Company Profile
Markets/Industries that take advantage of our expertise:
- Transportation:
automotive (extensive switchout of metal for high impact plastic), bus parts, truck parts, caravan/RV operations improvement, automotive product development
boats and boat part manufacturing, aircraft interior retrofit, project management, processes analysis - Consumer Products:
manufacturing analysis, product improvement, design issues - Custom Thermoforming:
Manufacturing analysis, start-up operations, tooling/machinery evaluation/recommendation, training, project management, prototyping to manufacturing - Exotic Materials:
Training, design, tooling, machinery, manufacturability
Our expertise includes:
- Product development and market development
- Very large parts
- Class A parts, paint replacement, molded-in color, and FRP / SMC / IM / RIM replacement
- Plastic materials, including weatherables, Olefins & Styrenics, ABS, acrylics, ASA, molded composites, nylon, PE, PP, PS, TPE, TPO, UHMW, HDPE, LDPE, etc.
- Tooling design and sourcing for low, medium, and high-production volumes (all types, including wood, epoxy, cast, machine, aluminum, water-cooled, and ceramic tooling)
- Innovative manufacturing processes and technologies
- Selecting and extruding, co-extruding materials
- Reinforcement of thermoformed parts
- Thermoforming processes including twin-sheeting and pressure-forming
- CNC trimming and secondary operations
- Forming machinery - including oven systems, vacuum systems, clamp frames, etc.
Our services include:
- Consulting on plastic thermoforming and extrusion processes, materials, machinery, and productivity for heavy-gauge cut-sheet. Find out more...
- Product Development from concept to manufactured product.
- Market Development to pinpoint or expand markets for your product.
- Prototyping Assistance to proof your concept, in your facility or one that we provide.
- Tooling Design and Sourcing for low, medium and high-production volumes for thermoforming and extrusion.
- Processing Improvements in manufacturing, from extruding the sheet to forming, trimming and getting the product out the door and to the customer.
- Technology Promotion by advancing new techniques and processes for thermoforming and extrusion suppliers and end-users.
- Applications for new materials
- Processing methods for Class A finish and other paint replacement alternatives
- Tooling developments
- Machinery advancements
- Training/Education through technical sessions, both classroom and hands-on. We train in all aspects of thermoforming and extrusion, from basic to advanced, including design, materials, equipment and processing. Training sessions can be conducted in a customer’s plant or at one of several facilities located throughout N. America. Find out more...
PCI has its corporate offices in South Carolina with associates around the country to best serve our customers.