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SCADA and AMRs: Redefining Production Floor Efficiency
Plastics Business Magazine sat down with Hoffer Plastics Automation Project Manager, Adam VanMeter, following the company’s 2024 MAPP Innovation Award in Automation Manufacturing Solutions: Smart Manufacturing Solutions. VanMeter shared more about the award-winning entry, specifically how the company has successfully integrated cutting-edge technologies, including a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and autonomous mobile…
Read More72 Years of Manufacturing Excellence and Community Impact: VIDEO
https://hofferplastics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hoffer-infographic-animation-final.mp4 Founded in 1953 by Robert “Bob” and Helen Hoffer, Hoffer Plastics is celebrating its 72-year anniversary with an ongoing commitment to driving customer, employee and industry success. A full-service contract manufacturing partner, we produce more than three billion plastic parts annually with a consistent 99.45% on-time delivery record. The company serves customers in markets…
Read MoreHoffer Plastics Hosts Discovery Workshop on Automation for Custom Molders at PTXPO 2025
Learn how technologies like cobots and AMRs are driving efficiency and empowering workers. SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. (March 3, 2025) – Hoffer Plastics, a leading provider of custom injection molding solutions, is excited to announce its speaking engagement at PTXPO 2025, North America’s premier molding and moldmaking event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in…
Read MoreSustainability is an all-around concept for Hoffer Plastics
British Plastics & Rubber sat down with Hoffer Plastics Vice President of Quality Excellence, Jim Stoffel, to discuss how the company is redefining sustainability in manufacturing. As an organization, we’ve grown in our commitment to be an environmental steward over our 72-year history. Our early focus on environmental initiatives like recycling has today grown into…
Read MoreSpouts and Caps: Unwrapping the Magic of Flexible Packaging
Tomte Cake, a company delivering a fresh take on a beloved holiday classic – gingerbread houses, captured the attention of audiences on Shark Tank. As they began to prepare commercializing their product, they identified the need for a proven, reliable partner to provide secure, child-friendly caps and spouts for its flexible frosting pouches. Hoffer Plastics’…
Read MoreRevolutionizing Flexible Spouted Pouch Packaging with Ultrasonic Welding
Packaging World captured the successful collaboration between Effytec, Dukane and Hoffer Plastics in action at PACK EXPO. Editor Pat Reynolds visited the team at the show to spotlight Effytec’s servo-driven GP32 form-fill-seal machine manufacturing sustainable pouches with Dukane’s innovative SynQro™ ultrasonic welding technology and Hoffer Plastic’s proprietary P22 spouts. Made from 100% recyclable mono-materials, these…
Read MoreInnovative Ultrasonic Spouted Pouch Sealing Solution Debuts at PACK EXPO 2024
Collaborative innovation pays off as Dukane, Effytec and Hoffer Plastics launch mono-material solution. SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. (October 15, 2024) – What happens when you bring together a state-of-the-art packaging equipment manufacturer, an innovative plastic welding technologies leader and an award-winning injection molder? A sophisticated new mono-material polyethylene (PE) packaging solution that was created from the…
Read MoreFour Ways Flexible Packaging Can Strengthen a Circular Economy
Sustainability can’t be something we just talk about in the plastics industry. Not when 87% of the public is worried about the impact of plastics on the environment, according to Accenture. That’s why companies across the country are working to transform the traditional model of plastics production, use and disposal. Circularity ensures that every stage…
Read MoreSeal It Right: Selecting the Best Cap and Spout for Your Flexible Packaging Application
A convenient, lighter-weight solution that uses less material and extends shelf life, flexible packaging is flexing its strengths in the marketplace today. This type of packaging, which you mostly recognize in formats like pouches, bags and more, is widely utilized across a variety of industries from food and beverage to personal and home care solutions…
Read MoreVote for Hoffer Plastics: Coolest Thing Made in Illinois
Vote for Hoffer Plastics for Illinois Manufacturers’ Association’s Makers Madness: The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois! Our P-15 Tamper Evident Cap and Spout, used by Big Easy Blends, boasts a 46% reduction in plastic compared to similar products on the market today. Plus, it’s engineered to seamlessly integrate with today’s recyclable materials. Join us in…
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