Fomo Covers Two Green Bases

Fomo Products Inc., Norton, Ohio recently celebrated the opening of its new Spray Foam Production Center in nearby Akron as well as the launching of a corporate-wide green initiative at the event.

The company has developed a Green Team of employees from different divisions of the company to lead parts of the initiative. To date, the company’s headquarters building is being assessed for energy efficiency and aggressive recycling programs have started—including the recycling of an entire building that will house the company’s new Spray Foam Production Center.

“We’ve always had our finger on the pulse of environmental concerns and have seen our business grow with the new emphasis placed on energy efficiency,” says Doug Caffoe, vice president of business development and market for Fomo. “But we don’t just want to be a benefactor of the green movement; we want to be a leader, which is why we are giving our company an environmental overhaul to help contribute to a healthier globe.”

Fomo’s polyurethane foam insulation products, Handi Foam and Handi Seal, are used in the design and construction of energy efficient buildings. The products can help a home receive an Energy Star rating and are used to insulate full wall cavities, floors and rim joists, as well as sealing around vents, plumbing and electrical penetrations.

Additionally, some of the polyol components in Fomo’s products come from recycled plastic bottles. The company is also “exploring new formulations using raw materials made from sustainable resources such as soy-based polyols, a building block of polyurethane foam,” says Tom Fishback, technical director at Fomo Products.

On the construction side, rather than building a new facility for its Spray Foam Production Center, Fomo bought and “recycled” an old retail store in the Rolling Acres area of Akron.

“We saw this as an investment in an area with a struggling economy and a chance to save energy used to produce new building materials and construct a large facility,” says Caffoe. “This building is also on the Akron bus route so we can encourage employees to save car fuel and ride the bus to work.”

The activity at the Spray Foam Production Center will focus on reusing foam tanks by refilling them and sending them off for use at large construction projects and OEM plants.

Fomo Products Inc. USA was founded in 1975 and is a member of the FLM Group of Companies. FLM Group, based in Switzerland, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of one and two-component polyurethane foam sealants, adhesives and spray foam in pressurized, disposable packaging.