Plastic Products Company, Inc.

History :

The history of Plastic Products goes back to the “adolescent” period of injection molding technology. Founder Willard “Smitty” Smith was a tool maker at Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M) in St Paul when he decided to venture out and form his own tool and die shop in Lindstrom, MN in 1957. He named it Smith Metal Products. To better serve his key customer, 3M, an injection molding press along with contract assembly of molded parts was added in 1962, thus giving birth to Plastic Products Company, Inc. (PPC). Several new customers and presses were added into the following decade.

Smitty died suddenly in 1975, and the company’s future was in peril. His wife, Marlene, then a bookkeeper at PPC, was tasked with taking over the struggling business. While apprehensive about taking on such a big responsibility, Marlene’s grit and determination helped her to successfully lead and grow the company to be the industry leader that it is today. A mere two years after she took over, the company moved into a much larger facility in Lindstrom to expand its production and distribution areas. All equipment was moved from the original site to the new location, which today continues to operate and house the corporate offices.

Our Mission :

You can have confidence in our ability to handle projects of all sizes and complexity.

• To provide our customers with a full range of value-added products and services that exceed their expectations.
• To develop and retain dedicated, empowered employees who share in our success
• To continuously improve
• To achieve profitable growth over the long term

Our Vision :

To be a premier custom injection molder and contract manufacturer.

Our Core Values :

• Customer focus
• Innovative design, manufacturing and service
• Teamwork, respect, fairness, honesty, openness, consistency and compassion for our customers, employees, suppliers, communities and environment
• Industry leadership
• Intelligent risk taking