First OEM Customer is Signed

With Osborne’s thriving plastics manufacturing business in the animal agriculture industry, the company naturally moved into molding plastic components for other U.S.-based companies. The OEM (original equipment manufacturing) sector of Osborne began with the signing of OMC Lincoln, a company that manufactured the Cushman line of Titan utility vehicles. The company utilized color-matched gel-coated RTM doors, window panels, and roof, manufactured by Osborne, as replacements for heavy and rust-prone metal components. The tolerances and minimal thickness of the fiberglass-reinforced parts allowed Cushman the flexibility to economically ship and export the vehicles unassembled to their customers around the world.