What D & M Plastics does

D&M Plastics, LLC is a privately held U.S. custom injection molder founded in 1972 and headquartered in a 56,000-square-foot facility on 15 acres in Burlington, Illinois, approximately one hour outside Chicago. The company operates a fleet of more than 30 injection molding presses ranging from 40 to 400 tons in vertical, horizontal, 45-degree, and vertical rotary configurations, supported by a full in-house CNC tool room, an ISO Class 8 (100,000) cleanroom, automated in-press camera quality systems, statistical process control, and the IQMS ERP platform. Capabilities span tight-tolerance molding to ±0.001 inch, single-shot insert molding, two-shot overmolding on a vertical rotary press, high-cavitation tooling up to 96 cavities, and processing of high-performance polymers including PEEK, ULTEM (PEI), LCP, and 30% glass-filled resins. The company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certified (the latter continuously since 2007), was the first ISO-certified U.S. custom injection molder in 1993, and has held GM Platinum Supplier Status for three consecutive years.

D&M generates over 80% of its revenue in the healthcare sector, with secondary exposure to electronics, automotive (including a 10+ year Inteva relationship supporting Tesla cover plates), and defense/military (MIL-SPEC PEEK and ULTEM components). The company cites an external defect rate of 17 PPM versus 1,038 PPM for same-size peers, 98%+ on-time delivery, and over 10 billion medical parts produced across its 50-year history. Commercial model is quote-based custom contract manufacturing with just-in-time delivery; go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by content marketing, trade shows (MD&M Anaheim), industry PR, and an active YouTube/LinkedIn presence. In July 2025, JBT Group (backed by GEI fund and Bpifrance Investissement) completed a strategic acquisition of D&M, which now operates as JBT USA within JBT's five-country manufacturing footprint (France, Hungary, Mexico, Tunisia, USA) and the JBT Hub Up consortium of seven companies supporting end-to-end medical device development.

Name

D & M Plastics

Legal name

D&M Plastics, LLC

Website

https://dmplastics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

D&M Plastics, founded 1972 in Burlington, Illinois, is a privately held custom injection molder producing tight-tolerance (±0.001 inch) medical, electronics, automotive, and defense plastic components in an ISO 13485-certified, ISO Class 8 cleanroom facility, serving enterprise OEMs and acquired by JBT Group in July 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Plastic Injection Molding Services

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Life Sciences Injection Molding (Devices, Diagnostics, Cleanroom) (IMANAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Custom Injection Molding & Contract Manufacturing (Job Shops/CMs) (IMANAFAJ)

Keywords

• Custom injection molding
• Precision plastic parts
• Medical device manufacturing
• Cleanroom molding services
• Insert overmolding services

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom injection molding contract manufacturing: Core revenue stream. Customers submit RFQs and D&M produces custom, tight-tolerance injection molded parts on a per-project/contract basis. Over 80% of revenue comes from the healthcare sector (per JBT acquisition announcement). Services include molding, engineering, and value-added secondary operations priced per project.
2. Tooling/mold build and repair services: Revenue from design, build, repair, and maintenance of customer-owned and D&M-owned molds via the in-house tool room. Some molds have produced over 1.5 billion parts and 16+ million cycles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

D&M Plastics is a custom injection molder producing high-precision, tight-tolerance plastic parts from a single 56,000-square-foot Burlington, Illinois plant using 30+ presses (40–400 tons), an ISO Class 8 cleanroom, and an in-house CNC tool room. Its core offering combines injection molding, engineering (DFM and prototyping), insert/overmolding, cleanroom molding, tool build and repair, and value-added secondary operations as a single-source contract manufacturing service to medical, electronics, automotive, and defense OEM customers.

