2024
                            2024 is set to be our most thrilling year yet! We can’t wait to share what is in the works…
                         
                                            
                            2023
                            Flexcraft invests in new Injection Stretch Blow Molding capacity to produce an additional 30,000,000 PET bottles per year.
                         
                                            
                            2022
                            Flexcraft wins the SPE Blowmolding Division “Recognition of Excellence” award!
                         
                                            
                            2022
                            Flexcraft invests in new Stretch Blow Molding capacity to produce an additional 20,000,000 PET bottles per year.
                         
                                            
                            2021
                            Flexcraft wins First Place and the People’s Choice Award for the SPE Blow Molded Parts competition.
                         
                                            
                            2021
                            Flexcraft invests in a new EBM machine to expand HDPE bottle capacity by 10,000,000 bottles per year.
                         
                                            
                            2021
                            Flexcraft installs temperature control and air conditioning in the manufacturing plant to improve employee comfort and maintain a more consistent environment for process engineering. 
                         
                                            
                            2021
                            Flexcraft forms internal Automation group to focus on streamlining operations and improving all current processes. In addition, this group will focus on emerging technologies and applications that will keep Flexcraft as a leading, technology-driven supply partner and manufacturer, allowing the company to pass savings along to customers.
                         
                                            
                            2021
                            Flexcraft invests in a new and technologically advanced chiller system to support a tripling in machine capacity and the subsequent cooling requirements of that growth. This investment will improve processing controls throughout the plant and support added machine capacity over time.
                         
                                            
                            2020
                            Flexcraft adds an additional 50,000 square feet of warehouse space to better support the growing warehousing needs of customers. 
                         
                                            
                            2020
                            Flexcraft expands clean room environment to better support the growing demands of its medical customers.
                         
                                            
                            2020
                            Flexcraft launches a first-of-its-kind EBM machine for wide-mouth, large-format PET handle-ware containers. The multi-year R&D project and investment puts Flexcraft at the cutting edge of PET technology, and builds on the company’s commitment to investment in environmentally sustainable materials and manufacturing.
                         
                                            
                            2019
                            Flexcraft completes acquisition of Blow Molded Specialties in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The deal adds significant experience and depth to Flexcraft’s industry-leading Blow Molding team, and expands Flexcraft’s blow molding and clean room molding capacity.
                         
                                            
                            2018
                            Adapting to new technologies, Flexcraft invests in fully electric Injection Molding (IM) equipment to support the growing needs and requests of existing customers.
                         
                                            
                            2018
                            Flexcraft successfully upgrades quality systems certification from 9001:2008 to 9001:2015, further demonstrating its commitment to high-quality, repeatable production solutions.
                         
                                            
                            2017
                            Flexcraft successfully implements IQMS, a fully integrated ERP/MRP solution tailored for the molding industry.
                         
                                            
                            2016
                            Flexcraft invests $2 million in state of the art extrusion blow molding (EBM) equipment allowing for the automated production of bottles and custom containers.
                         
                                            
                            2015
                            Flexcraft completes first major investment in Injection-Stretch Blow Molding (ISBM) equipment and infrastructure for the high quality, efficient production of PET bottles.
                         
                                            
                            2014
                            Flexcraft purchases 50 Flexcraft Drive, a 210,000 sq ft manufacturing and warehousing facility.
                         
                                            
                            2013
                            Flexcraft achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification, validating the effectiveness of its quality system.
                         
                                            
                            2010
                            Flexcraft acquires Primus Mold to provide in-house blow mold manufacturing.
                         
                                            
                            2005
                            Flexcraft acquires SPC Company, a custom blow molding company along with approximately 10 extrusion blow molding machines.
                         
                                            
                            2003
                            Flexcraft acquires Roto Fiber Corporation, a manufacturer of blow molded plastic toner cartridge bags for the printing industry.
                         
                                            
                            2001
                            As the business grows, Flexcraft needs more space and purchases a 30,000 sq ft building in Asbury Park, NJ. Russ, along with the late Wayne Powell, gut renovates the building, which has more space than they think they’ll ever know what to do with.
                         
                                            
                            1989
                            Flexcraft becomes the first company to successfully extrusion blow mold GE Plastics’ Ultem resin.
                         
                                            
                            1985
                            Flexcraft is the first company to successfully blow mold Halar ECTFE Fluoropolymer.
                         
                                            
                            1980
                            The Flexcraft team successfully completes an iconic metal-to-plastic conversion taking an assembly of 18 different stainless steel parts and replacing it with a single blow molded polysulfone component.
                         
                                            
                            1980
                            George Smith and Russ Smith incorporate Holocraft (d/b/a Flexcraft) and officially start the business.
                         
                                            
                            1971
                            The Late George Smith converts a Hershey’s chocolate extruder into an extrusion blow molding machine. Uses the resins he was developing for GE Plastics to manufacture some of the first plastic products. George enlists his son, Russ Sr, to blow mold thick walled polycarbonate and polysulfone medical vacuum canisters for their first customer (still a customer today!)