Injection Molding

All United States-based KI employees have an ownership stake in the company. Over the last 12 years, the employee stock ownership plan staff have received "12 percent allocations of gross wages into their retirement plan."

"Tesco has a standing policy of putting family first. … It is our general policy that an employee should not be punished for doing what is needed to take care of their family or themselves," the company said in its Best Places to Work survey.

A new injection molder, 618 Plastics, is starting business in Salem, Ill., with a new 35,000-square-foot facility currently under construction.

Private equity firm Atlas Holdings has united Rehau Automotive and SRG Global Inc. into RESRG Automotive, a manufacturer with sales that could top $1 billion in North America.

Eric Van Namen is the new president of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based injection molder Cascade Engineering Inc., replacing Greg Bylsma, who is retiring after three years.

Injection molder Autronic Plastics Inc. has invested $4 million to expand its facility in Central Islip, N.Y., on Long Island, creating 21 new jobs in the area.

Injection molder Hy-Ten Plastics Inc. has gone back to the future by offering micromolding work.