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The Tip is 'Teach Grandchildren' One day, while I was on the Made In America Secrets site my granddaughter noticed and asked me what I was doing. I told her about the Big Secret and as I explained, she began to ask me more questions. After several minutes she left my office to play with her little sister. Months had gone by and until recently, I had forgotten about that moment. She was visiting again and I was talking to her about buying a custom printed T-Shirt. She immediately told me about a website that I could use to buy one. Wow I thought, she is only eight years old and already teaching me. The most amazing thing then happened, she said "Pops they sell Made In America T-Shirts". Thanks to her I purchased six custom Made In USA T-Shirts. Her name is Britton, she understands the Big Secret and I love it when she tells me her Little Secrets! Now she is ten and writing a screenplay called Mertastic. It is a story about a mermaid. Recently, she was visiting our house again and using my computer. She called me to come into my office and of course I came to her because that is what grandparents love to do. One of the reasons I love to be with her is because it is always interesting to see what she is up to. This time, she needed a mermaid tail for her movie, so we began to look around using Google. Her mother is a talented seamstress and will make the tail so we were looking for fabric that would be satisfy my granddaughter's vision of her mermaid tail. Once again we began to talk about Made in America and therefore started to investigate the country of origin of the fabrics she was considering. Because of that experience Made in USA fabric is now one of Made in America Secrets products. Thank you, Britton. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Plastic Components There is always a way to do it better? find it. ? Thomas Edison. Plastic Components, Inc. was founded in 1989 in a 10,000 square ft facility with 3 molding presses and a vague concept of a plan to build a fully-automated manufacturing facility. Now, in the fall of 2013, we have grown to 3 facilities, totaling over 75,000 square ft, shipping over 70,000,000 parts/ month to customers all over the world. Our organization is a living testimonial to the fact that the American manufacturing base is NOT dead, that American manufacturing companies can compete with anyone in the world. We believe it?and we prove it every day. We use our talent, our passion, our strategy and technology to create one of the finest molding facilities of its' kind in the world. We have more than doubled in size in since 2009 with an historic growth rate of 22.4% over the last 5 fiscal years. The PCI Team: The Foundation. Our organization is full of passionate, dedicated employees who continually seek-out ways to do it better? from quoting and order entry to shipping parts to our customers, and everything in between. We believe we have built one of the finest teams and operating systems in the plastics industry. Supplier Relationships: The Support Structure. We place a tremendous value on our relationships with our supplier partners (resin suppliers, toolmakers, equipment manufacturers, technology partners) to support our effort with their best-in-class capability. We can never thank them enough for their on-going support. We are a much better company because of them. We view our relationships with our partners as friendships, and a true source of our competitive advantage. Facilities Morse Drive: Where it all Started: The Mother Ship. Our Morse Drive facility has expanded from the original 10,000 square ft to its' current 42,000 square ft., and from the original 3 presses to 42 fully developed manufacturing cells. To support our continued growth, we are developing plans and space to add 6 more cells, for a total of 48. Press sizes range from 35 Tons to 400 Tons. Morse Drive is home to our entire administrative/ business development and engineering team. Bunsen Drive: The Next Generation: Lights Out Our Bunsen Drive facility, completed and launched on November 11, 2011, represents the next-generation of injection molding capability. The facility has been running 24/ 7/ 365 since our grand opening, molding and shipping over 400,000,000 defect free parts. The facility runs on a light-out basis. We believe it to be the finest facility of its' kind? anywhere! Engineering Resource Center: The Future. Design, Develop, Launch. We surveyed our customers in early 2012 to ask them for insights into how we could provide them additional value. The majority of our customers responded with the same answer: New product development and rapid prototyping capability. With that in mind, we launched the Engineering Resource Center (ERC) is late 2012. The results have been overwhelming, leading to the addition of a 3rd facility that, as of October 1, 2013, is the home of the Engineering Resource Center. What's Next? Growth, growth and more growth! As we continue to conquer new horizons in the world of American manufacturing, our efforts continue to be recognized and rewarded by customers, new and old, who see their relationship with Plastic Components, Inc. as an important part of their strategic future. We eagerly accept the challenges that await us, and look forward to being a part of the renaissance of American manufacturing. Company About Us Leadership Team Partners Community Involvement Careers Photo Gallery Resources Testimonials Markets Appliances Corner caps, rollers, brackets Automotive Cam pins, levers, brackets, pins, hinges, covers, sleeves,... Health Care Valves VIEW ALL MARKETS Plastic Components, Inc. provides low cost, tight-tolerance, precisely engineered products here in America. |
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