Boom Enviromental Products

Enviro Products Firm Continues family's 3-Generation Commitment While social responsibility is an ideal to most companies, at BOOM Environmental Products, it is considered part of a long-standing family tradition to develop a business that creates valuable products with recycled material. Founded by Reuben Weinstein. BOOM is a third generation business committed to recycling and conservation. The Weinstein family continues to develop innovative recycling methods and techniques to launch their respective businesses. Beginning some 85 years ago with Jacob Weinstein, the family established A. Weinstein & Son, a wool trading and blending company. He later branched off into buying recycled wool and selling it to be processed in the manufacture of other products. Following in this tradition, his son, Charles Weinstein. started Trans American Spinning Mills in 1946 and broadened the company's products through the purchase of recycled wool and synthetics to manufacture yam and blankets. He developed a new niche, utilizing nylon tow from World War II glider towing line and recycling the material for the manufacture of yarn for sweaters. In 1981, Charles and his son, Reuben launched American Engineering Fabrics (AEF), dedicated to the manufacturing of polyester and polypropylene geotextiles for the construction industry. In the third generation, Reuben Weinstein, implemented this same innovative thinking with BOOM Environmental Products. When the Exxon Valdez hit the rocks, it instantly sparked the emergence of the absorbents industry. Weinstein was ready to meet the challenge by quickly turning the family's textile company in a new direction. In 1989, BOOM Environmental Products, a sales and distribution arm of AEF, seized the opportunity to adapt its geotextile materials into fiber-locked absorbents. At the time, melt-blown polypropylene was the most commonly- used absorbent, but fiber-locked absorbent proved more durable and reusable. For marine spills, fiber-locked polypropylene is designed with hydrophobic fibers ---- meaning it floats and won't absorb water. The material can be custom-shaped, depending upon the application.