86 Business View Magazine - April 2016
things at us, we came up with products to service that
sector. For instance, back in the ‘80s, leather became
very prominent; cloth in the late ‘80s, and ‘90s. When
new plastics are developed, we have to come up with
products to service those. So, as somebody would
come to us and say, ‘Hey, can you do this?’ we would
find a way. And, as such, the business, itself, evolved
from strictly automotive into furniture, marine, and
pretty much any place you could find fabrics – leathers,
vinyls, plastics, you name it. Our products completely
restore, renovate, and renew any of those surfaces,
bringing back the original texture, feeling, and color;
making something that heretofore had been thrown
away, new and useable again.
And as a result, it’s evolved into a very big industry
dealing with everything from the new and used auto-
motive market to operations that are very successful
in restoring cars, boats, planes, commercial and resi-
dential furniture, and everything in between. We do
furniture - couches, sofas, loveseats. We do airplanes.
In fact, our products are approved by the FAA for use
in aircraft. We’re doing a lot of work in collectors’ mar-
kets, where people have collectors’ cars that they want
to keep pristine where fading, or damage, or sun dam-
age has taken its toll. This gives us the ability to give
them a new, pristine vehicle for a fraction of what it
would cost for them to get the fabrics replaced.
We recently embarked upon a new line that allows
us to get into high end, women’s and men’s personal
items, such as Hermes and Versailles purses, shoes,
etc., allowing the individuals who have these items to
get a longer period of use out of them or, if they want