Arrowhead's Muncie Indiana facility was founded in March of 1972 in
a 1600 ft2 building, the Muncie location was Arrowhead’s first
plant. The company grew quickly and later in 1972 they moved to a 4000
ft2 building. Arrowhead then moved to its present location in 1977. The
Muncie plant currently has 35,000 ft2 of building space located on 10
acres of Industrial Zoned land conveniently located on the south edge
of Muncie, 15 minutes from I-69 and 75 minutes from the Indianapolis
International Airport.
The Muncie Indiana Plant specializes in four primary fiberglass and
composite processes: Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), RTM Lite, Closed Cavity
Bag Molding (CCBM) and Spray-up Open Molding. Typical part volumes are
50 to 15,000 parts per year. In addition to its fiberglass molding capabilities,
the Muncie Plant produces most of its own tooling and performs a number
of secondary value adding processes such as fiberglass fabrication, bonding,
assembly, post mold baking and CNC trimming. The plant personnel are
very experience in the application of various core materials such as
balsa wood, PVC foam, urethane foam and craft honeycomb. The Muncie Plant
supplies parts with a finished gel coat surface, grey sanding gel coat
surface (for customer painting), and parts with an automotive paint finish.
Typical past parts produced by the Muncie Plant include:
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