We are a manufacturer and seller of vinyl coated fabrics products that have
various high performance characteristics and capabilities and derive our revenue
principally through our subsidiaries Uniroyal and Wardle Storeys. Our coated
fabrics products are durable, stain resistant, easily processed, cost-effective
and better performing than traditional leather or fabric coverings. Our products
are frequently used in applications that require rigorous performance characteristics
such as automotive and non-automotive transportation, certain indoor/outdoor
furniture, commercial and hospitality seating, healthcare facilities and athletic
equipment. In the automotive industry our products are used primarily in seating,
door panels, head and arm rests, security shades and trim components, including
instrument panels, door casings, seating, gear lever and steering column gaiters,
headliners and load space covers. Non-automotive applications include outdoor
seating for utility and sports vehicles, and sheeting used in medical, nuclear
protection, personal protection, moisture barriers, pram and nursery, movie
screen and decorative surface applications. Our primary brands names include
Naugahyde®, BeautyGard®, Flameblocker™, Spirit Millennium®,
Ambla®, Amblon®, Velbex®, Cirroflex®, Plastolene® and Vynide®.
We are the successor to a long line of businesses that have manufactured vinyl
coated fabrics. Our best known brand, Naugahyde, is the product of many improvements
on a rubber-coated fabric developed a century ago in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
We design, manufacture and market a wide selection of vinyl coated fabric products
under a portfolio of recognized brand names. We believe that our business has
continued to be a leading supplier in its marketplace because of our ability
to provide specialized materials with performance characteristics customized
to the end-user specifications, complemented by technical and customer support
for the use of our products in manufacturing.
We continue to maintain our legacy Smartgate technology business through our
subsidiary Invisa Security Systems, Inc. Our sensors are based on presence sensing
technology that we call InvisaShield.
Our vinyl coated fabrics products have undergone considerable evolution and
today are distinguished by superior performance in a wide variety of applications
as alternatives to leather, cloth and other synthetic fabric coverings. Our
standard product lines consist of more than 600 SKUs with combinations of colors,
textures, patterns and other properties. Our products are differentiated by
unique protective top finishes, adhesive back coatings and transfer print capabilities.
Additional process capabilities include embossing grains and patterns, and rotogravure
printing, which imparts character prints and non-registered prints, lamination
and panel cutting.
Our vinyl coated fabrics products have various high performance characteristics
and capabilities. They are durable, stain resistant, easily processed, more
cost-effective and better performing than traditional leather or fabric coverings.
Our products are frequently used in applications that require rigorous performance
characteristics such as automotive and non-automotive transportation, certain
indoor/outdoor furniture, commercial and hospitality seating, healthcare facilities
and athletic equipment. We manufacture materials in a wide range of colors and
textures. They can be hand or machine sewn, laminated to an underlying structure,
thermoformed to cover various substrates or made into a variety of shapes for
diverse end-uses. We are a long-established supplier to the global automotive
industry and manufacture products for interior trim components from floor to
headliner which are produced to meet specific component production requirements
such as cut and sew, vacuum forming/covering, compression molding, and high
frequency welding. Some products are supplied with micro perforations, which
are necessary on most compression molding processes. Materials can also be combined
with polyurethane or polypropylene foam laminated by either flame or hot melt
adhesive for seating, fascia and door applications.
