Why Is It Important to Have an ISO 13485:2016 Certification as an Injection Molder?
BlogsService providers can produce high-volume injection molded parts for a range of industries and applications. Quality assurance teams use state-of-the-art metrology equipment to ensure precision and accuracy with individual and bulk injection-molded parts. Manufacturers are responsible for producing quality products that meet all applicable industry standards. Regular third-party audits ensure that even the most complex […]
Leaning Into Lean: Guide to Lean Principles in Manufacturing
BlogsLean principles in manufacturing are guidelines to assist manufacturers in reducing waste and streamlining production efficiency. D&M Plastics is an early adopter of lean principles, which has allowed us to transform our organizational culture and operations. As a result, we are an industry leader in sustainable and efficient manufacturing approaches. What Are Lean Principles? Originating […]
The Essential Role of Injection Molding for Medical Plastic Parts
BlogsPlastic injection molding in the medical industry has become standard practice for creating high-quality, tight tolerance, precision parts. The process is highly controlled and repeatable, offering many advantages and making it highly effective for manufacturing. Injection Molding in the Medical Industry The process of plastic injection molding offers a cost-effective and efficient technique for producing […]
The Importance of Design for Manufacturability (DFM) for Mold & Tooling Design
BlogsInjection molding design for manufacturability (DFM) processes are necessary to guide product design, mold design, and tooling creation with ease of manufacturing in mind. Properly done, this can enhance the efficiency of production and quality of end-products while also lowering costs. At D&M Plastics, our engineering team has years of experience optimizing part designs for […]
Why Is Uniform Wall Thickness for Injection Molded Parts Important?
BlogsOne of the most important factors in ensuring the quality of injection molded parts is uniform wall thickness. Having uniform injection molding wall thickness is crucial because it helps achieve a better structural part, yielding an aesthetic appearance. Parts with varying wall thicknesses can look distorted or incomplete, while uniformed wall thickness gives the part […]
Why You Should Onshore Your Injection Molding Operations
BlogsOnshoring refers to the process of setting up production operations within domestic national borders. Up until the 1980s, most manufacturing companies kept their operations at home; however, the years of globalization led many companies to outsource their production overseas in an effort to lower labor, material, and transportation costs. While offshoring once seemed like the […]
Helpful Tips For Coloring Injection Molded Parts
BlogsMany virgin plastic resins are natural, transparent, or in a milky-white state. Sometimes, a plastic parts’ aesthetics and final appearance play a significant role in its application and require coloring. Painting plastics is expensive, may not last, or may not achieve the customer’s desired aesthetic. For those reasons, injection-molded plastic parts typically use colorants to […]
Shoring Up Supply Chain Demand by Reshoring
BlogsAlthough reshoring has been a hot topic over the last several years, the conversations have become even more serious as a result of the pandemic, and the significant supply chain disruptions caused by Covid that have occurred in the past two years. Lockdowns, skyrocketing freight costs, port congestion and long lead times have caused major […]
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D&M Celebrates 2000 Days Accident-Free
BlogsD&M Plastics announces that on Monday we set a new safety record celebrating 2,000 consecutive days without a lost time accident. In an industry where safety and quality are tightly linked, D&M Plastics is a leader, specializing in tight-tolerance, highly engineered, precision parts for the medical, electronic, defense, aerospace, and automotive industries. We’re very proud […]
The Plastic Injection Molding Process
BlogsPlastic injection molding is a popular process that produces identical plastic parts and goods. A mold is created and then filled with a molten plastic material to take on the design of the product once it hardens. This process is fast, precise, and cost-effective, especially for high-volume orders. D&M Plastics has nearly 50 years of […]
Best Practices for Plastic Injection Molding Design
BlogsInjection molding is a manufacturing process used for mass production of plastic parts and components. A press injects molten plastic resins into carefully engineered mold cavities under high pressure to yield large volumes of consistent pieces. The process is highly versatile as molds and materials can be adapted to meet specifications for unique applications across many […]
Focused on Solutions
BlogsD&M Plastics has launched a new video spotlighting its solutions-based, problem-solving capabilities. The 2-minute video highlights a customer case study of a medical parts supplier who approached D&M with a challenging manufacturing problem for a mold they’d had problems with for several years. The customer had been quoted for a costly repair, and even told […]
What is Plastic Injection Molding?
