Thermal Products, Inc. (TPI; Salt Lake City, UT), is a spun off from Technology Research Associates (TRA), a very active SBIR firm also of Salt Lake City. Thermal Products purchased the intellectual property rights to the bonding process and copper/graphite composite. Using these technologies, TPI has created and is marketing thermal strap and copper/graphite composite products for thermal management applications. Prototype composite parts and samples also are being shipped to potential customers for testing and evaluation. In addition.