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February 24, 2022 By craig

National Engineers Week – Composite and Plastic products are relatable real-life examples

Since it is National Engineers Week, let us talk about what might get young adults more interested in STEM and engineering. ALL of them spend their time holding and using a cell phone and or a game controller. Although made of plastic, their interaction with it is less than effectual as their focus is on […]

February 16, 2022 By craig

The thrill of victory and celebrating success

The Olympics are in full swing. We get to watch and celebrate the results of the athletes. They spend years working toward this one competition, striving to win a medal and celebrate their arduous work. A different life than the rest of us and our day-to-day lives, especially those of us in manufacturing. We make […]

February 9, 2022 By craig

Alternate Material selection – should you and how? Past experience, spin the wheel, throw a dart, or ask the expert?

Choosing the right resin or composite as a back-up alternate for your application is a far-reaching decision. Whether your product is automotive, a packaging component, a medical device, or a fishing lure; the resin and its qualification testing will be in place for some time. Alternate material selection involves a great many factors, beyond just […]

February 3, 2022 By craig

What does your pay raise look like this year?

PlastiCert starts budgetary planning in the Fall, but we do not process pay raises until the latter part of January each year. Why? We want to see the annual inflation rate announced, to set our system up to reflect it. Announced January 2022, the annual inflation rate for the United States is 7.0% for the […]

January 26, 2022 By craig

A mold is a mold is a ….. or is it.

Injection mold designs are like the old saying, “there is more than one way to peel an orange.” (I know, the original saying had to do with something to a cat but it is gross and has outlived its time.) Truth is, there are multiple ways to design a mold that will make a specific […]

January 20, 2022 By craig

Making the move

The new year is starting out pretty whiz bang. On top of the largest revenue backlog we have ever had, we have added two new customers already in January. There is a lot of talk about reshoring, and we have seen some of that, but these additions were more about rightsizing. We gained three new […]

January 12, 2022 By craig

Happy Past Year!!!!

Happy Past Year!!!! PlastiCert enters 2022 having to update the record board for business metrics and bask in our accomplishments. Coming out of the COVID impacted 2020, there was almost no chance we would do anything but go up and we definitely did that. Revenues for 2021 were a 73% increase over 2020. As mentioned, […]

January 4, 2022 By craig

The CHIPS Act

The President’s Executive Order 14017, “America’s Supply Chains” has resulted in legislation, the CHIPS Act, looking to spend $52 Billion dollars to correct supply chain issues. Which can also read as, correct U.S. manufacturers having made unbelievably stupid decisions about offshoring manufacturing capabilities for even higher profit margins than they were making already. (The U.S. […]

December 16, 2021 By craig

PlastiCert embraces the season of giving

All year long we try to participate in the community, supporting efforts in our schools, the EMS and Fire Departments, local celebrations and more. At the holidays, we seek out the causes that are aligned with the holiday season and help out where we can. The local community has a Giving Tree (albeit moving to […]

December 9, 2021 By craig

Coworker surplus

You read that right, PlastiCert is not experiencing a shortage, we have more applicants than positions. Years ago, we saw the writing on the wall, that the labor force would begin to shrink. Retirements, daycare issues, the shrinking of the rural population, there are a sizable number of reasons for the phenomenon, but it is […]

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