Elite Mold & Engineering Competitors

DME Company, an essential resource to the customers it serves worldwide, offers the industry's broadest range of market-leading products. Over seven decades of mold technologies leadership has evolved the company into a business partner with unsurpassed knowledge and expertise, a global logistics infrastructure that ensures speed and accuracy, and a support organization unrivaled for its ability to assist customers when and where they need it. A complete line of standard and special mold bases, MUD quick-change mold systems, mold components, mold making and molding equipment supplies, hot runner systems, control systems, technical services and industrial supplies (MRO), helps customers achieve success every step of the way.

MFT-CKF began in 1991 as Molded Fiber Technology in Westbrook, Maine. We were the first manufacturer in North America to take the traditional egg carton process and transform it into custom-engineered molded pulp packaging for industrial applications. Since then, our molded fiber solutions have become a benchmark for cost-effective, durable, and environmentally responsible packaging. What started in Maine has grown into a continent-wide operation. Our expansion into Clinton, Iowa allowed us to centralize product and tooling design, engineering services, and proprietary production lines under one roof. To support rapid growth and meet increasing demand, we added a third facility in El Paso, Texas. This location expanded our reach and enhanced service capabilities across Mexico, the Southwest, and the Western United States. In 2022, CKF Inc., a global leader in sustainable packaging, acquired MFT to form MFT-CKF Inc. With operations now spanning North America, we are uniquely positioned to lead in an era where environmental responsibility is central to business strategy. Today’s largest brands are not just adopting sustainability — they are requiring it across their supply chains. MFT-CKF supports this shift by converting post-industrial recycled content into 100 percent recyclable packaging, helping our partners meet their goals while delivering uncompromising performance.

Since 1974 R&D Molders, Inc. has been providing high quality Injection Molding and Blow Molding solutions with a focus on value added processes to improve the supply chain and value to our customers. We provide these solutions to numerous industries including a main focus on the Medical and Healthcare markets as well as Packaging, Industrial, Electronics, Home & Garden, Consumer Goods, Energy, GSA/DOD. We are dedicated to the belief that our commitment to our customers solutions comes first in everything we do. We also believe the best measure of accomplishment is our high level of customer satisfaction and repeat business. We specialize in Custom Blow Molding and Injection Molding projects where we can bring significant value to our customers. Many of the projects we work on include both blow molding and injection molding as well as extensive value added services such as Assembly, Sonic Welding, Hot Stamping, Heat Staking, Insert Molding, Over Molding, Machining, Packaging, and Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) programs. In addition to the Molding operations and Value Added operations, R&D also offers a complete in house Tool Room where we build both injection molds and blow molds in house as well as custom fixtures, jigs, and quality control gages/tools. We can help bring you product to market with our extensive experience from both the molding and materials aspect as well as from a tooling standpoint. This includes prototype parts, prototype molds, production tooling, and complete Validation packages including IQ/OQ/PQ, DOE, Cpk studies, and SPC data. The team at R&D also believes in continuous improvement efforts and have adopted the 5S / Lean Manufacturing methodologies. We strive to stay at the forefront of the latest technology, automation, and quality control applications to help reduce costs and improve output. We invite you to contact R&D Molders today to learn more about our business and our capabilities.