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By Bill Bregar
SENIOR STAFF REPORTER
Published: February 25, 2014 9:46 pm ET
Updated: February 26, 2014 12:24 am ET
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Robert Grace, associate publisher of Plastics News, with Doug, Mark, Scott and Eva Hanaway, and William Carteaux, president of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.
WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. — Tech Molded Plastics Inc., a custom injection molder in Meadville, Pa., has won the Plastics News Processor of the Year Award.
Plastics News presented the award at an evening reception Tuesday, Feb. 25, at its Executive Forum 2014 in Wesley Chapel.
Tech Molded Plastics won the award over other finalists — both custom injection molders — AMA Plastics Inc. of Riverside, Calif., and Protoplast Inc. of Cobourg, Ontario.
Tech Molded Plastics, owned by the Hanaway family, generated sales of $17.7 million in 2013, molding small, precision parts for the automotive, electronics and medical markets. The company employs 120 people, including 90 in the molding area and 30 toolmakers.
Tech Molded Plastics runs 32 injection molding machines, with clamping forces topping out at 440 tons.
Brothers Scott, Mark and Doug Hanaway accepted the award, as well as their mother, Eva. | |
