About Southeast Molding

Our tool shop opens

The company-owned tool shop that builds our molds today starts building injection molds, more than a decade before Midwest Molding.

Founded in Plain City, Ohio

Midwest Molding opens as an injection molder and Toshiba Machine service center. Nine presses run in our original building through 2011.

A second building and a merger

We expand into a second building with 26,000 sq ft, and Triparagon combines into Midwest Molding, adding six presses.

One production floor

All presses move into the new building, and the original becomes our warehouse.

More space and our first robot

We add 12,000 sq ft to the second building, and our first 3-axis robot goes onto a 390-ton press. Today more than 40 run on our floor.

500 and 610 tons

Our first 500- and 610-ton presses go into our expanded production space.

Room for bigger presses

We rent a 50,000 sq ft warehouse at 8400 Industrial Parkway and convert 12,000 sq ft of warehouse into production floor with a 10-ton overhead crane for presses up to 950 tons.

950 tons

Our first two 950-ton presses arrive.

Into Tennessee

Southeast Molding, our Tennessee plant, opens in Chattanooga.

Employee-owned, on a cloud ERP

Midwest Molding becomes employee-owned through an ESOP, and we move onto the Plex cloud-based ERP system.

Everything under one roof

We buy the 130,000 sq ft building at 8400 Industrial Parkway, renovate it and move all production and warehousing under one roof. In Tennessee, Southeast Molding moves to its plant in Cleveland.

Real-time press monitoring

Press monitoring connects to our ERP, tracking OEE and equipment in real time.

1,800 tons

Our first 1,800-ton press goes into production.

Still growing

A 200,000 lb resin silo goes in, the overhead crane is extended for more presses, and construction starts on a 32,000 sq ft addition that connects both buildings at 8400 Industrial Parkway and adds warehouse space.