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 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 […]

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 […]

An article back in 2016 titled, “Out with the industrial economy, in with the service economy”, talked about the recovery from the last recession. Referencing a book written in 2010, they quote, “a shift from an economy based on making things to one that is increasingly powered by knowledge, creativity, and ideas” (As if the […]

The times they are a changin’! First, the Coronavirus putting the international supply chain into question. Now, with news of the virus spreading, we are looking at possible business slowdowns, absenteeism, delayed or cancelled orders. Supplier qualification has become a whole new ballgame. Here in Minnesota for example, there are some 8,500 manufacturing companies. The […]

With OEMs sourced in the Far East experiencing supply difficulties, PlastiCert has secured its first business win with a new customer badly needing product and now looking domestically. The time from initial contact to quote to placing the purchase order was less than 10 days. We were able to meet face-to-face right away and discuss […]

Supply Chair interruptions happen all the time. Plants close down for maintenance, transportation arrangements fall apart, recalled raw materials set you back. Some disruptions are more severe than others. We’ve experienced them ourselves trying to acquire resin and inserts. We’ve answered the call from our customers numerous times, helping to get them through the supply […]

It’s amazing what you can learn, doing something that is as far removed from your work as possible. I recently spent some time somewhere that I never thought I would find myself. I joined lifelong friends to visit Mickie, Minnie and the gang. I have detested lines for as long as I can remember, and […]

Change is Good has been one of my favorite mantras since I was a teen. As a past Quality Engineer, I was sneered at when I used that phrase. Come to think of it, I was almost always sneered at when I used that phrase.   Volumes have been written about the natural inclination to […]

This is our customers’ safe haven, it could be yours too. So much going on in the business world; financial concerns, public health concerns, workforce concerns, supplier issues. It seems we care constantly confronted with a new problem, to complicate an already full list of action items to be dealt with. As a full service […]