If you pay taxes, you support public education. Supporting public education needs to go much deeper than that. Public education, it is written, started out as preparing youth to become citizens (of our new nation). The Pledge of Allegiance still recited today is a good mirror of this. Then public education transformed into preparing youth […]
Ten great years!
September 8th is the anniversary of the management buyout (MBO) of PlastiCert, this year marked our 10th year since that revitalization! We will be celebrating with a catered in lunch for everyone and some revelry talking about our accomplishments. It is a little dizzying to reflect on what all has transpired in that 10 years, […]
Community Involvement
Our Mission statement here at PlastiCert includes, “….. and a recognized responsibility to the community around us.” At PlastiCert we recognize that we are not an island, we rely on and work with the community organizations around us to be successful. From infrastructure to education to desirable living atmosphere, we are in this journey together. […]
National Composites Week 2021
This week, August 23-27 is National Composites Week. The goal of National Composites Week is to celebrate and bring attention to the myriad ways that composite materials and composites manufacturing contributes to the products and structures that shape the American manufacturing landscape today. Some time ago, I started (and blogged about) starting to refer to […]
PlastiCert begins construction on building addition
Lewiston, MN August 18,2021 – PlastiCert, a veteran of innovative and quality composite injection molding celebrating 40 years of molding success, announces launching construction on a building addition. After closing on their construction financing, August 16 saw the ground broken for a new addition to PlastiCert Headquarters. Since their asset acquisition of MBI and starting […]
PlastiCert hires Production Manager
Lewiston, MN August 10,2021 – PlastiCert, a veteran of innovative and quality composite injection molding celebrating 40 years of molding success, announces the addition of a new management staff member. PlastiCert has added a Production Manager to its Managerial staff. Wesley Meyer joined PlastiCert bringing a wealth of knowledge in manufacturing systems, technology implementation, Lean […]
Continuous Improvement (learning from an Olympics perspective)
Continuous improvement, in its most simple definition means “to be getting better all the time”. It is not only a worthy goal but a necessary one through life and especially in the business world. Continuous improvement, by its nature and even definition can imply a linear progression. In many cases that is certainly true. If […]
PlastiCert recognized by Best Startups
PlastiCert was among Best Startups’ top picks for the best Minnesota based Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing companies. They note that all are different but all exceptional companies well worth a follow. They selected startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories: Innovation Innovative ideas Innovative route to market Innovative product Growth Exceptional […]
The Secret to Happy Employees
With the inability to find new hires these days, coworker retention is more important than ever. Companies have been evaluating their pay and benefits structures to figure out how to hold onto the people they have. We think we have found the secret. Prior to the lack of applicants being a real threat, PlastiCert had […]
We were underwhelmed with the space shots …………..
The news has been abuzz the last two weeks around billionaires flying into space. The morning of July 20th, all the morning shows were showing the happenings live. I kept changing the channel when they went to talk about it directly. I get the implications of the two efforts, that space is now (or soon […]