by lincoln | Apr 23, 2013
Call it the supply chain, call it the extended enterprise. At Geist Plastics, we refer to the role our suppliers play in assisting with the manufacturing and sale of plastic extrusion as integral to our customers’ success. Like most companies, we purchase varying...
by lincoln | Feb 18, 2013
We have customers who treat us like a partner. Contributor – Brian Havlat, Production Manager In March Brian celebrates his two-year anniversary with Geist Plastics. His primary responsibility is handling our agriculture customers. It all starts with a guy in the...
by lincoln | Jan 21, 2013
To ensure successful extrusion manufacturing, every parameter must be identified, controlled, and monitored. Some of the variables are based on equipment, others on operating conditions. The variables range from the quality of the die and materials to temperatures and...
by lincoln | Oct 10, 2012
Several years ago while I was division president of Apex Plastics, our blow molding manufacturing division, we wrestled with a production problem for a few weeks. We had a fairly new technician who struggled with unacceptable variations in the wall thickness of a...