Nidaplast gains a foothold in the US

As preparations get underway for the next JEC Americas in Atlanta, Nidaplast is announcing the 2014 launch of its beachhead for US distribution. It now has offices, warehouses and finishing workshops in Port Sainte-Lucie, Florida. The Group, which has been a player in the American Composites market for over 20 years with NidaCore, is now able to offer its entire range of innovative environmental solutions on the US market and, in so doing, is developing its global strategy.

New premises for a global strategy

This new entity is in line with the company's globalisation policy, which has gone full steam ahead in 2013 and 2014, mainly thanks to very large-scale international projects in Russia, Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia, for example. "We are now designing products specifically for international markets and adapt our ranges to comply with current regulations on dimensions, certifications etc. in the relevant countries. By offering a wide range of polypropylene honeycomb products, we are able to provide genuine solutions tailored to our customers' needs. With just one manufacturing process we can offer many different solutions and applications. To reduce structural weight, for example, we provide sandwich panels and ready-to-use finished sandwich panels with pre-glued skins. But we also provide competitive solutions for underground rainwater storage modules, lightweight backfill solutions and landscaping solutions," explains Claire Ducreux, Head of Marketing and Communications at Nidaplast.

Now, for the first time, Nidaplast's entire range of innovative solutions is available in the USA

Nidaplast's new subsidiary will enable the company to market its entire range of products, not just those in its composites range but also its landscaping (alveolar panels for ground stabilisation, honeycomb panels used under synthetic grass etc.) and rainwater management solutions (ultra lightweight alveolar modules for temporary underground rainwater storage).

A well-equipped entity with an established US distribution network

The Nidaplast LLC sales network will promote the entire Nidaplast range for transportation, marine, industrial, building & construction markets throughout America. As Maritsa Dan, co-owner of Nidaplast LLC, explains, "We will now be able to deliver products sent from Thiant directly to our customers, saving them valuable time. Our local cutting and finishing workshop will enable us to be proactive and respond rapidly to orders, particularly from shipyards and other transport providers..."

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