Custom Fabricated Fiberglass OEM Truck Products

Arrowhead has a 30-year history of custom fiberglass fabrication and thermoforming (vacuum forming) a wide variety of thermoplastic materials for the OEM Truck Body Industry. Inexpensive tooling, ISO 9001:2000 certification, Engineering and Design support, a wide variety of new composite materials and a large selection of composite molding processes provide Arrowhead's staff with a unique capability to manufacture high-quality fiberglass and plastic products for Truck Body builders and Chassis Manufacturers.

Fiberglass closed molding processes like Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), RTM Lite, Closed Cavity Bag Molding (CCBM), and Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) provide Arrowhead with multiple options for assisting truck manufacturers who need parts with a smooth finish on both sides, a controlled wall thickness, and/or high volume requirements. Arrowhead’s fiberglass spray-up molding and fiberglass hand lay-up molding capabilities are proven processes for extremely large fiberglass parts, lower volume parts, or parts that require molded-in inserts. All of these processes can be used to mold fiberglass parts with compound curves, molded-in color, high strength to weight ratios, a paintable surface and all use cost-effective tooling. Most fiberglass-molded products also meet the FMVSS 302 flammability standard and as a result can also be utilized for interior truck parts.

Vacuum Formed ABS Plastic has become a standard for interior plastic parts in the trucking industry because of its relatively low cost, good impact strength, pleasing appearance and relatively low tooling cost. Arrowhead also thermoforms a number of other thermoplastic materials for unique customer applications: Polycarbonate (PC) for lens or other products requiring clarity, high impact strength and/or high temperature applications; PC/ABS blends for high temperature applications;
Acrylic/PVC alloys for maximum fire retardancy; PETG for good impact strength applications that require a clear material; HDPE and HMW-HDPE for low cost, low weight, high impact strength, good weathering properties, and excellent chemical resistance; HIPS which provides high gloss, excellent vacuum forming detail and relatively low cost.