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When a severe hailstorm hit Sydney in 2007, the NSW Government appointed a task force to manage the repair process. Insurance builder Matthew Lennox was tasked with repairs and reconstruction. Over the following months, he saw insurance claims multiply fourfold due to failed tarpaulins in rain and high wind.\u00a0This sparked the idea for Stormseal.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u2018<\/span>Damaged houses became ruined waiting for repairs. <\/span>I saw not just physical impacts and financial losses, but terrible mental and emotional suffering, which continued long after the storm was over,\u2019 says Matt. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018I knew that severe storms were becoming more common around the world. I was determined to find a better solution than tarps for protecting damaged properties.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Matt put his frustration to work. He spent the next five years consulting with John O\u2019Neill, one of Australia\u2019s leading chemical polymer engineers, to develop Stormseal: a strong, durable polyethylene film that heat-shrinks to cover a damaged structure and stays put until permanent repairs are made.<\/p>\n

Two patents have been granted for the Stormseal film and its innovative application method. In 2009, Matt demonstrated Stormseal on The New Inventors for ABCTV<\/a>. Based in Rockdale NSW, Stormseal Industries P\/L was incorporated in 2015 and received an Accelerating Commercialisation grant of $450k from the Australian Government in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2018We were absolutely ecstatic when the news broke that we were successful,\u2019 says Justin Gallagher, Stormseal\u2019s Sales and Marketing Director.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”102″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2276″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\u2018The grant enabled us to establish nationwide systems for installer training and distribution in Australia, and to continue building our partnerships with insurers and their networks of contract builders and roofers, as well as emergency responders, creating capacity for rapid scale up for disaster relief.\u2019<\/p>\n

In 2017, Stormseal entered the US and European markets, and was selected from hundreds of innovative and highly commercial Australian companies that are changing the world, as the winner of Anthill\u2019s SMART 100<\/a>. For building both economic and social resilience to climate change, Stormseal went on to win the Global Social Impact Award in the 2019 Australian Technologies Competition<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Stormseal has now protected more than 9,000 buildings across the globe, including homes and businesses damaged by major storms such as:<\/p>\n