

Chalk another one up for the time-saving COMPOSOLITE® Secondary Containment System! This type of containment is essential for substations. It is even mandated by the EPA because of the potential… Read full article

The power to design with Strongwell products is now available on the internet. Access the online version of the Strongwell Design Manual with ease by logging on to http://www.strongwell.com/designmanual.
Register for… Read full article

An all-composite double leaf bascule bridge recently installed in Bridgetown, Barbados, was built using Strongwell’s COMPOSOLITE® building panel system, EXTREN® structural shapes and a custom heavy-duty building panel. The bridge… Read full article

Strongwell has partnered with Virginia Tech and the Virginia Department of Transportation to install a new composite bridge decking system on a severely deteriorating historic bridge.
The 106-year old Hawthorne Street… Read full article

More than 10,000 square feet of Strongwell’s fiberglass operating platforms and walkways were recently installed at a copper refinery in Piedras Verdes, Mexico.
The refinery uses a process called solvent extraction… Read full article

The Avila Beach Pier in California has been reconstructed using Strongwell’s pultruded fiberglass structural materials. The 1,685-foot public pier was in need of a large stairwell at the end that… Read full article

A Cheese Factory Finds FRP to be the Answer!
Strongwell’s DURASHIELD® foam-core structural panels were recently used to help a cheese-making factory comply with USDA sanitation standards. Switzerland-based Roth-Käse, an award-winning… Read full article