Custom Blow Molding and Plastics Manufacturing - Lifetime Plastics
Specializing in large part blow molding and custom blow molding, Lifetime is one of the largest plastic blow molders in the United States. We have complete mold making capabilities and can run from 15 to 200 lbs shot sizes
With decades of blow molding experience, you can depend on Lifetime Plastics for the blow molding technology and trained staff necessary to provide you with quality, high-density polyethylene blow-molded parts at an exceptional value. Lifetime's blow molding facility creates large custom blow-molded plastic parts for our own products, and OEM plastic parts for companies across the country. Lifetime Plastics is used as the blow molder for many of the nation's best selling consumer products.
Lifetime Plastics is a business unit of Lifetime Products, Inc., the innovator and world’s largest manufacturer of blow-molded, polyethylene tabletops, residential basketball systems and outdoor storage sheds. With extensive capabilities for manufacturing plastic, and years of experience as a blow molder, Lifetime Plastics is one of the largest single-site delivery points of polyethylene plastic in the Western United States. Our facilities house some of the largest blow-molding machines in the U.S. We have strong working relationships with leading suppliers in the industry that provide the best available raw materials, at the best market-based prices for manufacturing plastic.
With a large, 120,000 square foot production facility located at the Freeport Center in Clearfield, Utah that houses state-of-the-art blow-molding equipment, we are equipped to handle your needs. We specialize in large part blow molding, with capabilities to custom blow mold various shapes and sizes.
Lifetime is dedicated to protecting our environment through resource conservation and waste minimization. As a vertically integrated manufacturer, Lifetime understands that efficiency in both process and product not only helps create high value, but also eliminates waste. While manufacturing plastic, we use clever and unique processes to help us minimize waste in many different ways, making Lifetime not only conscious of making great products, but protecting the environment at the same time.
So if you are ready for plastic molding, go with a blow molder that has the buying power, efficiency, experience and responsible manufacturing of Lifetime.
Blow-Molding
Want a high-volume plastic part that is durable, customizable and efficient to create. Move from low-volume roto-molding to high-volume blow-molding.
Blow-Molding Capacity
- 24 Kautex and Sterling Blow Molding Machines
- Accumulator heads range from 30 lb to 200 lb
- 5 lb – 150 lb single part capacity
- Multiple cavity molds are utilized for smaller parts
- Turnkey production and direct customer shipping available
Customized Mold Making
We are a custom molder, with the ability to take big orders and fill them quickly. Using state-of-the-art software, we can engineer, machine and manufacture your part, all in-house. Our ability to make custom blow molds is second to none, and we promise the highest consistency, quality, reliability and volume all with low cost.
Mold Making & Modifications
- Part and mold design and development using Pro Engineer
- Three CNC machining centers that utilizing Cad/Cam from Pro Engineer to make molds and tooling
- Post molding fixtures and finishing equipment available
- Changeover and mold storage on-site
Robotics
When manufacturing plastic parts in high volume, nothing compares to the efficiency and repeatability of robotic production. Our robotic capabilities can increase your output and keep your costs lower, all under the watchful eye of a trained technician.
Robotics Specs
- Multiple robotic stations
- Increased efficiency and production repeatability
- Customized trimming and finishing of molded parts
- Availability depends on volume
Quality Assurance
All the technology and know-how in the world means nothing unless the end-product meets our customer's quality requirements. Our internal quality assurance practices exceed industry standards, and we have the time-tested experience to prove it.
Quality Assurance
- SPC and computer aided monitoring to assist process control
- Raw materials are certified to meet our standards at the source
- Scales for validating part weight at press side
- Burn-off testing
- Product date codes can be permanently molded in the parts for easy lot identification
- Plastic rheology testing can be done in the Lifetime QA lab
- Thermal photography to verify processes
- Other product testing can be developed and performed to your specifications as needed
Additional Services
In addition to our blow-molding technology, Lifetime can offer several other services to ensure you receive a quality product from start to finish:
Injection Molding
- Design and small-run production capabilities
- Superior out-sourcing abilities — domestic and global
- Coil Slitting
- Leveling
- Tube Mill
- Roll Forming
- Minster Press
Engineering
- Professional staff to help design, test and manufacture your product
- Prototypes
Aesthetics
- Lifetime specializes in cosmetic details
- High-volume, multiple-color silk screening
Assembly & Packaging
- Assembly and packaging engineering
Warehousing
- "Under-Roof" warehousing available
Shipping
- Lifetime's shipping volume allows competitive shipping costs for your product
Lifetime International
- Lifetime also owns manufacturing and warehousing facilities in Xiamen, China and Monterrey, Mexico
Facilities
Located just 30 minutes north of Salt Lake City International Airport, Lifetime Plastics blow-molding facility is in a superior location with superior access to interstate highways and rail services adjacent to facility. Our Western location allows minimal shipping to Western United States customers, including the Pacific Coast region and all points west of the Mississippi, and with our buying power, we offer competitive rates to the rest of the nation.
Contact us
For custom blow molding quotes or more information about Lifetime Plastics and our capabilities, contact:
Lifetime Plastics Sales
Lifetime Plastics
PO Box 160010
Freeport Center, Bldg. B-11
Clearfield, UT 84016-0010
USA
plasticsales@lifetime.com
Business: +1 (801) 510-1190
Fax: +1 (801) 776-1717
