PRECISION FORMED PLASTICS INC

Industrial > Plastic, Rubber and Foam

At 85, Elwyn still comes by the plant once a week to make sure we’re doing good work. Elwyn started his career as an equipment engineer with Dixie Cup and helped develop the very first plastic cup manufacturing line in the U.S. That involved months of work with Brown Equipment Group, the largest maker of plastic thermoform equipment in the U.S. Once those four plastic cup lines were installed and running, Brown stole Elwyn to be VP of Research & Market Development. For ten years he travelled the U.S. for Brown until he decided to open his own thermoforming plant in Dallas, Texas in 1974. Despite great customers like Mary Kay and Texas Instruments, Elwyn will tell you the first 15 years in business were a nightmare. Still, he beat the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics odds that 70% of businesses fail by their 10th year. “I never got an ulcer but I lost all my hair; the last ten years were great!” recounts Elwyn. Son Jeff, who started up his own thermoform molding company serving short run needs, bought his dad’s company in 1998. In succeeding years, the company quadrupled in size, now coming up on 50 years in business.

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