Reinhold Industries

Reinhold Industries, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer of advanced custom composite components and sheet molding compounds for a variety of applications in the United States and Europe. Reinhold derives revenues from the defense, aerospace and other commercial industries. Reinhold has been producing high-quality ablative (heat resistant) composite components for the rocket-propulsion industry for over four decades. Reinhold is also recognized as a leader in the compression molding business with the largest press capacity on the West Coast. Reinhold is currently organized in three operating segments: • AEROSPACE • SEATING PRODUCTS • COMMERCIAL Reinhold Engineered Plastics, the forerunner to today's Reinhold Industries, Inc., was founded in 1928. The purpose of the business was the molding of components from Bakelite, the first commercially available polymer molding material. In the 1940's and 1950's, Reinhold pioneered some of the earliest fiberglass plastic components for the aircraft industry such as radomes and antenna covers as well as entered the newly created field of ablative composites. Ablative composites are fiber reinforced polymer structures, which absorb, as they char, the destructive thermal energy generated by burning rocket propellants or hypersonic re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. This field became Reinhold's core business for decades to come. Today, Reinhold has leading market positions in several niche industries, including the #1 position in composite commercial aircraft seatbacks, ablative composite components for tactical missiles, and protective helmets in Europe. Initially developed for the military aerospace market, high-performance composites offer performance superior to that of conventional structural metals and are currently used in a variety of diverse applications, including transportation, sporting goods, communications satellites, infrastructure, heavy industry and in the energy sector. Reinhold has assembled a highly skilled management team led by its CEO and President, Clarence Hightower. Clarence has 25 years of experience in composite manufacturing. Management has a proven track record of identifying acquisition targets that make strategic sense but require management expertise and successfully integrating them into the organization.