| Fiber-Tech signs with GT40 North America! GT40 is a manufacturer of customized replica cars of the famed 1960’s LeMans Racer that Dan Gurney, A.J. Foyt, and Mario Andretti piloted to finish one, two and three. These cars are capable of speeds over 175 miles per hour and can reach g-load of over 3 lateral g.
Fiber-Tech is currently building one car per week utilizing a vacuum bagging process. Vacuum bagging is a process by where absorbent filaments are used along with vacuum to extricate as much of the resin as possible leaving extremely high fiber to resin ratios. We utilize this technology in the aerospace and telecommunications industries where weight and strength are major concerns. Along with the vacuum bagging, Fiber-Tech is using carbon fiber materials to help lighten up and strengthen the individual pieces, a major goal of GT40. Carbon fiber is about one-third the weight of traditional glass material and is structurally more resilient. This project has been a great success of Fiber-Tech’s. Not only did we bring on a new customer, but we get to utilize new technologies that enhance the part from a structural stand point, but also from a consistency and quality standpoint. Let Fiber-Tech
help solve your problems. WE KNOW COMPOSITES! |
 0-100 MPH & BACK by: C. Jones GT40 North America believes in speed. It is a company that is on the move! With Ford’s introduction of the new Ford GT a demand in the market place has exploded for manufactured version of the late 1960’s Le-Mans winning race machine. Enter GT40 North America.
With aggressive goals, GT40 set out to find suppliers that could help them in design, styling as well as deliver high quality in a timely fashion. Chief Operating Officer Buddy Recentio stated, “We had suppliers that worked with us, but did not want to take on our challenge to be the car company of the future. GT40 had to move and move quickly to find high quality suppliers that brought more than just manufacturing to the table. Our strategic plan was to find someone that could manufacture the most important aesthetic pieces on our car, the entire body, develop a new version with better handling characteristics as well as make all of the tooling needed for production.”
J. Dale Rogers, President and Owner of Fiber-Tech was called on a referral to come see the GT40 facility and to offer suggestion on how to move forward. “It was a cold wintry day in Wisconsin when I got the call from GT40. I knew before I got off the phone that Fiber-Tech’s experience in fabricating custom molded composites along with our engineering capabilities could solve their problems.” “Dale’s quick response to us was amazing. Not only did he come to visit the day after we called, but he sent his engineer down to our facility the next week to help fabricate and make changes to the new model,” stated Broadly. “We were so impressed with the work that Fiber-Tech we pulled the molds from our current supplier and sent them to Fiber-Tech.” The internal tooling department at Fiber-Tech was able to salvage the current tooling by reinforcing the molds with struts and permanent mold fixturing all the time developing new permanent tooling for the next generation car. Since 1987, Fiber-Tech has been able to solve similar problems leveraging our experience in composite fabrication, design, tooling, engineering and customer support to manufacture high quality, light weight, strong components and assemblies for a variety of OEM markets. “We had
delivery of our first complete body set within two weeks of the
molds being moved. We compliment Fiber-Tech on their urgency to
get the parts done for us, we had customers waiting. Their “Please
pass on thanks to your guys. The quality and detail finishing is
excellent. We are very happy. Your guys clearly take pride in their
work. Thank you Fiber-Tech!”
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Fiber-Tech
was commissioned to build car bodies for GT40 that exude quality
and workmanship. The sexy curves of the GT40 are easily distinguished
among today’s super cars. The success of the car is highly
related to the aesthetics of the car.
“Our
recent relocation of manufacturing facilities left us with huge
challenges; manufacturing and supplier development along with meeting
the customer’s demands all had to be tackled at the same time.
New suppliers had to be brought on board and up to speed on our
expectations as well as our demands and had to perform flawlessly
to meet our delivery dates,” commented Andrew Broadley (Chief
Technology Officer, GT40) 
Enter
Fiber-Tech, Inc.
dedication
to our product’s quality is excellent. We have developed a
new supply relationship that will be rewarding for both parties,”
added Bob Hancher (CEO/Owner, GT40). 