By Stan Porter, Force Control Industries & Jim Wahl, Wahl Marketing Communications

Fin Pan Inc. (Hamilton, Ohio) is an industry leader in the commercial and residential construction products market. They are the oldest process manufacturer of cement backer board, having invented the process in the mid 1970s. In that time the rest of the country has elected 7 presidents, watched 12 Olympics, and crowned 43 different baseball teams as World Champions. At least one thing hasn't changed in the 30-plus years, and that is the oil shear technology that keeps Fin Pan's original cement backer board production line running.