Growing Companies

Since opening in the Spring of 2008, Solamatrix, Inc. of St. Petersburg, has experienced tremendous growth. The developer and manufacturer of window films for cars, homes and commercial buildings creates innovative products such as the company SUN-GARD and GLASS-GARD. SUN-GARD is an automotive solar film used to block UV rays from damaging interior leather and vinyl. GLASS-GARD is a safety and security film used for both commercial and residential properties, and is designed to help hold a broken pane of glass together preventing shards of glass from flying upon impact. As of the end of 2010, the company employed 66. A merger with another film manufacturing company, Madico, Inc., however, means the company plans to employ 115 by the end of 2011.