High-Performance Solutions For Sawmills
The timber processing industry is the core of Redwood Plastics. To serve the industry with performance plastic solutions was the reason Redwood Plastics was formed and 42 years later those industries remain our core. Some sawmill solutions we offer are fairly common...
Urethane or UHMW Liners?
Sometimes clients are surprised when they request UHMW lining for a solution (such as a hopper liner) and, after questioning the application, we suggest for them to select urethane instead. This sometimes comes as a shock and we are forced to explain ourselves. In...
BC Mining Week
Mining is one of the oldest and largest industried in British Columbia, and each year, BC Mining week gives us the opportunity to recognize the importance of this industry in British Columbia. From April 28-May 4 of this year, BC mining week will be celebrated around...
Tracking With UHMW
Last fall our branch manager in Spokane was contacted regarding an issue with some farming equipment. The vehicle was tracked and the rubber guide blocks on the inside of the track were glued on and would eventually break off. The only solution our customer knew of...
Pultrusion Outperforming Molded Grating
“You get what you pay for” A phrase of wisdom so widely used it is a cliche but it never hurts now and then to have a reminder of how true that statement is. Recently Redwood Plastics was approached by a large, well-known client in the food processing...
Plastic Dictionary
Redwood Plastics distributes engineering plastics and that word “engineering” should tip you off – there is some specialized terminology we use in our literature and articles. Not everything is relevant and some terms are more important than others...
PTFE – The Bridge Plastic
Polytrifluoroethylene (PTFE) is sometimes considered one of the “miracle” plastics created in the 20th century. Originally created by accident in the labs of DuPont™ it took 16 years until the material was first used (by French engineer Marc Grégoire) in...
EXTREN FAQs and Resins
Redwood’s fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) lineup gets a lot of attention for the quality and versatility of our products. However, certain bits of misinformation and common questions are asked over and over. We’ve decided to write a short explanation...
Polycarbonate Mirrors for Mining Trucks
Edit February 2020: This product is a short-term solution meant to replace OEM mirrors for a few days or weeks until the OEM mirrors can be replaced. The issue is the mirrored surface scratches and de-laminates easily. This product was intended as a short term...