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Universal Plastics

Large custom plastic parts across several molding processes

Family-owned

Representative illustration of formed plastic housings, a tray and a hollow duct.

About Universal Plastics

Universal Plastics manufactures custom plastic parts using thermoforming, injection molding and blow molding. Its offerings include heavy-gauge vacuum and pressure forming, twin-sheet forming, and large-part injection molding with structural-foam and gas-assist options. Applications include equipment housings, trays, panels and other formed or hollow components. Its disclosed manufacturing network spans Holyoke, Massachusetts; Howes Cave, New York; Middlefield, Ohio; and Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The company identifies different processes at these sites: thermoforming at Holyoke and the Albany-area operation, injection molding at Middlefield, and blow molding with injection molding at Latrobe.

  • Medical devices
  • Aerospace
  • Industrial equipment
  • Electronics
  • Automotive
  • Minority-owned

Ownership and industries from the company's own website, Nov 6, 2026 · Small business status from the company's own website, Nov 6, 2026

Services

AI illustration of pressure forming.

Pressure forming

Custom heavy-gauge thermoforming, including vacuum and pressure forming for housings, panels and other large plastic parts.

AI illustration of thermoforming.

Thermoforming

Custom heavy-gauge thermoforming, including vacuum and pressure forming for housings, panels and other large plastic parts.

AI illustration of vacuum forming.

Vacuum forming

Custom heavy-gauge thermoforming, including vacuum and pressure forming for housings, panels and other large plastic parts.

AI illustration of twin-sheet forming.

Twin-sheet forming

Twin-sheet thermoforming for hollow plastic components and structures.

AI illustration of injection molding.

Injection molding

Injection molding of custom plastic components, with structural-foam and gas-assist options described by the company.

AI illustration of blow molding.

Blow molding

Blow molding for custom hollow plastic parts, supported by the Latrobe manufacturing operation.

Certifications

As Universal Plastics states them. Fabrication AI has not checked them with the issuer; ask the shop for the certificate.

  • ISO 9001 · National Quality Assurance, U.S.A. (NQA) · until Dec 4, 2026
  • ISO 9001 · DEKRA Certification, Inc. · until Jan 11, 2028
  • ISO 9001 · until Jul 8, 2029
  • FDA registered

Locations

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