Plastics News, January 16th, 2006
Byline: Roger Renstrom
In the absence of now-closed Clark Foam's prodigious volume, remaining suppliers of shapeable surfboard blanks are striving to catch the market wave.
"The void will be filled,'' said Mark Jolley, president of Ocean X Inc. of Oceanside, Calif. "U.S. and foreign companies are working to fill that void.''
Meanwhile, many board shapers are having difficulty obtaining blanks, prices have jumped on available stock and unemployment within the cottage industry is becoming a normal occurrence.
Clark Foam closed its Laguna Niguel, Calif., plant in early December, ostensibly ...
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