General Info

Founded in 1980, HK Research Corporation is one of the leading gel coat companies in the United States. Based in Hickory, N.C., the company offers a wide array of products in the lines of liquid pigments, gel coats, resins and urethanes. It operates an automated gel coat manufacturing facility that undertakes computer-controlled production of 40,000 lbs of gel coatings per hour. HK Research Corporation utilizes NPG hybrid resins for low-HAP gel coats, NPG-ISO resins for standard gel coats, and vinyl ester resins and miscellaneous types for a variety of end-user applications.