Closure molder Innovative Molding planning for growth

The company supplies closures in sizes from 28-120 mm. The Arkansas plant opened in February 2008 and has Husky injection presses ranging from 225-400 tons of clamping force, plus lining machines and other secondary equipment.

“We needed this location to make the company more competitive,” said Ron Cook, vice president in charge of the plant.

Innovative Molding is known for its lightweight closures, and for its design that allows its closures to stack together, forming logs to protect each part during shipping and storage.

The tapered stacking allows the top of the lid to support the weakest part, or skirt of the closure. Cook attributes need to expand to the popularity of the closure design.

Cook said the company added 30 jobs when it opened the new plant. He would not provide details on the company's investment in Atkins.

Innovative Molding's corporate headquarters has been in Sebastopol, Calif., for more than 25 years. The company has been growing at a double-digit pace for the past three years, according to Rodger Moody, vice president of sales.

“If we continue the growth we've shown over the last three years, another plant is probable in the next four to five years,” Moody said.

The company's closures are used on food, pharmaceutical and personal-care products.

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