Business View Magazine | January 2020

92 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 PROUD SUPPLIER PARTNER TO MAGNUM VENUS PRODUCTS Clawson, MI • Redford, MI • Maumee, OH www.csgnow.com We have a sales team that is highly trained and very technical, and a support technician team that helps install our equipment, train the people who use it, and provide support from troubleshooting to standard maintenance for years to come. In many cases, our competitors are large, unspecialized distributors with other products, or are only offering standard system configurations without the consultative solution and service that we provide. And, as we start getting into the more complicated automation equipment, like filament winders, mandrels, and reciprocators, now we’re talking about how we can form a solution for our customer that is purely unique to them. Again, it’s making sure the solution we’re building for our customer is really helping them create efficiencies so they can be successful in whatever they’re doing.” In addition to MVP’s core competencies - the gel coat and resin type systems that are its main product offerings - the company is an innovator in new technologies, such as 3-D printing and teachable robotic arms that Kastura says will further helps it customers “fill gaps in the marketplace.” “We have three new technologies that we’re touting, right now,” he adds. “The first and the biggest is the RAM – the Reactive Additive Manufacturing solution that we have. The RAM is the first-in-the-world, large-scale, thermoset 3-D printer. Most non-metal large- and small-scale 3-D printers are thermoplastic – they’re essentially melting the plastic and layering it to form the print, whereas the RAM thermoset solution is different because it takes two chemicals and combines them as they print layer by layer, forming a chemical bond that is stronger and more heat-tolerant.” While thermoplastic materials have become the norm in additive manufacturing, MVP’s unique thermoset technology has the potential to revolutionize additive manufacturing and meet industry demands for stronger, more cost-effective solutions while remaining energy efficient. “There are a lot of benefits to using thermosets over thermoplastics for additive manufacturing,”