As a major supplier of polyester resins and synthetic materials for the thermoset composites industry, Reichhold Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) provides a variety of value-added services for its customers.
One of those services is testing. In addition to manufacturing the resins that are used to construct composite laminates used in products ranging from boats to storage tanks to satellite dishes, Reichhold also provides materials testing for its composite fabricator customers. In all, the company performs nearly 100 different tests for a wide variety of mechanical, flexural, tensile and other properties, on everything from raw materials through final products.