The group's principal activity is to develop, manufacture and market corrosion inhibiting products, science based packaging materials. The dry corrosion inhibiting products is marketed under the name zerust which is utilized in protective packaging. The group's materials science based industrial packaging products and systems includes the rusting of ferrous (iron and steel) metals and the deterioration by oxidation of nonferrous (aluminum, copper, brass, etc.) metals. The group participates in various international corporate joint ventures in countries outside the United States and in similar non-contractual arrangements in various other countries. The international joint ventures provide for the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of materials science based industrial packaging products. The group discontinued its electronic sensing instruments business.
