Howes and his consultant buddies changed their Dura mats to cheapen them. They ran off the people who originally developed the mats. From what I've been told they have angered customers all over the world. I even heard the US military has a bunch of mats stacked in Afghanistan and are waiting for Newpark to take them back. Thousands of these junk mats have been sold and replacing them will bankrupt NR. These are the same consultants who killed off Newpark's Bravo product line. Now that the word is out on the defects they haven't been able to sell any mats. Another poor decision from Howes and his idiotic management team.