BlogsD&M Plastics has been an industry leader in injection molding for nearly 50 years. Driven by a dedication to quality, our team is ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system and ISO 13485:2016 certified quality management system certified. Our 56,000-square-foot facility houses 30 presses, a cleanroom, and a tool room, leaving us well-prepared to serve as your […]
Avoiding Plastic Injection Molding Defects
BlogsD&M Plastics utilizes the latest plastic injection molding technology to create high quality parts for a diverse range of industries. Typically used for mass production, plastic injection molding is a process which allows manufacturers to create immensely high volumes of the same part within tight tolerances. While this process has numerous advantages, errors in the plastic […]
Most Common Materials for Plastic Injection Molding
BlogsAt D&M Plastics, we specialize in performing high-volume injection molding using state-of-the-art equipment and technology to create tight-tolerance precision parts down to 0.001 inches. Our capabilities include: Clean Room Injection Molding Tight Tolerance Molding In-Mold Labeling Insert Molding We also offer many value-added and secondary services, full service support, and real-time production analysis. Common Materials […]
Martin Tremonti Joins D&M as New Chief Operating Officer
BlogsD&M Plastics, an industry leader in custom injection molding for over 40 years, is pleased to welcome Martin “Marti” Tremonti as Chief Operating Officer. Tremonti brings nearly three decades of experience in manufacturing operations, both nationally and internationally. Marti is an excellent addition to the D&M team, and has a proven track record of success […]
Partners in Innovation
Blogs2020 hasn’t been “business as usual” for anyone. Find out how D&M was able to pivot to provide our customer with the support they needed to meet increased demands on a tight timeline in this video.
What Sets Us Apart
BlogsWhen I bought D&M Plastics in May 2013, I knew I was buying an injection molding company with a relentless focus on quality. As the story goes, in 1993, D&M became the first ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system custom injection molder in the United States. Everything we do emanates from a quality process mentality. […]
Doing our part during a pandemic.
BlogsSince D&M was founded in 1972, we’ve been providing tight-tolerance precision parts for the medical and other industries, including defense and automotive. In fact, we were the first U.S. custom injection molder to receive ISO-certification in 1993. Today, as the uncertainty of COVID-19 grips the world, the supply chains for our nation’s healthcare industry and […]
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Quality is No Accident for D&M
BlogsAt D&M, we take safety very seriously. In fact, it’s something we have been focused on since I bought the company roughly seven years ago. For us, the safety of our people is absolutely the most important thing. That’s probably why on January 31, 2020, D&M celebrated 1,460 accident-free days. That’s a total of four […]
Plastic Injection Molding Guide
BlogsPlastic injection molding is a fast, accurate, and cost-effective method of manufacturing plastic parts. During the process, manufacturers melt plastic resin and inject the liquefied resin under pressure into molds. When the plastic cools, it is ejected from the mold as a seamless plastic piece. Injection molding can create plastic parts of varying size and […]
At D&M, we’re molding the 21st Century.
BlogsTo us, molding the 21st Century is a responsibility we take very seriously. Not only are we molding parts that will go into future technology in a variety of life-changing industries, but we’re also helping to shape young minds as we help the next generation learn about the importance of manufacturing. It’s why we’ve made […]
Welcome to the D&M Blog
BlogsIf you’re here, you’ve already experienced some of what makes our new website better for our customers. With a new design and an expanded user experience – including this blog — we hope you’ll find all the bells and whistles that help to set D&M Plastics apart from our competition. The new site will be […]