The Acme Group is finding its inner-green self with its latest two products to hit the market.
The Bloomfield Hills-based firm is launching its ComfortSpan seating technology, which should allow vehicle seats to become lighter and use less materials. It's also starting to sell its NueBond filtration system that helps facilitate the recycling of industrial waste. The company, which employs about 150 people, has hired three over the last year.
"We are heading toward our break-out year," says Stephen Couchman, director of marketing for
The Acme Group. "We have two products that are really taking the industry by storm."
The NueBond technology takes things like paint sludge left over from manufacturing and filters it out to be used as plastic resin. It is currently working with Detroit Diesel to take this waste that would normally end up in a landfill and turn it into a viable commodity the company can sell.
"It's literally millions of pounds per year," Couchman says.
The ComfortSpan technology utilizes new suspension fabrics in vehicle seats. This technology eliminates the need for the springs, foam, clips and other bulky attachment mechanisms. That can save up to nine pounds per seat in extra material.
"It's super durable," Couchman says. "We have broken testing equipment on this."
Source: Stephen Couchman, director of marketing for The Acme Group
Writer: Jon Zemke
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