Homebuilder aims to disrupt industry with military-grade materials

A trio of Naples area businessmen led by Chuck Ardezzone, who also owns a film and TV production studio in town, believe their company — Galexa — has the goods to build homes that can radically change the construction/building industry.

The way there, Ardezzone says, is a panel for the walls of single-family or multifamily structures with a proprietary resin and fiberglass mix — a recipe used by military, law enforcement and others looking for extreme protection. The panel, he adds, is rated to withstand up to 250-mph winds, is noncombustible and can take the impact of a 9 mm bullet.