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Patrick picks up RV plastics supplier Alpha Systems Alpha Systems LLC makes single-ply thermoplastic polyolefin roofing membranes. Patrick Industries Inc. has kept up its rapid pace of acquisitions, buying Alpha Systems LLC, a maker of thermoplastic polyolefin membrane roofs for recreational vehicles and other plastics for RVs. Terms were not disclosed. Alpha, which also has rotational blow and injection molding, had $158 million in sales for the 12-month period ending March 31, Patrick Industries said in announcing it had completed the acquisition. Both companies are based in the RV manufact...

Print Also based in  Elkhart, Indiana, based Alpha Systems is a manufacturer and distributor of component products and accessories, primarily serving the recreational vehicle industry, in addition to the manufactured housing, commercial building, and marine markets. Alpha's major product categories include adhesives and sealants, roofing membranes for RVs, roto/blow and injection molded products, butyl tape, shutters, and various other parts and accessories. Alpha's trailing 12-months revenue through March 2021 was approximately $158 million, and the acquisition is expected to be immediate...

AVweb Stall Warning Systems Stalls can be fun and instructive if performed deliberately under controlled conditions. But inadvertent stalls can do us in. Let’s look at stall detection and warning systems. Aerodynamic wing stall accidents have been a concern since the canard was removed around 1910. Approximately 40 percent of General Aviation fatal accidents are due to loss of control with the majority of those being from stalls. One element of stall awareness training that’s not often taught is the stall warning details of sensors used to detect an aerodynamic wing stall ...