Polyurethane Manufacturers Association Announces Reaction Industries Self-Certification Achievement

(Albion, Michigan) The Polyurethane Manufacturers Association’s (PMA) recently announced that Reaction Industries has completed Level III/Leadership of the organization’s self certification program. The PMA’s self certification program was developed to help members demonstrate their compliance with environmental, health and safety requirements. The program is related to and overlaps with federal and state programs and policies which also encourage voluntary compliance with, and direction to exceed, environmental and/or health and safety requirements.

Reaction Industries, LLC provides polyurethane wheel manufacturing for its parent, Caster Concepts, Inc. The open casting of polyurethane wheels utilizes a computer controlled, state-of-the-art meter mixing machines that bring multiple components to the pouring head at a pre-determined ratio and mixes them at high rpms before pouring the material into precision machined steel molds. Reaction Industries also has significant capabilities to batch pour polyurethane products along with prototype mold making and single part production.

Caster Concepts, Inc., (CCI) an ISO 9001-2000 certified designer and manufacturer of a comprehensive line of industrial casters, ranging from medium- to heavy-duty series to meet any application. CCI also manufactures caster wheels to withstand impact, corrosion, temperature extremes and chemicals found in harsh industrial environments. These multi-functional casters and wheels serve a variety of applications in the industrial, automotive, food service, aerospace, material handling and other demanding markets. With this certification Reaction Industries/Caster Concepts, Inc becomes the first industrial caster company to achieve this level of certification.

Caster Concepts President William Dobbins stated that "this is a measure of our commitment to the safety of our employees and to our environment. I congratulate our entire staff for their dedicated work to achieve this goal. Special thanks to Denise Kenney, Polymer Engineer and Steve Duncan, Unit Manager, for their tireless work to make Reaction Industries and Caster Concepts Inc. the very best we can possibly be".

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Caster Concepts, an industry leading manufacturer of industrial casters and polyurethane wheels, is headquartered in Albion, Michigan. Caster Concepts has an eighteen-year tradition of providing customers with application specific pre-sale engineering, followed by production using the most modern manufacturing techniques and post-sales support. Customers turn to Caster Concepts when facing the broadest imaginable caster application challenges within virtually every known industry . The Caster Concepts team of professionals is ready to help apply standard caster and wheel products, or custom-designed casters and wheels that best suits each customer’s needs and budget.

Caster Concepts builds their products in an efficient, modern facility with state-of-the-art caster and wheel manufacturing and testing equipment. Caster Concepts has committed considerable resources to ensure that their highly-skilled professionals have the precise tools to solve customer motion challenges at the most effective cost, within the shortest possible delivery time.

Learn more about the entire family of Caster Concepts companies ­ Reaction Industries, LLC, The Machine Center, Fabricating Concepts, LLC, and Triple E Manufacturing, by visiting the most comprehensive web site in the caster industry at: www.casterconcepts.com.