ABOUT GFT CORPORATION

MISSION
HISTORY

HISTORY

Located in historic Pennville, Indiana, GFT was founded in 2002 by Philip Griffith, CEO. Mr. Griffith is expert in the field of polyimide foams and foaming technologies. In recognition of his expertise, NASA granted GFT an unlimited field of use license for several of NASA’s patented polyimide technologies. These technologies included precursors, foams, and microspheres, among others. GFT has gone on to produce many advanced polyimide products for customers in the commercial, military, and advanced aerospace industries, as well as products for use in automotive and building construction applications.

In August 2003, GFT developed and produced the first highly flexible foam from hollow polyimide microspheres. This revolutionary patent pending material has tremendous application potential across a wide array of commercial, military, and government-sponsored industries. Its unique combination of outstanding mechanical properties makes it a front running candidate to replace current, inferior quality insulation technologies.

Properties of this polyimide microsphere product include toughness and durability, combined with all the advanced properties of the NASA polyimides (e.g., non-flammable, no out gassing, no ozone depleting processes, non-halogen, extremely high “R” value), coupled with its unique ability to be easily manipulated into any shape or form at the point of installation.

GFT continues to break new ground in the development and commercialization of these NASA technologies with the goal of making advanced, environmentally friendly polyimide thermal and acoustic insulation materials widely available at competitive prices.