Founded by Mark F. DiPlacido in 1994 as a one-man garage shop making model-railroad display cases, Erie Industrial Plastics now fabricates and distributes custom plastic components from a 17,000-square-foot facility in Erie, Pennsylvania. The company combines material guidance with close-tolerance machining, bending, thermoforming, and finishing for regional manufacturers and commercial customers. EIP is particularly known for producing hundreds of polycarbonate machine guards each year while continuing to serve projects ranging from OEM parts to custom displays.
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Port Erie PlasticsFamily-owned Port Erie Plastics has molded custom plastic parts in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, since Henry J. Witkowski founded the company with one injection molding machine in 1953. Today, its 615,000-square-foot complex supports nearly 90 molding machines and about 400 full-time employees, with particular depth in large-part and structural foam production for high-volume OEM programs. An in-house tool room and dedicated project engineers carry programs from mold build or transfer through long-term manufacturing.HARBORCREEK, PA
Precision Polymers Inc. (PPI)Founded in 1994 by industry veterans Robert Shepard and Walter Brown, Erie-based Precision Polymers Inc. makes custom plastic components through injection molding and builds the tooling used to produce them. PPI stands out for its start-to-finish operation, with an on-site tool room and support extending from design and molding through assembly, warehousing, and shipping. The company handles both small sample runs and high-volume production and has more than 30 years of mold-building experience.ERIE, PA
Polymer Molding IncFounded in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1978, Polymer Molding Inc. makes plastic protective caps, plugs and custom injection-molded parts that help keep fittings, tubing and valves free from contamination and shipping damage. The American-owned manufacturer pairs an in-house tool-building, prototyping and mold-maintenance operation with a 50,000-square-foot molding and warehouse facility, supporting projects from custom design through production. Its facility is ISO 9001:2015 certified.ERIE, PA
iDesign PlasticsFounded in 2016 to serve Central Pennsylvania, veteran-owned iDesign Plastics is a New Cumberland fabricator of custom-cut plastics, machine guards and safety shields. Army veteran Shawn Whitmire built the company after learning the trade at an established Troy, Michigan plastic fabrication shop, with custom jobs typically completed in three to five days. The company also creates displays and store fixtures, including prototypes for specific applications.NEW CUMBERLAND, PA