HERE’S WHAT WE DO
American Plastic Solutions is here to help you improve your business. Every project starts with a conversation. Phone, fax or email. We don’t care. Let’s talk about what’s challenging you.
Since 1945, we have been engineering and building custom plastic products to help our customers. Let us help you improve quality, increase production, and grow sales. It's only a win for us when it's a win for you.
We want to learn about your business and build custom product solutions for your particular challenges.
We’ve been at this for a long time, and have engineered and fabricated a huge array of very different products. So what can we make for you?
CASE STUDIES
Really big gears.
A large metal finishing company needed humungous custom polypropylene to turn their large plating barrel tanks.
Let us spray.
A major automotive steel processing plant asked us to collaborate on a cooling station to improve the manufacturing process.
You want it when?
Customer needed help to design and build two prototype RFID tables for the U.S. Military in 2 weeks. We love a challenge, but this...
Soup to nuts!
National retail customer wanted a one-stop solution for their new product launch display. The display was mounted on rotating casters...
Irish eyes.
A global eyewear manufacturer wanted an automated cleaning process line for their glass lens manufacturing plant in Ireland.
One family, many parts.
Needs an easy way to display new products without losing existing in-store floor space or making current displays obsolete...
Gettin' handy.
Tablet computers are slippery and hard to hold. They are also expensive to replace when dropped and broken. ...
Up in smoke
An e-liquid company wanted a countertop display with a bold 4-color graphic to highlight and spur sales growth for their products...
Dry acid dissolution tank.
Customer wanted to eliminate expensive and hazardous transportation and storage of volatile liquid chemical compounds...
Super plating process line.
Global auto parts manufacturer needs to increase production of nickel plating speed...
Less waste, less cost.
A large automotive dunnage manufacturer asked us to make large plastic inserts from a single sheet of HDPE...
Lonely Planet countertop
Lonely Planet wanted to develop a countertop travel guide display, custom-sized for nine of their popular titles.
Lil' Dipper
A metal finishing company needed help plating small, highly polished, rounded component parts for an aerospace application.
Clearly it's art.
A professor of Art came to us and asked if we could build a clear acrylic 6' x 8' x 8' which was watertight for his upcoming art exhibition...
Bed, bath, and bottoms Up.
An international glass company wanted to display their line of whiskey glasses on a single display at a national retailer’s....
Custom medical enclosure
A low volume medical device manufacturer wanted the outside of their product to look as cool as the technology on the inside of the box...
Freestone pickle display
Freestone Pickle needed custom displays in cold storage aisles of grocery and convenience stores. Needed pickles to be seen.
Air Scrubber
A local pollution control equipment manufacturer needed a Scrubber Tower. We built one from polypropylene sheet.
Graphic piece display
We partnered with a graphics co., using new technology to print full color graphics directly onto acrylic sheets.
Teeny tiny plating tank
A tiny plating tank with proprietary internal details for continuous placement and movement of product...
Planet Blue magnetic sign
The Planet Blue team needed a way to get U of M students, faculty and staff to recycle A LOT of garbage ... properly.
Veterinary echocardiogram exam table.
Vet needed a clear echocardiogram examination table to hold large dogs safely.
Big wheel keep on turning
We built a chain-driven polypropylene barrel (4'x18") to tumble plate and clean auto parts parts 24/7 for parts supplier.
Segmented wear ring
Machine builder needed an oversize wear ring machined to tight tolerances for use in extremely hostile environment.
The wave tank
Children’s museum wanted a new exhibit to show kids how waves form, propagate and dissipate in large bodies of water.
Water reservior
A pollution control machinery builder needed a water reservoir built entirely from Type I P.V.C.
Wear ring
UHMW wear rings have provided our customer with thousands of hours of maintenance-free machine operation.
Large luminaries
This challenge boiled down to scheduling and budgeting a one-of-a-kind display solution with a carved in stone deadline.
U of M Football Memorabilia
We built 12 display cases from 3030 Green Edge acrylic sheet to replace the glass displays that were breaking.
Pickle promotion problem
Putting pickles in point-of-purchase proximity to payment promotes premium performance.
