Leonard Warren
Leonard Warren
Tech Line Coatings
President
http://www.techlinecoatings.com/
Leonard Warren
President, Tech Line Coatings, Inc.
In 1986 Leonard started G & L Coatings as an applicator of advanced Coatings for the High performance Industry. Leonard had been involved in the chemical Industry since 1968 and racing since 1964. In 1987 Leonard started formulating his own Coatings. One of the 1st was for McDonald Douglas as a protective coating for the fuselage of the X-30 space plane. Today this coating is still sold under the name Black Satin. By 1990 G & L was applying coatings for major OEM’s, Aftermarket Manufacturers and leading Race Teams.
In 1991 G & L Coatings was taken over by Leonard’s brother and Leonard started Tech Line Coatings solely for manufacturing and sale of Coatings, thus opening the market up to expansion. This allowed for more time and resources to be expended on new coating development. As in the beginning the main focus was the High performance Industry, but the Industrial market showed considerable interest in Tech Line’s products due to their extreme levels of performance. Two major Global companies, Victrex whose main offices are in England and Solvay Advanced Polymers also a European company, turned to Tech Line for development assistance. The result were the first PEEK coatings (For both Companies) as well as an insulating coating to allow Solvay’s polymers to be exposed to higher temperatures without degradation in their performance.
Under Leonard’s leadership Tech Line sells Coatings World Wide with Distributors and Agents in: Europe, South Africa, Australia, Japan, The Caribbean, India, The Middle East and is working on establishing new distributors in South America, Pakistan, China and Turkey.
Tech Line has broadened its formulation efforts into additional chemical fields including anodizing by creating DiamonDyze and advanced anodizing treatment that significantly improves both Type II and Type III anodizing. New coatings are in development, that continue to stretch the functionality, ease of application and target less hazardous ingredients for use. Currently Tech Line manufacturers and sells Coatings for virtually every part in an Engine, Transmission, Differential, Exhaust Systems, Cooling systems, Brake systems and more.
Leonard continues to lead the development efforts of the Company as well as being involved in the day to day work. His love of racing continues and he is currently building a 1964 GTO for Drag Racing.
