New England Plastics - Thermoforming business

What New England Plastics - Thermoforming business does

New England Plastics Corporation is a privately held, family-owned custom plastic manufacturer and fabricator founded in 1946 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, with manufacturing operations in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The company serves industrial customers ranging from small businesses to large corporations across segments including general industrial manufacturing, material handling and containers, electronics manufacturing (via ESD-protective totes), display and recreation, and high-technology/healthcare/military/aerospace applications. Pricing is quote-based with no public disclosure, indicating project-by-project custom manufacturing economics rather than commodity or transactional sales.

The business is vertically integrated across four primary forming technologies: profile extrusion (since 1962), sheet extrusion with in-house resin compounding (since 1970), thermoforming and vacuum forming including heavy-gauge up to 6' x 10' x 4' (since 1970), and rotational molding (since 1985). Core products include Tote Boxes & Trays, Conductive Tote Boxes using proprietary static-dissipative compounds, Tote-Alls, and the registered VALULINER trademark family of FDA-approved polyethylene drum and pail liners in production for over 45 years. Downstream fabrication capabilities include CNC routing, punching, stamping, sonic and induction welding. The company cites ISO 9000 compliance, on-site die modification, finished-product storage, and design assistance from concept through production.

The revenue model is built on one-time custom manufacturing orders with multi-year customer relationships, some spanning more than 50 years, distributed through direct sales via website quote requests and toll-free telephone by facility. Geographic scope is limited to the United States, primarily the Northeast. The company is a private Massachusetts corporation with no disclosed parent, investors, or institutional capital, and operates with 101-250 employees across three production sites.

Name

New England Plastics - Thermoforming business

Legal name

New England Plastics Corporation

Website

https://newenglandplastics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

New England Plastics Corporation is a family-owned, Massachusetts-based custom plastic manufacturer founded in 1946, offering thermoforming, vacuum forming, profile extrusion, and rotational molding with in-house sheet extrusion and compounding for industrial, electronics, material-handling, and aerospace customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Plastic Thermoforming & Manufacturing

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing (32611), Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (32619)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080), Unsupported Plastics Film & Sheet (3081)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Protective Thermoformed Packaging (Dunnage, Trays, Clamshells) (IMANAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Thermoformed Plastics Manufacturing (IMANAOAI)

Keywords

• Custom plastic manufacturing
• Thermoforming services
• Vacuum forming
• Rotational molding
• Profile extrusion

Headquarters

HQ city

New Bedford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Plastic Manufacturing Services: Revenue generated from custom plastic fabrication services including profile extrusion, thermoforming, vacuum forming, and rotational molding. Services include mold and die design, material selection, cost estimates, pre-production samples, on-site die modification, in-plant compounding, quality assurance, and finished product storage. Products are sold as one-time custom manufacturing orders ranging from short runs to high production volumes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

New England Plastics is a custom plastic manufacturer and fabricator producing thermoformed and vacuum-formed material handling products (tote boxes, trays, conductive boxes, drum and pail liners) and offering custom manufacturing services including profile extrusion, thermoforming, vacuum forming, and rotational molding. The company extrudes its own sheet from raw resins, compounds materials on-site, and provides full fabrication including design assistance, prototype development, tooling, welding, CNC routing, punching, and stamping for industrial and commercial customers.

Product overview

New England Plastics is a custom plastic manufacturer and fabricator offering a portfolio of material handling products and manufacturing services. Core products include Tote Boxes & Trays, Conductive Tote Boxes, Tote-Alls, and VALULINER TM Drum and Pail Liners. These are complemented by manufacturing services including Custom Profile Extrusions, Thermo-Forming, Vacuum Forming, and Rotational Molding. The company operates as a single-source manufacturer providing everything from design engineering assistance through finished product fabrication, with in-house sheet extrusion, sonic and induction welding, CNC routing, punching, and stamping capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VALULINER TM: Thermoformed polyethylene drum and pail liners for industrial storage, mixing, and processing of liquids, pastes, and powders. FDA-approved polyethylene with seamless construction.
• Tote-Alls
• Conductive Tote Boxes

