A fleet builder in Indiana called me last month after receiving a container of barn sandwich panels with dents across 40% of the sheets. The supplier had stacked them loose. No wooden crates, no corner protectors — just metal-on-metal friction for three weeks at sea. That $28,000 order was scrap. The supplier stopped returning emails…
A facility manager in Texas called us last winter because his -20C freezer was dripping water onto the inventory. He had spec’d 75mm freezer panels to save on material costs, but the thermal bridge at the joints was failing and the R-value simply wasn’t holding the temperature. The compressor was running overtime, driving up his…
A boat manufacturer in Florida shipped 40 hulls before the warranty claims started rolling in. The panels passed fire tests. The spec sheet looked clean. But saltwater does not care about lab conditions. Osmotic blistering ate through the gel coat within 18 months, and the delamination claims cost that company $2.3 million. When you specify…