While at UW-Madison, Don Evans opens Evans Plastics and buys first molding press.
Don Evans partners with his brother-in-law to form Evans-Zeier Plastics; doors open with four molding presses and tool shop to build molds.
Evans-Zeier Plastics produces first plastic refrigerator components (knobs and corners). Also produced are thermoformed door liners.
Ray-o-vac contracts with Evans-Zeier plastics to build a 300-cavity mold for an AA battery seal designed to provide a watertight seal and prevent electrical leakage from batteries.
After selling his share of the business to his brother in law, Don and his wife, Joan, open Evco Plastics, and build 1,200 square-foot facility in DeForest, WI.
Evco Plastics opens a mold building and manufacturing plant in Oshkosh, WI.
Dale Evans, one of Don and Joan's three sons employed by Evco, becomes the COO and over takes the day-to-day operations.
To better serve one of its largest customers, EVCO builds a 34,000 square-foot manufacturing and mold building plant in Calhoun, GA.
EVCO opens new facility in DeForest, WI to handle their new Office Products Division.
EVCO AMP (Automated Molding Plant) is built in DeForest, WI.
EVCO enters into a joint venture agreement in Shenzhen, China and operates under the name NE Mould with low cost design and molding building capabilities.
Dale Evans is named president of EVCO.
Gas-assist injection molding and in-mold decorating are added to EVCO's unsurpassed manufacturing technologies.
EVCO sells the Office Products Division and builds EVCO MED, a 34,000 square-foot Class 100,000 Clean Room in DeForest, WI.
EVCO Plastics purchases Nevada Tool and Die, a Reno-based manufacturing and mold building plant that specializes in molding appliance parts and cosmetic packaging.
EVCO Shenzhen opens in China for mold sampling, capability studies and production runs.
EVCO Plastics de Mexico is opened in Monterrey, Mexico specializing in contract manufacturing.
EVCO Plastics builds a new plant that doubles its size in Oshkosh, WI. EVCO purchases a brand new 3,300-ton press for large part manufacture.
EVCO takes on a new market with its QLT (Quick Lead Time) technologies. In some instances, EVCO is capable of a 48-hour turn around from design to tooling to production.
Plastics News ranks EVCO in the Top 100 Injection Molders.
EVCO Shenzhen expands to a larger plant in China (73,000 square feet).
In August 2005, EVCO opens a second location in Monterrey, Mexico. The 45,000 square-foot facility includes 14 presses up to 220 ton, vacuum metalizing, and painting.
In October, 2007, EVCO Plastics de Mexico opens a third facility located in Juarez, Mexico. The new 43,000 square-foot building includes 1000-3000 ton presses with room for expansion.
While at UW-Madison, Don Evans opens Evans Plastics and buys first molding press.
Don Evans partners with his brother-in-law to form Evans-Zeier Plastics; doors open with four molding presses and tool shop to build molds.
Ray-o-vac contracts with Evans-Zeier plastics to build a 300-cavity mold for an AA battery seal designed to provide a watertight seal and prevent electrical leakage from batteries.
After selling his share of the business to his brother in law, Don and his wife, Joan, open Evco Plastics, and build 1,200 square-foot facility in DeForest, WI.
Evco Plastics opens a mold building and manufacturing plant in Oshkosh, WI.
Dale Evans, one of Don and Joan's three sons employed by Evco, becomes the COO and over takes the day-to-day operations.
To better serve one of its largest customers, EVCO builds a 34,000 square-foot manufacturing and mold building plant in Calhoun, GA.
EVCO opens new facility in DeForest, WI to handle their new Office Products Division.
EVCO AMP (Automated Molding Plant) is built in DeForest, WI.
Dale Evans is named president of EVCO.
EVCO sells the Office Products Division and builds EVCO MED, a 34,000 square-foot Class 100,000 Clean Room in DeForest, WI.
EVCO Plastics purchases Nevada Tool and Die, a Reno-based manufacturing and mold building plant that specializes in molding appliance parts and cosmetic packaging.
EVCO Shenzhen opens in China for mold sampling, capability studies and production runs.
EVCO Plastics de Mexico is opened in Monterrey, Mexico specializing in contract manufacturing.
EVCO Plastics builds a new plant that doubles its size in Oshkosh, WI. EVCO purchases a brand new 3,300-ton press for large part manufacture.
EVCO Shenzhen expands to a larger plant in China (73,000 square feet).
In August 2005, EVCO opens a second location in Monterrey, Mexico. The 45,000 square-foot facility includes 14 presses up to 220 ton, vacuum metalizing, and painting.
In October, 2007, EVCO Plastics de Mexico opens a third facility located in Juarez, Mexico. The new 43,000 square-foot building includes 1000-3000 ton presses with room for expansion.
