The company was created in 1988 as Core Materials Corporation. It is currently headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The portfolio of the company is comprised of fiber reinforced plastics and plastic composites. These products are used on vehicles as roof, hoods and as other components. These offerings are also used in several other industries as raw material. The production facilities of the company are located in South Carolina, Ohio and in Mexico, where it has an aggregate working space of more than 1 million square feet.
Core Molding Technologies, Inc. remains publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company markets its common shares using the ticker symbol CMT. It is listed as a component of the Russell 3000 Index.