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TerraThane Geotechnical Foam Maker, NCFI Polyurethanes, Turns Fifty

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Date: 2014-06-19 09:02:26
Blog: GeoPrac.net
URL: http://www.geoprac.net/geonews-mainmenu-63/39-press-releases/1525-terrathane-geotechnical-foam-maker-ncfi-polyurethanes-turns-fifty

Summary:

Founders Included Chemist from Manhattan Project, Pioneer of Urethanes, and Charlotte-Based Cotton Company MOUNT AIRY, NC—NCFI Polyurethanes, an international manufacturer of rigid and flexible polyurethane foams turns 50 this year. The Mount Airy-based company got its start in 1964 as North Carolina Foam Industries through a partnership between Dr. Harris W. "Ace" Bradley, who had worked on the Manhattan Project during WWII and with Dupont in discovering and pioneering urethanes in the 1950s, and the Barnhardt family, founders of the Barnhardt Manufacturing Company. [Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from GeoPrac.net Sponsor NCFI Polyurethanes. Congratulations! [/Editor]

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
CharlotteUS35.2225-80.8375
Mount AiryUS36.5095-80.6158
North CarolinaUS35.2196-80.0195

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