Plastikos Breaks Ground on New Medical Facility

Plastikos Inc., is excited to announce the construction of a brand new medical molding facility in support of Plastikos’ cleanroom medical molding growth. The two-part expansion plan will consist of a 33,000 square-foot stand-alone facility—Plastikos Medical—located less than a quarter-mile from their headquarters. The target completion date for Phase I of this project is scheduled for Summer of 2019.

In late 2014, Plastikos broke ground on its first major medical expansion, which consisted of a 17,000 square-foot addition onto its existing headquarters. Since then, Plastikos’ medical sales have increased more than 100 percent, which has prompted the need for additional cleanroom medical molding capacity.

The brand new, state-of-the-art facility will include all of the corresponding support departments, including a dedicated tool maintenance room, mold storage, metrology lab and office space. Initially, Phase I of the ISO 7 (Class 10,000) project will accommodate ten brand new medical injection molding machines. Each machine will be equipped with its own integrated 3-axis robot and cavity pressure monitoring system, among other advanced technologies. Additionally, In order to remain environmentally conscious, the new medical facility will incorporate LED lighting and utilizing natural light with advanced building system management technology.

According to manufacturing manager, Rob Cooney, the company hopes to align the new molding facility with capabilities and equipment that are already utilizes within their current ISO 7 cleanroom.

Looking further ahead, Phase II of the Plastikos medical expansion will consist of an additional ten medical molding machines as customer demand further increases. Plastikos’ production fleet will increase to 45 injection molding machines with the completion of Phase I of the new stand-alone facility. Future Phase II expansion plans will add another ten presses to the fleet. Thereby, raising the total machine count to 55 molding machines.

The need for additional staffing has sparked an increase in recruiting efforts as Plastikos ramps up to support 24/7 production across both its medical and electronics molding departments.  Additional staff will also allow for a smooth transition as some select individuals move to the new facility upon its completion.