Engineering

Capabilities

Product Design Assistance

GW Plastics offers full-service engineering consultation and support from the earliest stages of conceptual product design.

Drawing on years of molding and problem-solving experience, we can often suggest design modifications to enhance moldability and optimize end-product appearance and performance.

GW engineers can also assist with material selection and prototyping, minimizing product development time and maximizing speed to market.

Six Sigma Quality Planning

GW believes in building quality into our products up front where it counts, not after the fact. To help accomplish this, we assign a Quality Engineer to work with a Tooling Engineer and other members of each program team throughout the entire planning, design, mold building and mold testing cycle.

During this period, specifications such as functional testing and gauging systems are developed. Dimensional requirements, aesthetic standards and characteristics which will be monitored using statistical process control techniques are also defined. Once the mold is built, we conduct a process capability study as well as a complete inspection layout to assure that specifications and requirements are on target.

Program Management

GW Plastics excels at producing top-quality molded parts in the shortest possible time at the lowest feasible cost, regardless of technical complexity. Our dedicated program management teams utilize the latest tracking tools to achieve key milestone dates. Exceptional program management competence is one of GW Plastics' key strengths and competitive advantages.

Technology Center

Molds bound for all six GW manufacturing sites go from the Mold making Division to the GW Plastics Technology Center next door. Molds are fine tuned, documented and statistically qualified at the Tech Center, which is also used to research and commercialize new technologies that add to GW's portfolio of core capabilities.

A full range of engineering services is available from the Mold making facility and Technology Center for customers wishing to transfer existing molds. As a result, GW can provide an unsurpassed level of responsiveness and security throughout the mold transfer process.