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Reduce Street Curb and Transit Curb Damage

The Redco™ CURB COVER is a virtually unbreakable bumper system that eliminates damage to concrete curbs and bus tires at transit stations. Redco™ CURB COVER permits buses to pull up to the curb safely and puts an end to concrete spalling and tire and wheel damage,...

A Summer Experiment With Plastic

As summer comes to a close so does an experiment we ran at our Vancouver branch. While we try to minimize our offcuts, so as to reduce the amount of wasted material we create, we are still left with little bits here and there. Throughout the years our Marketing...

To Drill or Not to Drill

Redwood Plastics has the ability to cut and drill most plastics to suit your needs. However, sometimes on-site fabrication is best. This is particularly the case with precision plastic applications where the plastic needs to be drilled for affixation on site. For...

Plastics – Myths and Reality

Redwood Plastics is part of the IAPD, the International Associate of Plastics Distribution (www.iapd.org). This organization was formed to develop the awareness of plastics as a solution across a large variety of industries but also to improve the perception of...

Saw Blade Carriers 2.0

Saw blade carriers protect large diameter saw blades (used in sawmills) from damage and also help to prevent injury while carrying the blade. These carriers are a proven solution and are available in custom sizes. Redco Urethane saw blade carriers are also very tear...

Oversized Outrigger Pads

One advantage of being the manufacturer of our outrigger pads is the ability to produce custom sizes to suit our customers needs. Recently we manufactured some of our biggest pads ever: 48″ x 60″ x 3″ thick outrigger pads for a large port on the U.S....

Product Spotlight – I-6500 Grating

“You get what you pay for” is an old cliché, but in the world of construction with tight budgets and growing costs, pricing is truly a concern. When it comes to FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) grating the old open-mold type continues to be used in many...

Frac Balls: Which Material Is Optimal?

Hydraulic fracturing AKA “fracking” is the key to the surge in North American oil and gas development in the past decade especially in the U.S. shale gas/tight oil regions. In simple terms, fracking creates small fissures underground which allow trapped...

Polyurethane Centralizers

Oil and gas development is booming in North America. This has caused an increased demand for premium parts using engineering plastics with one such application being urethane centralizers. These centralizers play a key role in the oil and gas extraction by keeping...

Plastic & Pucks

Many hockey fans in North America are currently enjoying the second round of the NHL playoffs. Hockey is a great example of a set of plastic applications we might not realize. There would be no modern ice hockey without plastics because there would be no equipment or...