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Frequently Asked Questions
What is plastic thermoforming?
What are plastic thermoformed packages?
What types of plastic packaging materials does Dordan thermoform?
What end-markets does Dordan provide custom thermoformed plastic packaging and products to?
Does Dordan provide packaging solutions to the food industry?
Does Dordan Manufacturing offer thermoformed packaging to the medical/pharm industries?
Does Dordan offer stock plastic clamshell packaging?
Does Dordan manufacture plastic packaging overseas or domestically?
Does Dordan Manufacturing provide contract packaging/turnkey solutions/fulfillment services?
Does Dordan offer easy-open features on its custom plastic clamshell packaging?
Does Dordan Manufacturing make its own tools; if so, what type?
What type of packaging design services do you offer?
What size is Dordan Manufacturing?
What is plastic thermoforming?
Plastic thermoforming is a manufacturing process where a plastic sheet is heated to a pliable forming temperature, formed to a specific shape in a mold, and trimmed to create a usable product. The sheet, or "film" when referring to thinner gauges and certain material types, is heated in an oven to a high-enough temperature that it can be stretched into or onto a mold and cooled to a finished shape.
What are plastic thermoformed packages?
Plastic thermoformed packages are the thin-gauge, rigid plastic packaging that is applicable to most consumer products for its protection, performance and cost. Examples of plastic thermoformed packages include plastic clamshells, which can house anything from a cell phone to last nights' dinner leftovers. Other examples include plastic blisters, which are often sealed to a fiber-based graphics card for the merchandising of small items. Plastic thermoformed packages come in all shapes and sizes and their application to protecting and displaying consumer products in an aesthetically pleasing and economically competitive way is endless.
What types of plastic packaging materials do you thermoform?
Dordan has experience thermoforming the following plastics: PET, RPET, 100% post-consumer regrind PET, PETG, RPETG, Anti-stat APET, PVC, ESD PVC, PP, PS, ABS, HIPS, RHIPS, HDPE, RHDPE, LDPE, FDA-certified material.
Dordan has also sampled and tested a variety of "green" and "sustainable" plastics.
What end-markets does Dordan provide custom thermoformed packaging solutions to?
As custom plastic packaging manufacturers, we like to think there is no market we can't serve. From consumer electronics to health and beauty to industrial applications like work in process trays, there are few jobs Dordan Manufacturing can't develop an innovative plastic thermoformed solution for.
Does Dordan provide thermoformed packaging to the Food Industry?
We manufacture custom food plastic thermoformed packaging on a case-by-case basis.
Does Dordan Manufacturing provide plastic packaging solutions to the Medical/Pharm Industry?
Details to come!
Does Dordan offer stock clamshell packaging?
Yes, we offer a selection of Dordan-owned stock tooling that allows us to manufacture custom runs for our clients.
Does Dordan manufacture plastic packaging overseas or domestically?
We manufacture custom thermoformed plastic packaging and products domestically from our Midwestern headquarters in Woodstock, IL; this allows us to ensure that our own rigid quality standards are being met throughout the entire manufacturing and distribution process.
Does Dordan Manufacturing offer contract packaging/turnkey solutions/fulfillment services?
Yes, no matter what you need—be it a plastic clamshell or the fulfilled package—Dordan is here to help.
Does Dordan have easy-open features on its custom plastic thermoformed packaging?
Yes, we always design our packaging with the end user/consumer in mind. Contact us today at sales@dordan.com to learn about the various easy-open features we offer our clients.
Does Dordan Manufacturing manage inventory?
Yes, we can manage inventory.
Does Dordan make its own thermoform tools; if so, what type?
Yes, Dordan has an in-house custom tool and die shop at our Midwestern headquarters; this allows the same team of packaging engineers that create the custom package design to create your custom tooling, resulting in a seamless transition from concept to reality. All tooling, prototype and production, is machined out of aircraft-quality aluminum on our large format CNC machining centers. Trim headers, die build-up, locators and assist plugs, which are all critical to superb forming, are machined in the same way. Die boards for cutting dies are burned on a CNC laser and the steel rule is bent, notched and cut by a precision automated machine. Finally, all of these components are finished and assembled by skilled craftsman to produce the ultimate blend of craftsmanship and technology.
What type of packaging design services does Dordan offer?
Dordan's design team can create designs from scratch, take existing designs and add optimizing features, or, replicate existing designs. Before moving to prototype, Dordan offers its clients a variety of digital renderings to represent package design concepts, including, but not limited to: Animations, VRML, PDF, Microsoft Office Document Files, Wire Frames, Engineer Drawings, Die Lines for Insert Cards; and, Dordan can import/export the following types of engineering files: IGES, X_T, STEP, DXF.
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What size is Dordan?
Dordan Manufacturing is headquartered in Woodstock, IL, which is also the location of its manufacturing plant. Spanning over 50,000 square feet, Dordan is a state of the art facility, equipped with the most current thermoforming, software and machining technologies available. At the Woodstock facility, Dordan has the capacity to convert 75,000,000 pounds of material annually. Also located at the Woodstock facility is an in-house tool and die shop, and the following departments: quality assurance, engineering and design, sales and marketing, and research and sustainability.
