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Nypro was founded as Nylon Products Inc. on August 1, 1955, by Fred Kirk and
Nick Stadtherr, who started with one machine to injection mold nylon, a
then-new "miracle" material that required more engineering skill than most
molders could provide. In 1962, Gordon Lankton bought half of the company and
became General Manager. In 1964, profit sharing was started and remains as a
cornerstone of Nypro's philosophy of rewarding employees who work as a team to
meet and exceed the customer's expectations. Employee stock ownership followed
in 1966. Gordon bought the remaining half of Nypro in 1969, and began to shape
the company into a global force in custom precision molding and related
assembly technologies.
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| Nylon Products Corp, founded in 1955, has always engendered a
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Nylon Products began its global growth in 1973, partnering with loyal customers
Gillette and Johnson & Johnson in Puerto Rico as they pursued their
expansion strategies. About the same time, Nylon Products began its first foray
into Asia, with a trading arrangement in Taiwan that gave Nypro the foothold it
needed to develop into one of the largest US based precision injection molding
companies in Asia today.
The company moved from its original Clinton, Massachusetts location on Plain
Street to the 18-acre Old Bigelow Mill on Union Street, Clinton in 1974. The
Bigelow Mill had been built in 90 separate construction projects, beginning in
the early 1840's, and was abandoned after the Great American Depression of the
1930's. At one time it had been the largest carpet mill in the world, bringing
comfort to the floors of the United States Supreme Court, Buckingham Palace,
The Taj Mahal and the ill-fated Titanic. After many years of sweat and tears,
and financial support from town, state and federal development agencies, the
exterior of the Old
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| Nylon Products was renamed Nypro Inc. in 1977 |
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Mill was restored while the interior was transformed into technologically
advanced cleanrooms for molding and assembly serving the world's leading
healthcare and consumer product companies.
As the number of plastics materials molded by Nypro grew from just nylons to
hundreds of options, Nylon Products was renamed Nypro Inc. in 1977.
Since then, Nypro has grown to encompass 49 operations in 16 countries,
offering product development, mold making, molding in a wide variety of
formats, assembly and general contract manufacturing capabilities to the
world's greatest companies in the healthcare, electronics/telecommunications,
automotive, consumer/industrial and packaging markets. Much of the growth has
been made possible through joint ventures with companies and individuals that
have in-depth knowledge of certain geographies or technologies important to
Nypro's growth. In 1998, Gordon Lankton sold his company to his employees
assuring that Nypro will remain private and employee-owned.
Nypro celebrated its 50th year on December 1, 2005, in a "rolling"
celebration that began at Nypro Tokyo at 10:00 a.m. and end at the
headquarters of Nypro's diversity partner, Sealaska Corp., Juneau, Alaska at
10:00 a.m., Dec 1. The celebration "rolled" around the world, east to west,
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