Molder's Philosophy of'Giving Back' Helps Attract New Employees

摘要

Running a molding business these days may mean more than machines and pellets,revenues and expenses.In an era when plastics are under daily attack in the press and in legislatures,and when scarcity of experienced personnel is a chronic frustra-tion,processors might do well to put community relations high on their list of priorities.A strong proponent of that philosophy is R&D Plastics,owned and run by CEO Rod Roth(son of Merrill Roth,founder of Grant & Roth Plastics)and Sal Gonzalez,v.p.of operations.Located in Hillsboro,Ore.,R&D Plastics is a medium-sized custom injection molder serving domestic and foreign manufacturers in medical,electronics,trans-portation,recreation,wastewater treatment,and defense industries.Started in 1996(after the sale of Grant & Roth to SPM)and approaching $8 million in annual revenues,the business operates out of a 48,000 ft2 plant with 60 employees and 18 presses from 40 to 720 tons.