Fomo covers two green bases.

Fomo Products Inc., Norton, Ohio, recently celebrated the opening of its new Spray Foam Production Center in nearby Akron and the launch of a corporate-wide green initiative.

Fomo has developed a Green Team of employees from different divisions of the company to lead parts of the initiative. To date, the-company's headquarters building is being assessed for energy efficiency and aggressive recycling programs have started--including the re-use of an entire building that will house the company's new Spray Foam Production Center.

Fomo's polyurethane foam insulation products, Handi Foam and Handi Seal, are used in the design and construction of energy efficient buildings. The products can help a home receive an Energy Star rating and are used to insulate full wall cavities, floors and rim joists, as well as sealing around vents, plumbing and electrical penetrations.

Additionally, some of the polyol components in Fomo's products come from recycled plastic bottles. The company is also "exploring new formulations using raw materials made from sustainable resources such as soy-based polyols, a building block of polyurethane foam," says Tom Fishback, Fomo technical director.

On the construction side, rather than build a new facility for its Spray Foam Production Center, Fomo bought and "recycled" an old retail store in the Rolling Acres area of Akron.

"We saw this as an investment in an area with a struggling economy and a chance to save energy used to produce new building materials and construct a large facility," says Doug Caffoe, vice president of business development and marketing for Fomo.

The Spray Foam Production Center will focus on reusing foam tanks by refilling them and sending them to large construction projects and OEM plants.

Fomo Products Inc. USA is a member of the FLM Group of Companies, headquartered in Switzerland.