Rich History With An Eye to the Future
With 55+ years of experience, tradition and a commitment to excellence, Creative Foam is proud of our history and excited to continue our passion of innovation with our customers.
Creative Foam Corporation was founded in 1969 by the late Dr. Peter T. Swallow as a manufacturer and supplier of custom engineered die cut, formed foam, nonwoven and multi-material component solutions to the transportation and healthcare markets. With offices and facilities throughout North America and Mexico, Creative Foam features over one million square feet of production space to provide solutions to its customers.
Creative Foam’s Transportation Division is focused on providing solutions to the continually evolving vehicle issues, primarily related to noise, vibration or harshness along with sealing, airflow or insulation concerns. Its Healthcare Division offers strong capabilities in RF (radio frequency) welding, which enables Creative Foam to deliver application solutions to consumable medical products such as sequential compression wraps, temperature regulating devices and body comfort pads. With extensive capabilities in foam encapsulation, molding/coating and in-house materials testing, the Healthcare Division also provides products and services for medical imaging applications, patient-positioners and table pads.
History Of Creative Foam
Creative Foam Corporation was founded in 1969 by the late Dr. Peter T. Swallow.
Transportation operations begane in Dowagiac, MI.
The creation of our Fenton Campus, which houses a number of important sites, began in September of 1984 as the current Corporate Office locations as well as a Transportation Plant (Alloy Drive) were established.
An important aspect to the success of Creative Foam, the E&D center was opening in April of 1989. The Center houses innovation and technology resources to help support the creation of new products for customers.
In 2003, our facility in Athens, Tennessee was established serving customers within the Transportation division.
In August of 2005, our facility in Grand Blanc, MI was opened. This facility specializes in precision die-cutting within the Transportation market.
In May of 2014, the Composites Division was moved from Longmont to Berthoud, CO, providing additional capacity needs and offering a more effective location for suppliers and customers.
Expanding its capabilities into the Healthcare market, Creative Foam purchased Mooresville IN Manufacturer MT. Olive in February 2017
In October of 2017, Industrial Opportunity Partners announces that it has made an investment into Creative Foam Corporation in partnership with existing shareholders and the current management team.
In July of 2021, Creative Foam Corporation announced that it has acquired the assets of RAM Technologies. This transaction represents Creative Foam’s second acquisition in the medical industry in the past eight months. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.