Tim Pletcher

Tangent will be at booth #2249 at the 2024 HD Expo Tangent Sustainable Lumber Booth #2249 HD Expo 2024 #HDEXPO – MANDALAY BAY, LAS VEGAS • APR 30 – MAY 2, 2024 Hospitality Design HD Expo + Conference is the largest single destination for hospitality product discovery in the U.S. It’s where buyers find the products to bring their […]

Visit the Tangent Team at The Hardware Show, this coming week in Vegas!

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) offers many advantages and many disadvantages when compared to alternate materials. My focus on selling HDPE has led me to many applications where the benefits greatly outweigh the potential downsides. Lets look at exterior consumer products for example, such as a children’s playground installation made from Tangent’s 100% HDPE profiles in […]

Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from the monomers of the aromatic  aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. Confused yet? PS is clear, hard and (sadly) brittle. PS is #6 plastic, and is utilized by many common applications such as foam cups, vacuum formed products (including cups) and many other food and non food grade products. PS is […]

From time to time I ship items using Uship, and if you see a listing of mine, you can contact me directly though my website.

HDPE (high density polyethylene) is a synthetic material that has a rather aggressive amount of linear movement during temperature changes. Don’t like it? Sorry, PE (polyethylene) changes for for no-one. Except that is, when the temperature changes, in which case it move in a measured amount (of inches) per degree (of temperature change). There are […]

Royalex was a vinyl skin over ABS, ABS foam, ABS and vinyl that was used for many years as a very successful canoe body material. Royalex was discontinued in 2013 when PolyOne purchased Spartech, who was the sole manufacturer and held the rights to it (PolyOne subsequently increased pricing by 20% before discontinuing it altogether). Royalex […]

Recent winter storms in Texas have disrupted supply chains around the country leaving many processors scrambling to secure upcoming months raw materials needed for their fundamental operations. Mother nature had already threated supply with hurricanes and weather that effectually increased pricing over previous months. However, nothing like this current disruption has been seen before and […]

Natural fiber wood has been the sole material of choice for many generations in many applications because of availability and cost. However, many of those applications were not technically the most ideal – now with HDPE profiles, the idea of replacing wood has become practical. Why HDPE? What is High-density polyethylene HDPE does not rot […]

The durability and aesthetics offered by High-density polyethylene (HDPE) profiles have captured the interest of many furniture designers worldwide. However HDPE profiles also make manufacturing easier and more cost efficient by reducing labor costs both during assembly and through elimination of finishing requirements. The ease of care and maintenance, wide color selection and comfortable feel […]