ESD & Conductive Flooring for Vermont

GlobalFoundries Fab 9 in Essex Junction (2,000 employees, 65+ years operating, 600,000+ wafers per year, $1.5B CHIPS Act funding building America's first high-volume gallium nitride semiconductor manufacturing); Beta Technologies in South Burlington (electric aircraft manufacturer, roughly 900 employees scaling toward 1,900, $1B+ IPO November 2025, FAA-certified CX300 aircraft, 188,000 sq ft net-zero production facility); Husky Injection Molding Systems in Milton; OnLogic rugged industrial computing in South Burlington; iTherm Solutions thermal management in Williston; NRG Systems wind measurement sensors in Hinesburg; pharmaceutical manufacturing operations; and additional precision manufacturers across the Green Mountain State.

GlobalFoundries Fab 9 manufactures essential semiconductor chips for automotive, data center, IoT, RF wireless, and smart mobile applications — and is building America's first high-volume manufacturing capability for gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors used in 5G/6G, electric vehicles, power grids, and high-power applications. Semiconductor cleanrooms are a thousand times cleaner than an operating room. A single static discharge during wafer handling, lithography, etch, or test operations can damage millions of dollars of in-process material. PumaESD dissipative systems meet ANSI/ESD S20.20 with body voltage below 15 volts — far below the 100-volt cleanroom ceiling. The 200 Series with moisture-blocking primer handles up to 25 lbs vapor through aging concrete substrate at the 65+ year old former IBM Burlington site.

Electric aircraft manufacturing involves three ESD-critical operations: high-voltage battery pack assembly (lithium cells are sensitive to static damage that can cause thermal runaway), avionics integration (flight control computers, FAA-certified electronics, navigation systems), and composite layup with embedded sensors. Beta Technologies' 188,000 sq ft South Burlington facility produces the CX300 (first FAA-certified electric aircraft) plus the ALIA eVTOL. Both designs use lithium-ion battery packs, integrated flight computers, and bonded composite airframes. ESD-rated dissipative flooring is standard practice for this category of aerospace manufacturing under ANSI/ESD S20.20.

EP Floors Corp. (Three Rivers, MA) is the PumaCRETE certified installer partner for Vermont. Burlington VT is approximately 3 hours / 175 miles from Three Rivers — slightly further than the New Hampshire or Massachusetts drive but within the EP Floors regional service network. Southern Vermont projects (Bennington, Brattleboro, Rutland) route closer. EP Floors has been installing PumaCRETE at Vermont facilities for decades. We do not sub-contract to unknown crews. Every installation is backed by a manufacturer-plus-installer warranty.

Static dissipative (SD) flooring has resistance between 1×10&sup6; and 1×10&sup9; ohms — for electronics, semiconductor, and aerospace work where the goal is bleeding off static to protect ESD-sensitive components. Used at GlobalFoundries Fab 9 cleanrooms, Beta Technologies battery and avionics assembly, OnLogic industrial computing, iTherm thermal systems, and NRG sensor manufacturing. Conductive (C) flooring has lower resistance (25,000 to 1.0 million ohms) — for AA&E, munitions, and propellant handling environments. Vermont has less AA&E industry than other New England states, so the most common Vermont application is dissipative flooring for semiconductor and aerospace work. PumaCRETE manufactures both ranges in one product family.

Yes. GlobalFoundries Fab 9 was originally built as IBM Burlington in 1957 and continues operating in some of those legacy buildings. Older industrial concrete substrate often has elevated moisture vapor transmission and surface imperfections that defeat standard epoxy flooring systems. PumaCRETE 200 Series with the 104-PumaPOXY MB moisture blocker handles up to 25 lbs of moisture vapor per 1,000 sq ft per 24 hours — far exceeding the typical 3-pound limit of standard epoxy. Combined with the 117-PumaCOVE Resin patching for substrate repair, PumaCRETE is engineered for renovation of aging semiconductor plant concrete without full slab replacement.

Yes. PumaCRETE offers three buying options: complete turnkey installation through EP Floors Corp. and other certified applicators, materials-only supply with detailed installation instructions, videos, specialty tools, and surface prep guidelines for in-house contractors or maintenance crews, or on-site factory training to qualify your facility's own team. Vermont's smaller industrial base means many facilities use existing flooring contractor relationships or in-house facilities teams. The materials-only and training options work well for these scenarios — and you keep the full manufacturer warranty.

Yes. PumaESD 200 hi-build (30-60 mils) and PumaESD 301 composite (1/16 to 1/8 inch) systems are specified for semiconductor cleanrooms across the U.S. The seamless, monolithic, low-VOC formulation supports ISO Class 5/6/7 cleanroom protocols. Conductive grounding tape grid integrates with the building grounding system per ANSI/ESD S20.20. Body voltage below 15 volts meets every published semiconductor cleanroom ESD spec. GlobalFoundries' Fab 9 floor space is part of a global GF footprint that includes Malta NY (also served by PumaCRETE via our New York state coverage), Dresden Germany, and Singapore.