Press Releases Archives

New white paper explores how previously unmakeable parts can now be designed and manufactured

Posted on January 9, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS—Diversified Plastics, Inc. (DPI), custom plastic-injection molder and additive manufacturer of high-precision components, has released a new white paper titled Design and Manufacture the Impossible. This white paper details how Carbon® Digital Light Synthesis™ (DLS™) technology allows engineers and manufacturers to explore what has been previously impossible to produce using conventional manufacturing. Some of the […]

Diversified Plastics, Inc. and Pacific Plastics Injection Molding synergies benefit customers and employees

Posted on July 9, 2019

Diversified Plastics, Inc. (DPI) and Pacific Plastics Injection Molding (PPIM) have advanced their resources through collaboration and shared capabilities. As a result of efforts since DPI acquired PPIM at the end of 2018, customers and employees have benefited from the synergies between the two businesses. Customers benefit from added capabilities and PPIM employees are looking […]

Wilson Tool International Taps Carbon to Meet Demand for QuickTap™ Tapping Tools

Posted on June 5, 2019

Article by Carbon Wilson Tool International is introducing a line of oil reservoirs made for the QuickTap™ tapping tool that are developed using Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis™ technology. These parts were previously made with cold-rolled steel that carried high costs and long lead times. With Carbon, Wilson Tool International is recognizing cost savings of up […]

Celebration of a Job Well Done: Retirement Party

Posted on April 24, 2019

Retirement Party for Mary Scharber and Paul Donais. This spring DPI’s employees celebrated the retirement of two of it’s team members, Mary Scharber and Paul Donais. Part of the original “baker’s dozen” (first 13 employees), Mary and Paul started and ended their careers at about the same time. Paul was one of DPI’s talented shift […]

Julie Showers Featured in Plastics News, Women Breaking the Mold

Posted on April 8, 2019

DPI’s Julie Showers was recently featured in Women Breaking the Mold in Plastics News. She began her career in the plastics industry as a press operator in 1977. Showers was one of DPI’s first employees. Today, she is the production manager at the company. Her duties include scheduling for the shop floor and just-in-time orders. […]

DPI employees collected 532 lbs. of food during the annual Bonnie Schultz Memorial Food Drive

Posted on April 4, 2019

DPI collected 532 lbs. of food as part of the 13th annual Bonnie Schultz Memorial Food Drive! DPI employee collected $415 and 117 lbs. of food. With each dollar equal to a pound of food, DPI collected 532 lbs. or nearly 8 lbs. of food per employee.

Rock Your Socks for Down Syndrome Day

Posted on March 21, 2019

Today is World Down Syndrome Day. The team at DPI is rocking their socks to build awareness for down syndrome. To learn more or make a donation, visit the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota www.dsamn.org. #LotsOfSocks

Wearing of the Green

Posted on March 19, 2019

Diversified Plastics, Inc. celebrates Saint Patrick’s Day in style.

Medtech Injection Molder Sees the ‘Digital Light’

Posted on March 7, 2019

Diversified Plastics adopts Carbon’s novel approach to additive manufacturing technology. Article on MD+DI Online, Daphne Allen Interested in additive manufacturing for small-run production, Diversified Plastics Inc. (DPI) went in search of a new technology. The company had been using 3D-printing technology from one well-known provider. “We went out looking for something else,” Annette Lund, vice […]

Diversified Plastics, Inc. Earns Carbon Production Network Certification

Posted on February 21, 2019

Carbon technology is next-generation digital manufacturing Diversified Plastics, Inc. (DPI), a custom plastic-injection molder and digital manufacturer of high-precision components, has earned its certification as a Carbon Production Network (CPN) partner. Carbon’s proprietary Digital Light Synthesis™ (DLS) technology gives DPI the ability to offer customers production-quality end-use parts without the added time and cost of […]