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Langdale Industries, Inc. joined CMT to develop the next-generation pole for the engineered distribution pole market. CMT’s patented Titan™ line of poles is manufactured from high performance, lightweight concrete. The result is an incredibly strong pole with excellent weight-to-strength qualities. John Langdale, CEO of Langdale Industries said, “Innovations in the utility pole market have always been incremental. Titan™ is the first truly new product to come to the distribution pole market in many years.” Langdale has been a leading provider of wooden utility poles for over half a century. Langdale saw the need to bring an engineered product to the distribution marketplace that has a price and performance that compliments the ubiquitous wooden utility pole. Jim Langdale, Vice President of Langdale Forest Products said, “We recognized the advantages of composite technology. Many of our customers need engineered materials to remain competitive in their markets. We are now in a great position to provide a range of options, including engineered products to serve our clients’ specific applications.” Langdale invested in CMT to combine its skills and resources to deliver engineered composite products to the market. Allen Sells, President of CMT said, “Langdale has a great tradition of manufacturing excellence. We are pleased to partner with a respected company with a long tradition of satisfied customers.”

Industrial products giant Saint-Gobain also joined CMT and Langdale in the development and expansion of CMT’s patented technology to a worldwide market. Saint-Gobain spends some 345 million Euros in research and development at 15 research laboratories around the world with a staff of nearly 3000. Under a strategic agreement, Saint-Gobain operates a prototype of CMT’s production facility at its Alcala, Spain lab dedicated to developing innovative applications from CMT’s technology. Stephan Liozu, Global Business Manager of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, Inc. said “CMT has developed exciting and revolutionary processes and we at Saint-Gobain are very excited to join the engineering and market development effort to deploy CMT’s technology worldwide”.