My takeaway from my peer council meeting last week was to better define and communicate our core values here at PlastiCert. So I started in on doing just that and am getting them honed. Interesting enough, I am writing this as the temperature outside my window is -30o F, that’s negative 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Factoring […]
The holidays are a time to feel the spirit of the season while giving thanks and reflecting.
The holidays are a time to feel the spirit of the season while giving thanks and reflecting. PlastiCert has had a truly positive year. PlastiCert achieved its ISO 9001-2015 certification, added two new pieces of equipment in following its capital improvement plan and added 3 new customers to the list of OEMs that we work […]
PlastiCert in the News- Winona business partners look to the future of WSU’s composite materials engineering program
Story originally posted on Winona Daily News, written by Madeline Heim. Original article can be found here. “Shortly before the Minnesota State system will send its biennial budget request to the state Legislature for consideration, Chancellor Devinder Malhotra stopped at Winona State University Tuesday to hear from students, faculty and local business partners who would […]
Where will the workers come from?
The unemployment rate in my county is 2.2%. The unemployment rate in all the counties around me are 2.0% or less. (1) The population of my county is projected to drop by 0.4% by 2040, the employable part of the population will drop by 0.3% in that same time frame. (2) The story isn’t unique […]
The end DOES NOT justify the means…
Increasingly, there seems to be a sentiment that rewards accomplishment, without regard for, or ignoring the means at which the gains were attained. The story of “winning at all cost” has been around for some time, usually in the sports world. Sometimes applied in stories of the mega-corporate world. Now it appears that the sentiment […]
PlastiCert – We’re a Plast…. Composite Injection Molding Provider
We are taught to have the 30 second elevator speech prepared. To communicate who PlastiCert is, what services we provide and how we can benefit a company. For years I opened with our being a plastic injection molder. Recently, I’ve changed that to a description lest often heard. More accurately, we are a composites injection […]
Cycle time – it makes or breaks an injection molder, and the price you pay
An RFQ for a custom mold and molded part is not like getting a volume catalog price. There needs to be some back and forth communication and major assumptions made to arrive at an accurate price for both. When assessing a quotation you receive from an injection molder, the mold and piece part price are […]
Shrinkage – the barrier to tight tolerances or even meeting tolerances
Shrinkage in the molding sense, (with all due respect to George from The Jerry Seinfeld show), is referring to the contraction of a plastic/composite after it has been melted, shot into a mold and is in the process of cooling. The majority of the shrinkage occurs while the part is still in the mold. The […]
2018 Composites Golf Tournament
Press Release – 16th Annual WSU-Miller Brothers School of Engineering Composites Golf Benefit to raise scholarships for WSU Composites Materials Engineering Students Winona, MN August 6, 2018 – The Winona Area Composites Consortium, and The Winona State University Alumni Office offer you the opportunity to participate in the 16th Annual WSU-Miller Brothers School of […]
3D Printing – Innovation at its best, but…
Today’s controversy about 3D printed guns has brought the technology further into everyday life. Plastic guns have been around for decades. You can machine pieces of solid plastic into various parts, and then assemble them into a gun capable of firing. They were made illegal many years ago. The Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 makes […]