ACP Composites

Specialties

ACP Composites is a custom composites manufacturing and distribution ompany dedicated to providing solutions to your specific design requirements. ACP specializes in producing composite panels, tubes, and rods for a variety of industries including medical and aerospace.

Composite Panels: We manufacture honeycomb, foam-​core and solid composite panels up to 5′ x 10′, in any range of thicknesses. Composite Tubes and Rods: We manufacture composite tubes and rods in a wide range of diameters and lengths. Contact us with your custom requirements.

We distribute: woven and uni-​directional reinforcements, including veils, tapes, fabrics, carbon fiber, cloths, S2-​glass and Aramid fiber. Vacuum-​Bagging systems and supplies such as vacuum bag, sealants, breather cloth, release films and vacuum-​bagging tools. Core Materials including balsa, foam and honeycombs, enabling you to add strength and stiffness in the structure of your products. Resins: room-​temp and high-​temp epoxies.

History

Established in 1985.

ACP Composites, originally Aerospace Composite Products, was founded in 1985 by husband and wife team, George and Barbara Sparr. George had a career as an engineer in the aerospace industry and wanted to parlay his knowledge of composite products into their own distribution company.

In the beginning, the company was operated out of their garage and catered to the hobby industry. Over the years the company grew and expanded; landing in Northern California, first in San Leandro then to Livermore. The focus of the business shifted from composites distribution to custom composites manufacturing. Today, over 70% of the business is manufacturing primarily for the medical and aerospace industries, including research and development.

Meet the Business Owner

George S.

Business Owner

George Sparr is a pioneer in advanced composite technology. For over forty years, he has developed advanced techniques for carbon fiber, Kevlar, and glass fiber. From 1980 to 1995, he was the Director of New Product Development at Ciba-​Geigy Corporation, leading their efforts to deliver carbon fiber prepreg to the marine, aviation and recreational markets.

George has developed honeycomb panels for marine and military applications, and developed panels expressly engineered for offshore helicopter platforms. He has also built launch tubes for cruise missiles and developed structural applications for the Patriot missile system.