Product overview

D&M Plastics operates a single integrated custom injection molding platform centered on its 56,000-square-foot Burlington, Illinois facility, with the core offering being Custom Injection Molding Services supported by a tightly coupled set of specialty modules and capabilities: Plastic Overmolding, Insert Molding, Cleanroom Injection Molding (ISO Class 8), Engineering Services (DFM, prototyping, tooling), and Value-Added Services (assembly, pad printing, in-mold decorating/labeling, in-house tool room and mold repair). These core capabilities are applied through four industry-specific service lines — Medical Plastic Injection Molding, Electronics Injection Molding, Automotive Injection Molding, and Defense & Military Injection Molding — drawing on a broad Plastic Injection Molding Materials portfolio (ABS, PMMA, LCP, PC/ABS, PP, PE, PS, nylon, PEEK, ULTEM/PEI, TPE, Acetal and others). Following the 2025 JBT Group acquisition the entity now also operates as JBT USA, extending the platform's healthcare focus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Injection Molding Services Core offering providing high-precision, tight-tolerance custom injection-molded parts across more than 30 presses (40–400 tons) running vertically, horizontally, and at 45 degrees, with tolerances as close as ±0.001 inches and an external defect rate of 17 PPM. Targeted at OEMs in medical, electronics, automotive, and defense sectors.
• Plastic Overmolding Multi-shot injection molding process that injects a second plastic layer over a substrate (plastic part, metal insert, or foam) to create an integrated single part, commonly using TPE, ABS, POM, PEEK, PEI, polycarbonate, and other engineered resins.
• Insert Molding Single-shot process that injects plastic around a metallic component (bushing, fastener, clip, pin) to form a single integrated unit, supporting bushings, clips, contacts, electrical leads, threaded fasteners, rubber and nylon inserts using 40–400 ton presses and molds with 1 to 96 cavities.
• Cleanroom Injection Molding Tightly controlled injection molding performed inside an ISO Class 8 / 100,000 cleanroom for medical, food and beverage, electronics, and pharmaceutical applications requiring high levels of technical cleanliness.
• Engineering Services In-house engineering team supporting design for manufacturability (DFM), concept design, prototyping, tooling recommendations, and low- to high-volume production with more than 100 years of collective molding problem-solving experience.
• Value-Added Services Single-source secondary operations beyond molding, including in-house tool-shop and mold repair, complete assembly, pad printing, in-mold decorating and labeling, and proprietary finishing, supported by an on-site ISO Class cleanroom.
• Medical Plastic Injection Molding FDA-aligned medical device and component injection molding producing more than 10 billion medical parts in 50 years, covering dental instruments, biopsy sets, Luer taper hubs, respiratory components, testing equipment, handheld devices, and vials in an ISO Class 8 cleanroom.
• Electronics Injection Molding Precision injection molded components for electronics, including housings and enclosures (e.g., Omron relay housings), electronic connectors, sensors and meters, telecommunications parts, and semiconductor processing components, leveraging over 300 years of combined molding experience.
• Automotive Injection Molding High-volume precision automotive parts including exterior (fenders, grilles, bumpers, door panels, light housings), interior (lenses, bezels, knobs, handles, sunroof parts), and under-the-hood (oil pans, fan shrouds, HVAC kinematics, radiator end tanks) components with PPAP documentation and tolerances as tight as ±0.001 inches.
• Defense & Military Injection Molding Specialty injection molding for major defense contractors using highly engineered polymers such as PEEK, ULTEM (PEI), polycarbonate, polypropylene, and 30% glass-filled materials, producing engine components (PEEK bushings, seals, thrust washers) and aircraft interior components to MIL-SPEC standards.
• Plastic Injection Molding Materials Range of engineering and commodity resins D&M Plastics molds, including ABS, Acrylic (PMMA), LCP (Liquid-crystal polymer), Glass-filled Nylon, PC ABS, Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene (PE), Polystyrene (PS), as well as specialty materials such as PEEK, ULTEM (PEI), TPE, HDPE, LDPE, HIPS, POM, and Acetal.

Quantifiable outcome

• External defect rate of 17 PPM vs. 1,038 PPM industry average (60x better than industry average for companies of similar size)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / core, core and minor.

• JBT Groupflagship / coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025JBT Group completed a strategic acquisition of D&M Plastics, with D&M now operating as JBT USA. The deal strengthens JBT's position in healthcare and medical device contract manufacturing, expanding the Burlington facility's production space (currently 5,000+ sq m) and adding ISO 7 cleanroom capability to support North American customers. JBT also brings an integrated value chain (mold manufacturing to final assembly) and CDMO relationships. Chip Owen (D&M) and Marti Tremonti (Site Director, JBT USA) joined JBT leadership.
• JBT Hub Up consortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJBT Hub Up is a consortium of seven companies (including JBT) that together offer end-to-end support in developing complex human and animal health devices, from design and prototyping to tooling, manufacturing, assembly, and regulatory/CE marking compliance. 245 engineers and technicians across the consortium.
• Manufacturer's Association of Plastics Processors (MAPP)minorOthersD&M is a member of MAPP, an industry association for plastics processors. MAPP logo is featured in the website footer and on the JBT acquisition post.
• OMRON Global (customer case study / engineering collaboration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOMRON worked with D&M to develop and produce a relay housing from a special LCP, with D&M engineering a 16-cavity tool (despite the material supplier's claim that >8 cavities was impossible) and producing 100M+ parts for OMRON with only 10 defects.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GW Plastics: Specialty precision injection molder focused on medical devices and automotive, with global manufacturing footprint; directly comparable on cleanroom molding, insert/overmolding, and regulated-industry certifications.
• Mack Molding: Custom injection molder and contract manufacturer serving medical, industrial, and consumer with in-house tooling and assembly; comparable business model and target end markets.
• C&J Industries: U.S. contract manufacturer offering custom injection molding, insert/overmolding, and cleanroom assembly for medical and industrial OEMs; closely comparable in services, scale, and end markets.
• Protolabs: Largest U.S. digital custom injection molder offering rapid prototyping and on-demand production; competes head-to-head with D&M on tight-tolerance, low-to-mid volume custom injection molded parts across medical, electronics, and automotive.
• EVCO Plastics: Mid-sized U.S. custom injection molder with multiple facilities serving medical, industrial, and consumer; comparable in vertical market focus, cleanroom molding, and tight-tolerance work.
• Tessy Plastics: Custom injection molder serving medical, industrial, and consumer markets with extensive press capacity and in-house tooling; comparable scale and service portfolio to D&M Plastics.
• Stack Plastics: Precision injection molder specializing in medical, pharmaceutical, and diagnostics with ISO 13485 and cleanroom capabilities; directly comparable on regulated tight-tolerance work.

Broad incumbents

• Xometry: Large digital marketplace for custom manufacturing including injection molding; overlaps with D&M on demand-generation and on-demand molded parts but operates a marketplace rather than focused factory.

Emerging players

• Flexan (Integer): Medical-focused custom manufacturer of silicone and precision molded components for medtech OEMs; competes in the medical CDMO segment where D&M concentrates.

Others

• JBT Group: Acquirer of D&M Plastics and now parent operating as JBT USA; provides global manufacturing footprint and CDMO network, making it both a parent and a structural peer for cross-region medical contract manufacturing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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