Plastics Encounter

PE at ANTEC 2008

WISCONSIN PLASTICS

Wisconsin Plastic Factsˆ

•	Plastics is the fourth largest industry in Wisconsin and one of the fastest growing in the state.
•	The industry employs over 46,000 people with shipments totaling $11 billion.
•	Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin are home to the highest concentration of plastics firms with over 200 manufacturing facilities.
•	Wisconsin is strategically located within a 4-hour drive of the manufacturing centers in Chicago, Western Michigan and Northern Indiana.
•	Wisconsin’s geography gives you access to 38% of all plastics manufacturing activity within a day’s truck travel.

ˆ Statistics courtesy of Wisconsin Plastics Business Directory

Wisconsin’s Top Plastics Companies*

Thermoformers

Placon Corp. – Madison, WI

Prent Corp. – Janesville, WI

Penda Corp. – Portage, WI

Plastic Ingenuity – Cross Plains, WI

Creative Forming Inc. – Ripon, WI

Injection Molders

Phillips Plastics Corp. – Hudson, WI

Bemis Manufacturing Co. – Sheboygan Falls, WI

Miniature Precision Components – Walworth, WI

Flambeau Inc. – Baraboo, WI

Evco Plastics – DeForest, WI

Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extruders

Freedom Plastics Inc. – Janesville, WI

Weather Shield Mfg. – Medford, WI

Miniature Precision Components – Walworth, WI

Gossen Corp. – Milwaukee, WI

Teel Plastics Inc. – Baraboo, WI

Rotational Molders

Dutchland Plastics Corp. – Oostburg, WI

Plasticraft Corp. – Darien, WI

Kracor Inc. – Milwaukee, WI

Seljan Tool Co Inc. – Lake Mills, WI

Advanced Polymer Technology Inc. – Madison, WI

*Top 5 Wisconsin companies in each category, based on sales, as ranked by Plastics News.


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