Keeping Cool, Containing Flame A new non-toxic, fire-retardant insulation enhances battery safety and more

After launching the Oros clothing brand that employs a similar high-performance insulation (Spinoff 2018), Michael Markesbery, CEO of Solarcore, wanted to use what his teams learned about insulation to revolutionize the insulation industry as a whole.

“We started selling Solarcore Foam to other consumer clothing brands like Cabela’s, LL Bean, and others,” said Markesbery. “But we wanted to go broader, support more industrial applications — HVAC, batteries, automotive, and the like.”