Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner visits Elastec’s Fairfield facility

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (left) visits Elastec plant. Photograph courtesy of Elastec. On Dec. 19, 2017, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner visited with the employees of Elastec’s Fairfield (Ill.) oil containment boom facility on a recent tour of southern Illinois manufacturing businesses, Elastec said in a press release. He was greeted by a team [...]

By |2017-12-21T00:00:54-06:00December 21, 2017|

Elastec’s American Marine division celebrates 50 years of manufacturing

In 1967 in Cocoa, Fla., the late Jim Pearce formed a new company to help control water pollution: American Marine. An early innovator in the development of oil containment booms, fire booms and turbidity curtains, Pearce initially developed Hull Guards, devices used to help small boat owners keep the bottom of their vessels free of [...]

By |2017-08-11T00:00:55-05:00August 11, 2017|
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