C-GRID™ REINFORCES COUNTERTOPS AT SALSARITA’S FRESH CANTINAS ANDERSON, SC — CHOMARAT North America is pleased to announce that Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina restaurants are now utilizing C-GRID™, a revolutionary carbon fiber reinforcement grid manufactured by Techfab and Altus Group, to reinforce countertops at their restaurant chains all throughout the United States.
Solid Designs, LLC, a decorative concrete manufacturing company in Greenville, S.C., needed stronger concrete countertop slabs designed for shipping, handling and distribution to Salsarita’s. At the bar area inside its restaurants, Salsarita’s wanted stronger countertops and a more aesthetically pleasing countertop surface.
Solid Designs created custom-designed C-GRID™ reinforced countertop solutions for Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina restaurants. The countertops helped Salsarita’s compliment its interior décor with custom-designed countertops that not only looked attractive, but also maintained form and function.
By utilizing C-GRID™, Solid Designs was able to produce countertops on a faster schedule without worrying about cracking. This accelerated schedule helped Solid Designs increase business and maintain a high production volume of countertops.
C-GRID™ prevented rust and cracking, while increasing ductility in the countertops. The carbon fiber grid is easy to handle and is up to five times stronger than steel by weight. For thin concrete sections, C-GRID™ offers excellent bond and strengthening properties and can be ordered in easy-to-ship rolls or pre-packaged in short-length kits.
Headquartered in Anderson, SC, CHOMARAT North America manufactures adhesive bonded nonwoven scrims, scrim composites, carbon fiber C-GRID™ and MeC-GRID,® structural Grids using fiber glass, polyester, Twaron®, Kevlar®, Spectra®, Vectran® and other high performance fibers. Adhesive binder systems used by Chomarat North America include PVC, Latex, SBR, urethanes, and epoxy thermoset resins.
Examples of applications for the company’s products include Cement and Concrete Reinforcement, Roofing Systems, High Performance Sail Cloth, and Infrastructure Repair and Rehabilitation products. The company is owned by Group CHOMARAT, a leading international producer of textiles and reinforcement solutions. TechFab, LLC is a founding member of the Altus Group. Visit TechFab, LLC on the Internet at techfabllc.com.
