Technology
Advancing a Circular Future Through Flexible Packaging
For decades, plastics followed a predictable path from production to landfill. Today, forward-thinking companies are charting a different course – one where circularity guides the process. By designing products for durability, repairability and recyclability, businesses are keeping materials in use longer and reducing waste.
Read MoreMicromolding is Reshaping the Future of MedTech
Medical Design Briefs sat down with Hoffer Plastics director of engineering, Brian Beringer, to discuss the critical role micromolding plays in medical device manufacturing. As Beringer highlights, success requires more than just precision engineering. It demands a strategic, end-to-end approach – from initial design and prototyping through tooling and full-scale production.
Read MoreThree Pillars of a Successful Mold Transfer
A mold transfer is more than moving steel. It’s a strategic decision built on trust and risk management that protects product quality, supply chain stability and brand reputation. Beyond the tool itself, you’re relying on a supplier to deliver consistent quality, meet deadlines and safeguard your business from costly risks. Done right, a tooling program…
Read MoreSecrets of a Sustainable Business: Five Lessons from a Third-Generation Family Company
Explore 5 lessons learned over 70 years from the third generation of Hoffer Plastics family leadership. Discover key insights into laying the foundation for sustained business growth.
Read MoreHoffer Plastics’ Trust-T-Lok spout, part of EnteraLoc’s enternal feeding pouch, receives four gold awards in packaging excellence, sustainability, technical innovation, and expanding the use of flexible packaging, from Flexible Packaging Association.
The Highest Achievement Award is evaluated by the judges as possessing overall packaging excellence, significant attributes in all award categories, and contributing most to the advancement of the industry. The winner this year was the EnteraLoc™ enteral device. Designed for tube-fed patients, the EnteraLoc is an innovative 510(k) FDA-approved enteral device—a flexible spouted pouch with…
Read MoreNational Consumer Protection Week
In comes March – and with it, March Madness, Daylight Savings Time, St. Patrick’s Day and the start of Spring. Within all this excitement humbly lies National Consumer Protection Week. This month, we we focus on the importance of continuous innovation to keep products, and people, safe. Spotlight on Hoffer Plastics: High Speed Lining for Signature Drop-Lok™ Closures…
Read MoreIndependence Defined: In Celebration of Small Business
The month of July is all about celebrating American independence. As we enjoy food, fireworks and concerts typically brought to us by corporations, let’s also celebrate the small, independent businesses that many experts consider to be the true backbone of the U.S. economy. Small Businesses, Big Impact There are nearly 30 million small businesses in the U.S., compared…
Read MoreTaming the “Lions” —A Simple Approach to Managing Risk
Make Risk Management part of annual and long term planning Select a cross functional team to: Identify Risks Try “What if” scenario analyses or “War games” sessions Great fun and great for team building Analyze and quantify risks Simple spreadsheet: list, number, describe and quantify the impact of the risk Develop action plans for the most…
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