Burtin
Polyurethane
History

Carlos Burtin was hired by Upjohn as a chemical technician in the Chemical Plastic Research (CPR) Division in Torrance, CA.

As a junior member of the team, Carlos Burtin helps formulate new spray foam products for the Gusmer Model FF. Burtin is deeply involved in the first commercially viable spray polyurethane foam products.

Carlos was hired to formulate various products for the system division at United Foam.

While at United Foam, Burtin formulates a spray applied urethane foam which is used for a portion of the Seattle Kingdome roof, a first for a roof structure of this type.

Carlos Burtin joins forces with Gale Vosburg to form Chemetics Systems.

Claudio Burtin joins the Chemetics Systems team.

Burtin Urethane Corp was formed in Santa Ana, Ca.

Claudio Burtin was selected as a specialist to help write the insulation specifications requirements for the Trident 3 series of Nuclear Missiles. Burtin supplies said product.

Burtin Urethane Corp supplies nearly all the spray applied foam used for the Rose Bowl Parade floats to C.E. Bent & Sons. The foam was selected due to its low odor and low toxicity to live flowers.

The first LINE-X truck was sprayed by Claudio Burtin in 1987.

United States Department of Agriculture approves Burtin formulas to be applied to surfaces coming into contact with meat and poultry food products.

Line-X officially becomes a division of Burtin Urethane on April 2, 1993.

Burtin Urethane supplied all the floatation foam to the feature film Waterworld.

Under Claudio Burtin’s leadership, Line-X launches the National Franchise Program that we all know today.

Another Burtin formula, Paxcon, was spray applied to protect 3 of the 5 wedge renovations of the Pentagon for blast mitigation. Claudio assembles the team that installs the product for Hensel Phelps.

BASF purchases Burtin Urethane.

Graham Partners purchases Line-X.

Burtin Polymer Laboratories developed a spray applied foam material solution for the nearly 400,000 square feet of perimeter wall of the Superdome. This project is believed to be the largest spray applied foam perimeter wall project in the world.

Claudio Burtin starts Foametix, a spray insulation company headquartered in Northern Georgia.

Burtin starts BulletLiner, the next generation of spray in bedliner with a new formula out performing Line-X and outpaces the competition with new applicator involvment.

After the sucess of Burtin’s BulletLiner and Fometix programs, Accella purchases Burtin Polymer Laboratories and becomes what is known today as Carlisle. To this day, Carlisle continues to use the same manufacturing site that was built by Burtin.

Burtin Polymer Innovations is formed in Adairsville, GA. 

Burtin builds a state of the art facility with 150,000,000 pound compounding capacity and registers a new bedliner formulation, System 22 and a new spray foam series, Isotryme.