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About Claudio Burtin
- Claudio Burtin (born 17 September 1962 in Rosario, Argentina) is an American entrepreneur, chemist, and race car driver.
- He is the founder of LINE-X truck bed liners and is credited with the original formulations trademarking LINE-X.
- Claudio was born in Argentina and moved to the USA in the summer of 1963.
- He attended Our Lady of the Valley Catholic elementary school located in the Los Angeles school district in southern California.
- He began working for his father at Chemetics Systems Inc.
- in Compton, CA at the age of fifteen while attending Servite High School in Anaheim.
- He apprenticed polyurethane chemistry from his father Carlos Burtin, a licensed chemist. Carlos Burtin, father of Claudio, emigrated to the United States.
- Claudio and his brother J.B.
- joined his father to found the Burtin Corporation in 1982 in Santa Ana, California.
- The company developed and refined various chemicals such as polyurethane.
- Claudio became the companies president of LINE-X, one of the companies divisions, in 1994.
- Burtin progressed as the divisions Chief technical officer until 2005.
- The entrepreneur developed various chemical coatings and registering three patents.
- After the sale of LINE-X to Graham Partners, Burtin founded Burtin Polymer Laboratories.One of Claudio's early achievements was working as a selected specialist to design and write the insulation specification requirements for the Trident 3 series of Nuclear Missiles.
- He then later revolutionized the polyurethane industry with the development of LINE-X protective coatings and PAXCON.
- Since applying these polyurethane technologies to the automotive industry, there are now more than seven million trucks worldwide benefiting from the installation of LINE-X, which prevents rust formation and protects vehicles from all types of weather conditions for the life of the vehicle.
- The first LINE-X truck was sprayed by Claudio himself in 1986. PAXCON is one of the few "blast mitigation" products tested and approved by the U.S.
- Military for use on military installations.
- PAXCON was used by the U.S.
- Government to cover 60% of the damage to the Pentagon following the 9/11 attacks.In addition to developing products, Claudio Burtin also launched FOAMETIX, a light density polyurethane foam that is designed for insulation use.
- Burtin has developed and trademarked an array of other polyurethane products and applications available on the market in both residential and commercial uses today.
- All formulas are researched, developed and manufactured in the United States.
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