Today we celebrated MFG Day 2018 by having Mount Pleasant Middle School science class students come out to tour our facility here, five groups in total. The kids got to learn a little about us and our molding processes. They learned a bit of our history and about our products and who we service. We …
Meet Lomont Molding’s October EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, Chad Hendricks. Chad works in Receiving here at Lomont and has been in his role for twenty-one years. In his role he is responsible for receiving all the various materials that we use for production. In his role efficiency and accuracy are major factors as material will …
You might already know that carbon fiber is a material often used for higher end bike frames. It is a very light material that has vast potential to be shaped and made aerodynamically efficient. It’s also important to note that most bike frames need to be able to be flexible enough to absorb energy so that …
DID YOU KNOW?? Plastic injection molding presses are classified or rated based on tonnage, or more specifically the clamping pressure or force. Here at Lomont Molding, we have a 2,700 ton press. The average elephant weighs around 6 tons, meaning it would take 450 elephants to produce the same amount of molding pressure that our …
Here at Lomont Molding LLC we’re always looking for new ways to drive innovation throughout our processes. Many of the ways we are doing this fall in line of what is called Industry 4.0. We intend to continue pushing forward with this philosophy, so we thought it might be a good time to highlight what …
Meet Lomont Molding’s August EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, Kimberly Boyer Kim works in Accounting here at Lomont and has been here for over a year. In her role she is responsible for working with accounts payable/receivable, attendance, and many other accounting functions. In the past she worked at another plastics manufacturer as a machine operator. …
Check out Lomont Molding LLC’s newest addition to our line of equipment used to reduce our material waste. Maximizing our material efficiency is an important component of Lomont’s commitment to environmental sustainability. Expanding these capabilities is also key in our abilities to reduce material cost for our customers. This new equipment is a Vecoplan VAZ …
Lomont Molding LLC is pleased to welcome Doug Bass as its new Operations Manager. Doug is responsible for all aspects of manufacturing operations. Additionally, he will be directing our continuous improvement & optimization processes at Lomont’s Mt Pleasant facility. Doug describes himself as well traveled. He served fourteen years in the United States Air Force. …
Construction of bio-based ‘Noah’ car proves the future of plastics may contain renewable solutions Students from the Technical University of Eindhoven unveiled ‘Noah’, the world’s first car with structural parts made completely from natural and bio-based materials. No metal or traditional plastics were used in the car chassis and bodywork, making Noah an ultra-light, …
In keeping with our commitment towards expanding our large tonnage injection processes – we have completed installation of our new Haitian Jupiter II 2700 ton press at R&D Molders, our Georgetown, TX location. This marks our largest press for injection molding to date. Its addition follows our new 1500 ton press that was installed in …
