Northern Composites

7 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 is what Northern Composite will metamorphose into,” he says, “a brand of composite materials, as opposed to a distributor. The distribution part of it will be Krayden, the much larger distributor, so the name on the door may change at some point. Our facility in Greensboro is largely unchanged. That’s where we do our conversion. We’ve added personnel down there, as well, as we’ve taken on more manufacturing and converting in-house.” Northern Composite several years ago opened its second warehouse there as the location for a new stocking and service facility. This was done to better serve the company’s customers in the Southeast and the Midwest. Northern Composite also became a Hysol Aerospace adhesives distributor for Henkel Aerospace. The future landscape Hewett predicts that his industry will continue to evolve. “The use of composites is expanding all the time,” he says. “New products are coming out. It’s finding its way into new applications all the time.” In recent years, businesses have discovered the importance of going green. NORTHERN COMPOSI TES