Technological advances and ever-higher customer expectations are accelerating the journey towards zero-defect production in almost every industry. This is certainly true in the injection molding sector, where manufacturers can exploit opportunities for optimization and added-value manufacturing by instrumenting a mold with cavity pressure sensors and process monitoring equipment. EVCO Plastics is a globally recognized leader in injection molding and many additional technologies. This family-run business – founded in Wisconsin in 1964 – has a workforce of over 1,800 employees spread across eleven facilities in the US, China and Mexico. Anna Bartz, Director of Communications at EVCO, points out: “Together with our customers and partners, we take plastics processing to the next level. Following some recent growth, we now operate more than 260 molding machines. But we not only offer excellence in injection molding – in terms of state-of-the-art technology, close cooperation, tight tolerances and high quality demand – but also technologies and services across the entire value chain, such as automation, packaging, labelling and more.”
Precision Molding is one of EVCO's four main divisions, with products and solutions covering diverse industries ranging from agriculture and powersports to packaging and consumer goods. “We're involved in just about everything except automotive parts and implantable devices – but medical technology is an important business for us, accounting for roughly 20 percent of our annual sales,” Bartz continues. Consequently, two EVCO sites are equipped with an ISO Class 8 Clean Room: EVCO headquarters in Deforest, Wisconsin, and the Chinese production facility in Dongguan.