Evan Gilham Named President of Productive Plastics
Productive Plastics has embarked on a transition of leadership to the 3rd generation of Gilham family ownership as Evan Gilham assumed his new role as President in September of this year.
This marks the beginning of an incremental and smooth transfer of leadership and ownership of the company over the next 12-18 months. Evan Gilham comments, “During this transition, we are focused on maintaining trusted partnerships with our customers.” Evan adds, “We are committed to a future of continued innovation and expanded manufacturing services.”
The team at Productive Plastics hopes you will join us in congratulating Evan on his new role and wishing Hal good luck in his future endeavors.
Have a safe and happy holiday season!
Left to right – Evan Gilham (President) and Hal Gilham (CEO)
Manufacturing the Team to Provide you with the Best Plastic Thermoforming Solutions
I am pleased to announce the addition of Cody Brewer as our Business Development Manager to the team at Productive Plastics.
Cody has over 7 years of experience in the process engineering and sales industry, with the greater part of his career invested in manufacturing process improvements and supporting production and engineering operations. His diverse experience in disciplines paramount to our industry enable Cody to provide insight and guidance to customers during the entire development process; from product design to finished components in your hands.
Cody will be working closely with myself and the rest of the Productive Plastics team to bring you the highest level of service, quality manufacturing, product development, and rapid solutions for the production of custom plastic thermoformed components and assemblies.
I invite you to connect with Cody to discuss how Productive Plastics can contribute to your project’s success.
Regards, John Zerillo VP Sales | Productive Plastics
Cody Brewer Business Development Manager Productive Plastics 103 West Park Dr Mt Laurel NJ, 08054 Cell: 1-(609)-280-0040 Office: 1-(856)-778-4300 Ext. 202 E-Mail:CBrewer@Productivecompanies.com
Adding more value to value added – Introducing Productive Industrial Finishing
At Productive Plastics, our goal is to provide our customers not only with the highest levels of quality, value, and manufacturing expertise, but to create a synergistic company environment capable of providing and controlling all facets of our value added services for you, our customer.
As a result of this effort, we are proud to welcome our newest addition to the Productive Plastics family, Productive Industrial Finishing.
Productive Industrial Finishing (PIF), previously XYZ Finishing, is a highly experienced industrial powder coating and spray painting operation that joined our team earlier this year. Having recently completed a major facility enhancement project and lean manufacturing process implementation, PIF is now an integral part of our value added and turnkey solutions at Productive Plastics.
Productive Industrial Finishing company facts:
Our unique strengths are providing over 25 years of:
High quality powder and spray finishes
Extremely fast turnaround times
Competitive pricing
Processes
Industrial Powder Coating
Industrial Spray Painting
All processes utilize lean manufacturing techniques and turnaround times average less than 72 hours
Material Advantages
Environmentally friendly (PIF utilizes high solids and water-based products in our product finishing applications)
Productive Industrial Finishing has application certifications from the following material manufactures:
Valspar
Sherwin-Williams
Tiger Drylac
TCI Powder Coating
Prizm
PIF can also meet the requirements for most military specifications
Integrating Productive Industrial Finishing into the Productive Plastics family has allowed PPI to control the cost, delivery, and quality of all thermoformed enclosures requiring secondary painting and finishing.
Our customers have already begun to enjoy the benefits of combining PIF’s finishing expertise with PPI’s lean manufacturing techniques and experience. The results have been reduced lead times, increased quality control, and additional value to our customers with products requiring secondary painting and finishing.
Please contact us for additional information on Productive Industrial Finishing or any of our other value-added services.
If you prefer, you can contact Productive Industrial Finishing directly using the following contact information:
Welcome to Productive Ideas from Productive Plastics, our opportunity to share business thoughts and ideas.
Today’s “Ideas” are about the qualities of strong program management, an essential part of good business practice.
Here are the ten qualities we have found to be essential in effective program management:
Inspired Vision – Instill in team members a belief that they have a real stake in managing customer needs and meeting their expectations.
Good Communication – Always critical to program success, communication about goals, responsibility, performance and expectations must bridge all levels of your organization.
Integrity – Successful program management require commitment to and demonstration of ethical practices. Each team member must “walk the talk”.
Enthusiasm – Team members exhibit a can do attitude, rather than reasons why something cannot get done.
Empathy – Understand and acknowledge the unique needs of the OEM marketplace and customers need to succeed.
Competence – A winning track record is a sure indication of your ability to provide successful program management to future customers.
Clear Delegation – Each team member should have a clear, defined mission and lines of authority in order to get the job done.
Cool Under Pressure – Our world is not perfect…programs have problems. It is important to take these problems in stride and articulate a new and improved direction to re-chart the course in stride.
Team Building – Team leaders need to understand the process, dynamics and styles of their members and capitalize on their strengths.
Problem Solving Skills – Bring a fresh, creative response to the here and now opportunities to the program.
Enlisting these program management qualities will help meet and exceed the expectations of customers from product design and tooling development through ongoing production requirements. Did we miss any top ideas?
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