HISTORY

Added 30,000 square feet of additional manufacturing and warehouse space to EVCO Plastics facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Purchased a new Kitamura machining center for EVCO Plastics facility in DeForest, Wisconsin, to expand capabilities for building large plastic injection molds in-house

Doubled the size of EVCO Plastics facility in Calhoun, Georgia, to 70,000 square feet and added a new coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) to meet the needs of increased production

Opened third facility in Mexico, located in Juarez – a new 67,000-square-foot facility with 16 injection molding machines up to 3,000 ton and room for expansion

Opened second facility in Monterrey, Mexico, with 14 plastic injection molding machines up to 220 ton, 45,000 square feet, vacuum metalizing and painting

EVCO Plastics expanded their facility in Shenzhen, China, to 73,000 square feet

With continued growth, EVCO Plastics builds a new facility to double its size in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and adds a new 3,300-ton plastic injection molding machine for large part molding

EVCO Plastics enters new markets with its QLT (Quick Lead Time) technologies, in some instances capable of 48-hour turnaround from design to tooling to production

Plastics News ranks EVCO Plastics in their list of Top 100 Plastic Injection Molders

EVCO Plastics de Mexico is opened in Monterrey, Mexico, specializing in contract manufacturing

EVCO Plastics opens facility in Shenzhen, China, for mold sampling, capability studies and production runs

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 Plastics sells the Office Products Division and builds EVCO MED (Medical & Electronic Devices), a 34,000-square-foot Class 100,000 clean room molding facility in DeForest, Wisconsin

Dale Evans is named president of EVCO Plastics

Gas-assist injection molding and in-mold decorating are added to EVCO Plastics manufacturing technologies

EVCO Plastics AMP (Automated Molding Plant) is built in DeForest, Wisconsin

EVCO Plastics enters into a joint venture agreement in Shenzhen, China, operating under the name NE Mould, with low-cost design and mold building capabilities

EVCO Plastics opens a new facility in DeForest, Wisconsin, to handle their new Office Products Division

To better serve one of its largest customers, EVCO Plastics builds a 34,000-square-foot plastic injection molding manufacturing and mold building facility in Calhoun, Georgia

Dale Evans, one of Don and Joan’s three sons employed by EVCO Plastics, becomes COO and over takes the day-to-day operations

EVCO Plastics opens a mold building and plastic injection molding facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin

Ray-O-Vac contracts with Evans-Zeier plastics to build a 300-cavity mold for a AA battery seal designed to provide a watertight seal and prevent electrical leakage from batteries.

Don Evans partners with his brother-in-law to form Evans-Zeier Plastics, opening the doors with four plastic injection molding machines and a tool shop to build molds

Evans-Zeier Plastics produces first plastic refrigerator components (knobs and corners) and thermoformed door liners

While at UW-Madison, Don Evans opens Evans Plastics and buys first plastic injection molding machine