Spring has sprung, the blossoms have returned, the sports cars are out of storage, the Winter Championships are done (that one is a personal one, as is the sports car one), say what you will, things have changed! In performing our risk assessments years ago, one scenario was that we would see more mold inquiries […]
PlastiCert loves upsets
The NCAA Basketball tournaments are underway and to date there have been numerous upsets, some ruining millions of people’s brackets! As of this writing, of 56 games, on the men’s side, 25% saw a double-digit seed beat a single digit seed, and over 30% of the games had a lesser seed beat the better seed. […]
Small & Medium Volume means highly capable and diverse offerings
For 20 years, when PlastiCert expanded up into the 500-ton press range, we have looked to provide our customers a means to get their components whether they need 50 or 250,000. Truth be told we prefer the 50-piece end of the spectrum. We have been quoted as saying we hate high volume here at PlastiCert. […]
Growing up
PlastiCert turns 40 years young this week. After our intent to file was published on February 5&6, our original Articles of Incorporation were recognized by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 12, 1981. In reflecting on the evolution of PlastiCert, the company’s growth has almost a somewhat human element to it. We […]
Continuous Improvement – it’s personal
This week I (and PlastiCert) celebrated an engineer that does not even work here, at least now. One of our former engineering interns from Winona State University that went on to graduate and go into the workforce. Huy posted on LinkedIn that he had achieved his ASQ certification as a Quality Engineer. Well done young […]
Are you a jumper? Is your company?
A good friend recently tagged me in FB with a link to a NYT Opinion Section video from 2017. The NYT filmed 67 people in Sweden that were paid for a task. The task was to go to the top of a ten meter (33 feet) high platform over a pool and walk to the […]
Well, I remember that one day, it was so cold that………
In Minnesota we tell cold stories, it is what we do. All winter long because we are used to cold. Like the time in my teens when I went snowmobiling when it was -30° (w/o windchill) and I literally froze the skin on my cheek. We tell stories in Minnesota because cold weather is a […]
You don’t know, what you don’t know
These were never truer words, when applied to high school students. As such, I continue to make the case for bolstering up Industrial Arts Education in our high schools. Over the last 40+ years, Industrial Arts has been dismantled and pushed aside at high schools across the country. Truly one of the biggest mistakes our […]
Supplier, by definition; Partner, getting warmer; Coworker, almost!
An OEM’s relationship with an injection molder is described in many ways. Closeness can often follow a technology track. The more “involved” a molded component the greater volume of back-and-forth collaboration between the two. Still, in most cases, the injection molder is closer to a coworker than many other suppliers. Meaning, it is not as […]
Alternative? No, we are better than offshore!
With COVID related supply chain disruptions, domestic OEMs have been scrambling to find alternative suppliers in North America. Those same disruptions shed a light on glaringly obvious exposures. Possible denial of access to key components, chemicals and even technologies because of years of domestic OEMS sourcing for reduced cost. Now domestic OEMs are reassessing their […]