The PCE, Inc. building expansion had its “Topping Out” ceremony last week. The last beam was signed by Sam Featherston (PCE, Inc. – CEO), Troy Just (HTI Plastics – President), and Sheli Carpenter (PCE Inc. CFO). PCE, Inc. is the parent company to the best plastics manufacturing in the Midwest.

The construction of the new PCE, Inc. building has taken time, but time well worth the wait. The high quality construction, showcasing our companies abilities to provide the best plastics manufacturing in the Midwest, if not the Country.

At HTI Plastics, the most popular materials are Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Nylon. With materials (as with most things) the better properties come with a higher cost. Polyethylene is on the low end of cost and properties, but it provides a good mix of mechanical properties, chemical resistance, barrier properties, and procesability that is very attractive for single use products and also some durable products. Polypropylene is similar to Polyethylene but slightly higher in performance – we gain some stiffness, it works well with glass filler for even higher stiffness, and it works great for living hinges. Polyethylene and Polypropylene are considered commodity resins because they are inexpensive and produced in massive volumes.  Moving up to higher performance you get into engineering grades of resin such as Nylon. Nylon further increases stiffness (especially with glass filler) and high temperature performance so it is suitable to be used in places where PE or PP would be near their melting points. There are hundreds if not thousands of grades of each of these materials so there are many different options to tailor each one to a customer’s needs.

Injection molding is used in many industries, including automotive, aerospace, medical devices, packaging and consumer goods.

Do you have a custom injection-molded plastic project?

Contact us for more information on how to get started with your custom project.