Products and services

• Tote Boxes & Trays Custom thermoformed boxes and trays used as material handling containers for industrial and commercial applications, available in smooth and ribbed constructions with nested stacking capabilities.
• Conductive Tote Boxes Static dissipative material handling containers designed for safe storage and transport of printed circuit boards, CMOS, MOS components, memory chips, integrated circuits, and other static-sensitive components, with surface resistivity below 30,000 ohm/sq and volume resistivity below 3,000 ohm-cm.
• Tote-Alls Industrial material handling containers available in standard smooth and ribbed constructions with beveled bottom corners and nesting lugs, offered in grey, royal blue, and fire engine red colors for conveyor, storage, and inventory control use.
• VALULINER Drum and Pail Liners Form-fitted thermoformed plastic drum and pail liners made from FDA-approved polyethylene with seamless construction and heavy contoured bottoms, available in 8 mil to 30 mil+ wall thicknesses with optional electrostatic discharge protective materials.
• Custom Profile Extrusions Custom plastic profile extrusion services including design engineering assistance, CAD prints, production from a full range of thermoplastics (PVC, HIPS, ABS, polyethylene), rigid or flexible coextrusions, in-house compounding, and color matching.
• Thermoforming Services Thermoplastic thermoforming services for components used in high technology, healthcare, military, aerospace, telecommunications, and commercial applications, offering half the mold lead time of injection molding, lower tooling costs, and flexibility for smaller production runs.
• Vacuum Forming Services Vacuum pressure forming services for custom engineered products across food, pharmaceutical, construction, automotive, electronics, and marine industries, with capabilities for parts up to 6' x 10' x 4' in HIPS, ABS, linear polyethylene, and FDA-grade materials.
• Rotational Molding Services Rotocast rotational molding services producing parts with no weld lines or sprue marks, low tooling costs, and minimal waste, supporting linear polyethylenes, HDPE, cross-linkable polyethylene, nylon, polypropylene, and PVC plastisols.

Quantifiable outcome

• Static charge dissipation in less than .02 second when placed on properly grounded work surface
• +4 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Inline Plastics Corp. Manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging including thermoformed containers. Comparable as a custom thermoformer producing material handling and consumer packaging products.
• Placon Corporation: Custom thermoformer producing rigid plastic packaging and material handling containers. Directly comparable as a US-based custom thermoformer serving industrial and consumer markets with similar product categories including trays and containers.
• Dordan Manufacturing Company: Custom thermoforming manufacturer specializing in packaging and engineered plastic components. Comparable in scale and product mix, serving healthcare, electronics, and consumer goods with thermoformed solutions.
• Wilbert Plastic Services: Thermoforming specialist offering custom and stock rigid plastic packaging. Comparable as a US thermoformer serving industrial customers with material handling and protective packaging products.
• Spencer Industries: Custom plastic thermoformer serving medical, industrial, and consumer markets. Comparable in custom thermoforming services and customer segment overlap.
• Profile Plastics Inc: Custom plastic profile extrusion and thermoforming manufacturer. Comparable as a multi-technology custom plastics manufacturer serving industrial customers with similar proprietary and custom products.
• Tray-Pak Corporation: Custom thermoformer specializing in food, retail, and industrial packaging. Directly comparable thermoforming capabilities and customer base overlap in material handling and protective packaging.

Broad incumbents

• Pactiv Evergreen: Large-scale manufacturer of food and beverage packaging including thermoformed products. Comparable product category at much larger scale; serves as a broad incumbent in thermoformed packaging markets.
• Sealed Air Corporation: Global packaging company with protective packaging and food packaging divisions. Broad incumbent offering thermoformed and other plastic packaging solutions to industrial and commercial customers.
• Genpak: Established thermoformed plastic packaging manufacturer with broad food service and industrial product lines. Larger incumbent in similar thermoformed container and packaging categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-england-plastics-corp

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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