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COMPANIES COMPANIES Nida-Core: barely 20 years old, and travelled so far! Nida-Core Corporation’s relatively short history is exemplary in the sense that it reflects an entrepreneurial resolve and an unwavering faith in core materials and composites on the part of its president, Damien Jacquinet. Nida-Core Corp. is a company that specializes in core materials. These days, its turnover is a closely held secret. The managers prefer not to tell us anything more about that, other than hinting that the company’s sales have increased 300% over the past five years. customers that are easier to use or even ready for use, and which have higher added value. The strategy gives much more flexibility. Some of the company’s strategic core-business products are developed and manufactured in house; others are developed in house and manufactured outside the company; still others that are adapted as omplementary products are sub-contracted out. There are no taboos, simply the desire to fulfil market expectations. This flexibility shows up in Nida-Core Corp’s site development. Besides its main market in North America (with a logistics platform in Ontario, Canada), it has footholds in the Asia-Pacific Rim region, South America, and Europe. This is either through agents or distributors, or directly with a subsidiary as in Europe, where company subsidiary Structiso is acquiring new premises and being renamed NidaCore Europe. A company that stays close to its market Nida-Core Corp. is based in Port SainteLucie, Florida (USA), near what is its largest market, the marine industry. The company’s line of products is highly complementary: ever since the company was established, the managers have focused on offering customers a comprehensive range of products, which has become considerably enriched over the years. Today, the company supplies a range of materials that includes honeycombs, PU and PET foams, panels, balsa, Matline bulking materials, flow materials, tooling resins, and core bedding compounds. In keeping with the idea of supplying the market with solutions rather than just raw products, Nida-Core Corp. has recently started offering CNCmachined products. This service is a sign of the company’s resolve to provide products for its The hull, deck, floors and walls of this boat were manufactured with honeycomb NidaCore H8PP Nida-Core Technology Center in Port St Lucie, Florida The order was a large one, worth more than a million dollars, and led Nida-Core Corp. to acquire the equipment it needed to produce its own aluminium honeycomb composite panels. Three years later in 1995, the Union City facilities had become too small to handle the growth in demand. By then, the marine market accounted for three-quarters of its business, so Mr. Jacquinet made the strategic decision to move his company down to Florida to get closer to its largest market. At the same time, the company managed to earn contracts for its honeycomb materials in a range of other sectors, including buses, trucks and decoration, and with a number Steady growth of glass-fibre processors. Nida-Core Corp. is relatively young In 1998, Nida-Core Corp. broadened its line history goes back to 1987, when Damien to introduce Matline, a laminate bulker. Jacquinet started his company for importing polypropylene honeycomb core At the time, the idea was not only to offer customers the best solutions, but also help materials. Company has been created in them apply the products they were using. The Manhattan, New York, with a warehouse company’s range of products was still limited in Union City, New Jersey. At first, the to single-cell PP honeycomb, honeycomb, company got more recognition than panels and laminate bulker. business. In spite of the multitude of To prepare for future expansion, the company theoretical applications for the material, it was new in the North-American market made a forward-looking move in 2001, and there were many reservations about it. acquiring new facilities in Port Saint-Lucie, Florida. It also diversified its range of core Due to the intrinsic properties of materials to include balsa, for purchase honeycomb, Nida-Core Corp. turned through Nida-Core Corp. or as part of naturally to the marine market. partnership deals. Five years later, it landed its first big Then, in late 2003, Nida-Core Corp. bought contract with the delivery of aluminium out French company Structiso, whose two honeycomb panels for building Coast lines, Structiso and Structiform, were Guard boats. JEC Composites Magazine / No38 January - February 2008

JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008

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- Companies
NEWS WORLDWIDE
- Agenda of events
- Equipment: Cutting tools
- Innovations
BUSINESS
- Market survey
- Niche markets
- Marketing
- Resins
FEATURE - RESINS & GELCOATS
- Gelcoats
- Composites in the world
USERS’ PLATFORM
- Applications
KNOW-HOW
- Design
- Nanoparticles
- Measure
A profile of the JEC Group’s activities for 2007/2008
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - NEWS WORLDWIDE
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Agenda of events
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Equipment: Cutting tools
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Innovations
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Market survey
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Niche markets
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Marketing
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Gelcoats
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - USERS’ PLATFORM
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Applications
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Design
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Nanoparticles
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - - Measure
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #38 - January/February 2008 - A profile of the JEC Group’s activities for 2007/2008
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