As a business leader and community member where PlastiCert is located, I am committed to the principles of greater equity, diversity and inclusion. I was appalled to watch the video recording the recent death of Mr. George Floyd while being restrained by Minneapolis Police. I wanted to say I was shocked. Considering this event, and […]
Business goes on
While there is a great deal of angst in the working world, one fact remains, you have to keep moving forward. While we actively strive for a safe environment for our coworkers, and grieve for those we know that have succumbed to the pandemic, we have our eye on the future. Current financial conditions aside, […]
Old Normal, New Normal, there is no Normal!!
Individuals, business people, elected officials all keep talking about normal. Getting back to normal, the new normal, but both are false pursuits! I am reminded of the finals scenes in the early 90’s movie Tombstone, where Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer) asks Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russel) what he had wanted, and Earp replies, “just to live […]
The New Sales? Not at PlastiCert.
The New Sales? Not at PlastiCert. Business articles are coming out, about how sales people are grounded due to COVID-19. No travel allowed, customers not accepting visitors, the normal sales playing field has been drastically altered. Sales people have been working from home. Companies will now have to ask the question, if they have been […]
If you can keep your head……….
The Rudyard Kipling poem comes to mind these days, starting with, “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…………..” The poem is about becoming a Man, but his words bear a striking resemblance to becoming a good business as well. It is times like these that you do need to […]
Situational update
Under the current conditions, I feel it is important to communicate more rather than less, so I thought I would provide a status on where PlastiCert is sitting under the current fog. First and foremost, our coworker teams are all well and everyone is reporting in for work. Our shift mitigation efforts seem to be […]
PlastiCert President/Owner presented with national award
Lewiston, MN April 22, 2020 – PlastiCert, approaching 40 years of innovative and quality composite injection molding design and manufacturing services, celebrates amateur athleticism. We encourage staff to embrace that part of our mission statement that calls for “a recognized responsibility to the community around us”. Craig W. Porter, PlastiCert’s President and Owner was […]
A sincere thank you (a note to the PlastiCert coworkers)
I just wanted to extend a thank you and express deep respect for your efforts. These times are like nothing any of us have ever seen. Thinking all the way back to working my way through high school and college, into my 40 years of professional life, we’ve never seen a mass disruption of our […]
Yes, we are here
Yes, we are here PlastiCert is considered an essential manufacturer by the State of MN and a number of our customers. As such, we are still in production. We have taken a number of steps to provide a safe working environment and try and keep our presses heated up. Those steps include: Daily cleaning rituals […]
No company has to be an island, peer councils are there to help
As the old joke goes, how do you tell an introverted engineer from an extroverted engineer? The introvert engineer looks at their feet while they talk to you. The extrovert engineer looks at YOUR feet while they talk to you. Injection molding is a technical business and typically, the smaller the molder the more technical […]