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Hoffer Plastics is Manufacturing a Change in Perception
Manufacturing presents a great career opportunity for post-high school men and women, but how to learn more and overcome its myths and misperceptions? Hoffer Plastics saw the need and decided to break the mold. Literally. The South Elgin-based custom injection molder launched its Break the Mold initiative last year with the plan to prove to…
Read MoreHoffer Plastics Schools Educators on Careers in Manufacturing
The custom injection molder holds open house for school counselors to raise awareness of career opportunities for young people in plastics processing and manufacturing. Manufacturing today typically offers well-compensated, high-tech jobs that can lead to fulfilling careers. Unfortunately, that’s news to many educators and young people. Custom injection molder Hoffer Plastics Corp. is doing its…
Read MoreBoys & Girls Club South Elgin Breaks Ground, Begins Construction
The Boys & Girls Club of South Elgin announced the commencement of the construction of its new 20,000 square foot Clubhouse at the village’s former public works building (735 Martin Drive in South Elgin). Slated to open later this year, the state-of-the -art facility will provide daily education, meals, and activities intended to 250+ K-8…
Read MoreHoffer Plastics Stands Tall with Veteran Community
By Ron Shinn, editor Plastics Machinery Magazine. The way the Illinois-based injection molder makes a point of hiring veterans, and the way its employees rallied to support one of their own during his deployment shows how deeply that commitment is held. The South Elgin, Ill., company recently welcomed home Army Sergeant Keith Kuhns after an…
Read MoreABC7 News: Hoffer Plastics Now Hiring
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Read MoreHoffer Plastics’ Philosophy Puts People over Profits
Amid the pandemic in an industry hit hard by layoffs and cutbacks, one manufacturer says ‘family was our advantage in these last six months.’ Like many companies facing massive disruption as COVID-19 spreads across the world, Hoffer Plastics Corp. had to make hard decisions. Among the tough choices was fulfilling its customers’ needs while simultaneously…
Read MoreHoffer Plastics Hiring Technicians
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Read MoreHoffer Plastics Now MedAccred Certified Injection Molder
SOUTH ELGIN, IL — Hoffer Plastics announced today that the company has received the MedAccred certification, a medical device industry-managed supply-chain oversight program of the Performance Review Institute. This prestigious designation, which identifies and verifies compliance to critical manufacturing process requirements, puts Hoffer in a trusted group of injection molders that have been endorsed to…
Read MoreCoronavirus is Slowing Production in China
Alex Hoffer is quoted extensively in this Chicago Tribune article dated 2/28/20. To read the complete article, click here. AllCell Technologies employee Jerlene Jackson uses a heat gun to wrap rechargeable battery cells. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune) . . . . In South Elgin at Hoffer Plastics, the family owned custom injection molding…
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