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wrap himself, but provides the product and training to
licensed installers across Australia.
Stormseal is manufactured by Stormseal Industries Pty.
Ltd. at its factory in Rockdale, a community in southern
Sydney. The low density polyethylene film is heat shrunk to at the worksite and heat cured to increase strength. They
seal damaged roofs or walls to provide secure protection
from wind, rain and hail until permanent repairs are
made. It can be in place up to 12 months and needs no
adjustment during use. It replaces the traditional method
of using tarpaulins to cover damage, which often require
replacement or resecuring after two to three months.
Already used by one of Australia’s largest insurers,
Stormseal’s inventor and Stormseal Industries Managing
Director Matthew Lennox is now in talks with a U.S.
Global plastics industry's effort to combat marine
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Seven new industry associations join the 'Joint Declaration'; Group, which includes India's AIPMA
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Seven new signatories were added to The Declaration
of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on
Marine Litter (also known as the Joint Declaration)
in 2016. New participants include the American Fiber
Manufacturers Association (AFMA), the Bangladesh Plastic
Goods Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BPGMEA),
the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the Ghanaian
Plastics Manufacturers Association (GPMA), the Myanmar
Plastics Industries Association (MPIA), the Indonesian
Olefins, Aromatics and Plastics Association (INAPLA), and
the Vietnam Plastics Association (VPA).
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insurance company’s claims manager, which he would
not name, to bring the product to the American market.
Lennox said Stormseal film is faster, cheaper and easier
to install than tarps. The LDPE sheets are cut and tailored
fit snugly to the structure without damaging underlying
materials.
The 16.5-foot-wide wrap is pulled like household clingwrap
from a metal box on a truck’s rear platform and installed
by two operators. Each vehicle carries a box containing
34,500 square feet of product, heat sealing guns, ladders
and other equipment needed to access damaged roofs.
Lennox said Brisbane-based Australian insurance giant
Suncorp Group Ltd. took an interest in the product last year
and has entered into a licensing agreement for its home
repair agents to install Stormseal instead of tarpaulins.
He said another large Australian insurer, Sydney-based
IAG Ltd., is considering using the product. “Insurers like it
because it eliminates … costs like additional damage when
rain leaks through and sending people out to resecure
tarps,” Lennox said.
“Homeowners like it too because it is drum-tight and lasts
up to 12 months. People can stay in their homes while
they wait for repairs, rather than look for temporary
accommodation.” Lennox will be in the United States in
December for talks with insurance claims managers.