Business View Magazine | August 2019

85 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019 REVCHEM COMPOS I TES , INC . other reproductive harm. “The Prop 65 drum is beating quite loud over styrene emissions and it has truly scared a lot of our customers within the state,” Pendleton notes. “And it, probably, stifled some growth and even caused a number of the composite fabricators to consider, or physically, leave the State of California and move to neighboring Nevada or Arizona, where it’s more environmentally-friendly to our industry. That’s a concern for us as a company because we are southern California-based with northern California distribution centers, which makes up a large share of our business. The good news is that the company recently achieved one accomplishment in its desire to move eastward. Pendleton reports, “We acquired a small competitor by the name of Composites West, last September. That acquisition has gone very well. We kept the Composites West name, but it is a Revchem-owned company in its entirety. The president and founder remains the president and the company is doing quite well. Their headquarters are in Nevada, and they specialize, totally, in advanced composites, high modulus materials, carbon fiber, and they do a great job in a small niche. We’re seeing growth, now, within their sales group, and they, too, are expanding their physical footprint.” Meanwhile Revchem continues to service its many customers, including those in the automotive sector. “We are active in the PRI (Performance Racing Industry) segment and we’re working closely with a number of the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) race teams to provide advanced composite materials both for funny car bodies and other uses of carbon fiber and advanced composite materials in the NHRA drag racing community,” Pendleton states. It is also keeping up with the latest advancements in the composite industry, including what’s known as “pre-preg” materials. Pre-preg is “pre- impregnated” composite fibers where a thermoset polymer matrix material, such as epoxy, or a thermoplastic resin is already present. The fibers often take the form of a weave and the matrix is used to bond them together and to other