Plastic Components, Inc., of Germantown, WI Breaks Ground On 23,000 Square Foot Expansion For “Lights-Out” Manufacturing Facility

More than doubling the space for the company’s state-of-the-art injection molding systems, Plastic Components, Inc. will reinforce their position among international competitors with medium and high-quantity production of defect-free parts in their revolutionary “lights-out” facility.

Plastics News Feature: Parts Makers at this Custom Injection Molder Don’t Mind the Dark

There are no machine operators employed at Plastic Components Inc., a custom injection molder with two facilities in Germantown, Wis. Most of the time, the “parts makers” at the company’s roughly 38,000-square-foot facility on Bunsen Drive don’t require physical supervision and really don’t seem to mind whether the lights at the factory are turned on or off.

Plastics News Feature: Plastic Components Enters M&A Game with First Acquisition

Plastic Components, Inc.’s CEO, Derrill Rice, talked with Audrey LaForest of Plastics News about the company’s recent acquisition of Syracuse Plastics of North Carolina Inc. – a regional manufacturer of engineered and high precision injection molded components for applications in the industrial, water and pool products, telecommunications, power products, food processing, and other end markets.

PCI Recognized with 2019 MAPP Innovation Award

Future success for many injection molders is dependant on the company’s ability to find efficiencies and innovative ways to improve business processes. Even small improvements can add up to big increases in productivity. Each year, the Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors (MAPP) celebrates the innovative practices of a select handful of companies that touch on all areas of plastics manufacturing.

E-mobility Guide

Rosti works with some of the world’s leading producers to face up to the manufacturing challenges in e-mobility. This is a sector with rapid growth – driven by environmental pressures and government legislation – and we are helping to facilitate the leap from prototype manufacturing to mass production.

Rosti splits to accelerate growth

The global injection moulding company Rosti is owned by the Swedish investment company Nordstjernan. Rosti Group’s Board of Directors has decided to create two separate Groups out of the current Rosti Group. The present Automotive division with four manufacturing sites in the UK, will form its own Group and be called Rosti Automotive. The remaining Rosti will continue as Rosti and develop its business within Packaging, Consumer & Professional Appliances, Business Machines, and Life Sciences. Both Groups will still be owned by Nordstjernan.