About Miles

Miles Fiberglass and Composites Company Background

From Fiberglass Fishing Boat to Miles Fiberglass and Composites

The Miles Fiberglass & Composites story began at the 1957 Portland Boat Show, where 19-year-old Lowell Miles became enamored with a fiberglass fishing boat.Lowell Miles, Founder and CEO Among the wooden boats on display, the 14ft fiberglass fishing boat was a glossy standout. Lowell convinced his father to tear down a barn behind the family’s cabinet shop and replace it with a fiberglass workshop.

The Miles Fiberglass & Composites industry story began at the 1957 Portland Boat Show where, at the time, 19-year-old, Lowell Miles became captivated with a 14 foot fiberglass fishing boat (a glossy standout amongst the wooden boats on display). Lowell convinced his father to tear down a barn behind the family’s cabinet shop and replace it with a fiberglass workshop. From that lone event, Lowell embarked on a lifelong career that has included expansions, relocations, restarts, innovation, industry leadership, building a family business and, above all, the satisfaction earned from hard work and acknowledged success.

Our Services Include:

Open Mold Spray Up
Thermoforming
Vacuum Bagging
Press Molding
Light RTM
Hand Lay-up composites

Our Services Also Include:

Parts
Tooling
Fiberglass
Fabricators
Tanks
Plastic
Storage
Containers
Facilities
Warehouses
Plastics
Pressure
Fabricating
Finishing

The Importance of Our Employees to Our Success

We believe that our employees are at the heart of our success, and to achieve the type of quality we strive for we have implemented a rigorous training program through a partnership with Clackamas Community College and the TugmanGroup. The training program provides valuable skills and training that has increased MFC’s quality and efficiency.

Certified Composite Technicians and Other Training

Employees will receive paid release time from their work to attend CCT (Certified Composites Technician) courses. All classes will take place on-site at MFC in a combination of classroom and production floor settings (I.e. the conference room). Students of the same English as a Second Language (ESL) level will learn together and progress at their own rate. As a result of these classes: Non-native speakers will advance their English competency levels; Employees will have increased, transferable, work skill sets; CCT certified employees will receive $1 per hour wage increase; Employee retention will be improved; plant productivity/efficiency increased; and, lastly, a Replicable model will be developed for industry use. We are also proud to have on staff the only CCT certified instructor (Dan Bellenger) in the Pacific Northwest, at this time. We are an innovative company working to build a better tomorrow.