You may not know this, but
there's a special dye in almost every car that can help pinpoint leaks.
However, there's only one company that makes it and
they're located on Long Island.
News 12's Jenn Seelig visited Spectronics Corp. in Melville in this week's Made
on Long Island to learn more.
"We can provide dyes
from everything from a window air conditioner to a nuclear power plant," says
President of Spectronics Corp. Jon Cooper.
Cooper and his family have been proudly making the dyes since the company was
founded in 1955 by his father, Bill Cooper. He invented fluorescent leak
detection and since then, the technology has grown.
"The formulation is patented so we're the only ones that can make it. And
it all probably started in my dad's kitchen,” says Cooper.
The family now sells the dyes in all sizes, from small one-ounce bottles to
five-gallon jugs.
In 1980, Ford added Spectronics dyes on their production line to help
detect manufacturing errors to help them build safer cars.
The chemical lab is in their Westbury facility, but all the packaging and
distribution happens in Melville.