MTD Micro Molding has been named 2018 Plastics News Processor of the Year. As Bill Bregar and Don Loepp write:
With 37 employees and 14 presses, MTD is the smallest company to be named Processor of the Year in the 22-year history of the award. Most previous winners have been big companies running multiple shifts at more than one factory. MTD’s equipment is small, too: Almost all its presses are Sodicks, and all but one have 20 tons of clamping force.Tully said MTD has been able to maintain its culture as it’s brought on new talent. New employees and interns frequently end up being promoted to positions with greater authority. Hulecki is proud of the teamwork at MTD, pointing out that “not one person has all the answers. … Not one person can solve the problem, but as a team, there is no problem that we have never been able to solve.”