Company Profile

  • Founded: 1984
  • History: Robert Rapp began manufacturing operations in Golden, Colorado as a lightning protection installation contractor. In 1980, the company relocated to Lafayette, Colorado and began to manufacture lightning protection system components.  Mr. Rapp took the company from a regional lightning protection manufacturer to a national and international manufacturer of lightning protection and grounding equipment. Paul Svendsen became General Manager in 2004.
  • Mission Statement/Objective: National Lightning Protection's goal has and will always be to provide only the highest quality lightning protection system components available anywhere.  Our commitment to quality is also reflected in our engineering and customer service operations where no short cuts are taken and long term customer satisfaction is of paramount importance.
  • Qualifications/Experience: All National Lightning Protection products are inspected and listed by Underwriter's Laboratories and are in full compliance with UL and National Fire Protection Association criteria.  Our top management has over 100 years of combined industry experience and all design and field personnel are fully certified by Underwriter's Laboratory.

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  • Products: National Lightning Protection has America's finest line of components, we offer protection from lightning damage for all structures from homes to hospitals, schools to football stadiums, high rises to hazardous facilities.  National's product line is the broadest most technically advanced in the lightning protection industry. Our key components are of cast construction.  We offer only the highest level of quality which gives a much better appearance along with greater strength and better performance of the finished components and systems. Since each lightning protection system design is unique to and individual building, custom components are often needed.  We maintain a complete full-line machine shop capability to produce limited run, special components to suit unique structural or architectural requirements.  To supplement and round out our standard line of lightning protection components, National also offers a wide range of associated equipment and products that can be used in conjunction with structural lightning protection to provide safety from other possible lightning threats.  These supplemental items include:
    • Signal Reference Grids (SRG)
    • Mast/overhead cable (catenary) lightning protection systems
    • Solid copper and copper-clad wire ground mats/mesh
    • PVC and concrete traffic rated ground wells with steel lids
    • Stainless steel and solid copper ground rods
    • Electrolytic Ground Rods
    • GroundIT, ground enhancement material
    • Copper bus bars
  • Services: National offer free estimates on all projects. Our Engineering/Design Departments will assist in the design and layout of systems on any type of structure. We also design custom components for unique lightning protection or grounding applications.  You are invited to submit sketches and data for your specific requirements.  For complete design/quote service, please send roof plan with mechanical equipment shown, exterior building elevations and roof edge wall sections.  To further assist you, National has a nationwide network of local agents, distributors and dealers. Contact our factory for the name of the representative nearest you.
  • Area of Operations: Nation wide for installations and worldwide for material and design
  • Key Contacts:
    • President: Robert W. Rapp
    • General Manager: Paul R. Svendsen
    • Quotations Manager: Brandon S. Stonier
    • Regional Manager: Tristan A. Maher
    • Warehouse Manager: Thomas Mick

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