It’s National Composites Week August 26-30, and companies across the country are celebrating the strides they and their customers have achieved through composites. We here at PlastiCert have our own successes to tout. Having helped our customers’ transition from traditional metals and even wood to thermoplastic composites. Such conversions offer up opportunities due to reduced […]

A big story this week was the two-page ad in the WSJ, signed by 181 Business Roundtable CEO members, representing retail, industrial, transportation, service, and finance; changing their Business Roundtable’s statement of “the purpose of a corporation”. Since 1997 the purpose was to serve their shareholders, period. Now they have seen the light. Realizing their […]

Manufacturers are all very familiar with operations KPI’s (key performance indicators). Tracking performance to cost standards, scrap, quality metrics, On-time Delivery, and others are second nature. Talking with our tax accountant the other day, he asked about some financial metrics. To his surprise, I had the numbers at my fingertips. “That’s impressive. Many other small […]

I hear and read a great deal about the work and life balance equation and its different aspects. This premise is usually characterized in a “work-bad, life-good” scenario. One definition of the noun use of work includes, a task or tasks to be undertaken; something a person or thing has to do. Alternatively, the definition […]

This week we celebrate the first landing on the Moon. Apollo 11 lifted off on July 16, 1969, landed on the Moon, July 20th. Six hours later Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot there. I remember it very well. I was at a Wisconsin lake home owned by friends of the family. […]

It was 40 years ago last month when I first stepped into a cubicle and started a professional career. I spent the first weeks meeting people and getting to know my direct coworkers and those that I would be interfacing with regularly. Predominantly I was using the non-technical part of my education those first few […]

For decades, injection molders have been courting OEMs that want to convert their metal parts into thermoplastic and composite parts. Here at PlastiCert, one of our favorite conversion stories is from wood to thermoplastic. Northbar Tackle was started in the early 90’s in a basement workshop, making wood carved salt water fishing lures.  The Bottle […]

At PlastiCert , we look for opportunities to thank our coworkers for their efforts. We in the offices, know that their efforts do more to satisfy customers’ needs that we ever could. So during the summer, we do an occasional lunch grill out to say thanks!

We’ve all heard of them, sports names that the announcers highlight and talk about when the going gets tough, their team looks to these individuals to get the net, the hoop, the goal line. They are difference makers, having the ability to shine, or even rise to the occasion when things get tough. We have […]

As we have written in the past, PlastiCert encourages our coworkers to get involved and participate, volunteer, make a difference in the community. We try to do what we can to accommodate their volunteerism and leadership. One such situation is our Materials Specialist Cory Schmitz. Cory is the High School baseball coach and every spring […]