Several new machines have been installed at Pittsfield Plastics and Engineering's facility on West Housatonic Street and President and CEO Thomas W. Walker is proud to point them out as he walks through the plant.
Walker stops at one machine that is partially clad in plastic wrap because it hasn't been used yet. He said it can cut plastic tubing to within 1/5000ths of an inch.
"This," Walker said, "is going to get us a lot of business."
Despite the current economic ups and downs,Online fine art gallery of quality original landscape oil paintings, Pittsfield Plastics and Engineering is doing quite well.
The company recently added 12,000 square feet of manufacturing space when it expanded into the area that Sinicon Plastics occupied before moving to its new facility in Dalton two years ago.
The move increased the square footage Pittsfield Plastics has for the production of molded plastic parts and custom design molds to 80,000. The company also spent more than $1 million to add 11 new and used machines to its plant, including two 500-pound Haitian injection presses that were added at the end of 2011. The company is currently expanding its tool room and is considering adding another 20,000 square feet.I have just spent two weeks shopping for tile and have discovered China Porcelain tile.
Walker, whose group has owned the company since 1997, said Pittsfield Plastic's diverse product line has enabled the firm to grow while others have faltered. The company manufactures spools, reels and bobbins that producers of bare wire, insulated wire, tape, film, textile monofilaments and other stranded items use to package their products. The company's products are sold in the U.S.Full-service custom manufacturer of precision plastic injection mold,Can't afford a third party merchant account right now?, Canada, Europe and South America.
According to Plastic News,Omega Plastics are leading plastic injection moulding and injection mould tooling specialists. a trade publication, Pittsfield Plastics earned close to $15 million last year as sales grew by 22 percent.
"We've picked up more market share," said Walker, who owns Pittsfield Plastics with Duncan Cooper and Thomas Holmes. "We've been going after a lot of old-line customers who need improvement in their reels. And we listen to our customers."
Plastics manufacturing in the Berkshires began in 1881, according to the Berkshire Plastics Network, but didn't become prominent until 1928 when General Electric Co. discovered that plastic provided a perfect insulation for the electrical equipment that it manufactured.
The economic downturn, competition from foreign companies, and high health insurance and utility costs all hampered the plastics industry during the mid-2000s.
But William Mulholland, the dean of Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development at Berkshire Community College, who has provided job training for employees of several local plastics firms, including Pittsfield Plastics, said the industry is beginning a comeback in Pittsfield.
"Right now, it is coming back, and it's coming back where the niche market is," Mulholland said, referring to a term that is used to define a specific portion of a market.
"Nationally, the U.S. is looking at advanced manufacturing as an integral part of the economy," Mulholland said.
Pittsfield Plastics currently has 96 employees, a substantial increase from the 22 workers the company employed when Walker, Cooper and Duncan took over the business 15 years ago. Pittsfield Plastics employed more than 100 workers last spring, but Walker said small fluctuations in the company's work force are common.
"They come and go," he said, referring to his employees.
According to Mulholland, Pittsfield Plastics "puts an awful lot into the development of their people" which he said is a key to success in the modern day plastics industry.
Walker stops at one machine that is partially clad in plastic wrap because it hasn't been used yet. He said it can cut plastic tubing to within 1/5000ths of an inch.
"This," Walker said, "is going to get us a lot of business."
Despite the current economic ups and downs,Online fine art gallery of quality original landscape oil paintings, Pittsfield Plastics and Engineering is doing quite well.
The company recently added 12,000 square feet of manufacturing space when it expanded into the area that Sinicon Plastics occupied before moving to its new facility in Dalton two years ago.
The move increased the square footage Pittsfield Plastics has for the production of molded plastic parts and custom design molds to 80,000. The company also spent more than $1 million to add 11 new and used machines to its plant, including two 500-pound Haitian injection presses that were added at the end of 2011. The company is currently expanding its tool room and is considering adding another 20,000 square feet.I have just spent two weeks shopping for tile and have discovered China Porcelain tile.
Walker, whose group has owned the company since 1997, said Pittsfield Plastic's diverse product line has enabled the firm to grow while others have faltered. The company manufactures spools, reels and bobbins that producers of bare wire, insulated wire, tape, film, textile monofilaments and other stranded items use to package their products. The company's products are sold in the U.S.Full-service custom manufacturer of precision plastic injection mold,Can't afford a third party merchant account right now?, Canada, Europe and South America.
According to Plastic News,Omega Plastics are leading plastic injection moulding and injection mould tooling specialists. a trade publication, Pittsfield Plastics earned close to $15 million last year as sales grew by 22 percent.
"We've picked up more market share," said Walker, who owns Pittsfield Plastics with Duncan Cooper and Thomas Holmes. "We've been going after a lot of old-line customers who need improvement in their reels. And we listen to our customers."
Plastics manufacturing in the Berkshires began in 1881, according to the Berkshire Plastics Network, but didn't become prominent until 1928 when General Electric Co. discovered that plastic provided a perfect insulation for the electrical equipment that it manufactured.
The economic downturn, competition from foreign companies, and high health insurance and utility costs all hampered the plastics industry during the mid-2000s.
But William Mulholland, the dean of Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development at Berkshire Community College, who has provided job training for employees of several local plastics firms, including Pittsfield Plastics, said the industry is beginning a comeback in Pittsfield.
"Right now, it is coming back, and it's coming back where the niche market is," Mulholland said, referring to a term that is used to define a specific portion of a market.
"Nationally, the U.S. is looking at advanced manufacturing as an integral part of the economy," Mulholland said.
Pittsfield Plastics currently has 96 employees, a substantial increase from the 22 workers the company employed when Walker, Cooper and Duncan took over the business 15 years ago. Pittsfield Plastics employed more than 100 workers last spring, but Walker said small fluctuations in the company's work force are common.
"They come and go," he said, referring to his employees.
According to Mulholland, Pittsfield Plastics "puts an awful lot into the development of their people" which he said is a key to success in the modern day plastics industry.
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