Company History
Romeo RIM, Inc. was founded in December of 1982 with assets purchased from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. At the time, it's principle line of products included injection molded and blow molded components for automobiles and reaction injection molded (RIM) energy absorbing bumper products for transit buses.
The company's base product was known as the HELP® (High Energy Level Polymer) energy absorbing bumper system sold to 90% of new buses built for the Unites States and Canadian transit markets.
Since then Romeo RIM, Inc. has expanded their RIM technology capabilities and introduced it to new markets and applications. Their commitment to commercializing innovative composite technologies has been demonstrated by their early adoption of dicylcopentadiene (DCPD) and polyurethane long fiber technology (LFT) processes.
Their commitment to quality has been confirmed by continuously upgrading Romeo's quality systems registrations: Ford Motor Company's Q1, ISO 9001, QS9000 and ISO9001:2000.
Romeo RIM is well poised to support its customers with continuous improvements for active production components, value analysis, and new product development.
Chronology
| 2005 | Purchased assets of GI Plastek's RIM division, Newburyport, MA and DeWitt, IA |
| 2005 | Gaffney Operations becomes ISO 9001:2000 Registered |
| 2004 | Added Long Fiber Injection capability at Gaffney Operations and expanded urethane capacity. |
| 2004 | Romeo Operation becomes ISO 9001:2000 Registered |
| 2003 | Romeo RIM and Sportworks NW enter into alliance to streamline bus/bike rack installation. |
| 2002 | Romeo acquires DCPD pallet business when Allmand Industries closes doors |
| 2001 | Opened a third manufacturing facility in Gaffney, SC to serve customers in the Southeast portion of the U.S. This Plant provides products to the agricultural, construction/utility vehicles and heavy truck markets. |
| 2000 | Romeo RIM installs the first Long Fiber Injection commercial production line in North America. |
| 1999 | Purchased assets of Vaunguard, Inc.'s Owosso, Michigan RIM operation. |
| 1997 | Romeo RIM becomes ISO 9001/QS-9000 registered. |
| 1996 | Expanded sales in the Heavy Truck Market to include exterior body panels and bumper systems. |
| 1995 | Executed an $11 million capital expenditure program: expanded main plant for traditional RIM, in-mold-paint capability, and continuous flow paint cure ovens; erected a new building on property dedicated to DCPD material molding, installed largest RIM clamp of North America at Romeo Operation |
| 1994 | Expanded Romeo RIM Plant 1 for class A paint capability. |
| 1993 | Purchased assets of Harris Environmental, Inc. a DCPD manufacturer of intermediate bulk containers. |
| 1992 | Opened a lease facility in Shelby Township, Michigan to support new material for Deere and Honda programs (Telene-DCPD). |
| 1987 | Acquired 7-year contract to produce energy absorbing bumpers for the United States Postal Service's Long Live Vehicles (LLV). |
| 1982 | The Reserve Group, and its predecessor, acquires assets of Hamill Manufacturing from Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and renames company to Romeo RIM, Inc. Focused on RIM as primary business process and continued development of custom and proprietary molded products. |
| 1975 | Reaction injection molding (RIM) process introduced to Hamill to support the development of the HELP (High Energy Level Polymer) energy absorbing bumper product for North American transit bus market. |
| 1967 | Firestone Tire and Rubber Company acquired land and the assets of Hamill Manufacturing, maintaining the company's name as Hamill. Airplane hangers and landing strip developed. |
| 1961 | Light stamping operations established by Hamill Manufacturing. |
| 1931-1960 | Land use varied between agricultural, wooded products, gravel pit excavation. |
| 1901-1931 | Original property was part of the Detroit/Almont and Northern Railway electric transit service. |