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ACKRALAC® is the trade name given by Bill
Benjamin to the material he helped create and develop in the
early 1970's. By joining two compatible materials together through
a co-extrusion process, we end up with a solid piece of material
that has a durable sub-structure base and a brilliant gloss polymer
top.
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The Ackralac® material can never separate the way a fiberglass gel-coat
or acrylic product can. Products made from Ackralac® will be lighter
and easier to handle than those made of enameled cast iron, porcelain
steel, glazed china and many other materials. Under normal use and
conditions, the Ackralac® material will never rust, chip, flake
off or break the way many other products do.
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The
smooth and non-porous surface of our Ackralac® material does not
stain or support the growth of bacteria and under normal conditions
is very easy and inexpensive to clean. All you ever need to use
is a soft cloth and a mild detergent.
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The products unique characteristics give it a virtually unlimited
potential. We use it in the manufacturing of fixtures for our 'Plumbing
Fixtures' division and for patio tables for our 'Leisure Products'
division. We've even made an assortment of items out of Ackralac®
for customers of our 'Custom Vacuum Forming' division.
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High-tech plastics are a daily part of all of our lives, and the
advantages they offer will only serve to continue and further that
trend. Even the US automotive industry has been switching to the
use of more plastic parts and in 1999, a South American automobile
manufacturer was profiled in a plastic industry trade journal for
making all of a cars body parts out of a co-extruded sheet of plastic
material..
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Had Bill Benjamin been involved in making automobiles, we might
all be driving Benjamin cars and trucks made out of the Ackralac®
material!
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