SPE Thermoforming Division names parts competition winners 

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Thermoforming Division has announced the winners of its biennial parts competition, presented during the division’s conference that was held May 19-21 in Atlanta.  

The winners are:  

• People’s Choice: Profile Plastics, Lake Bluff, Ill., “Covers for Medical Cart.”  
• Parts Produced for EVs and Battery Applications – Silver: Ray Products, Ontario, Calif., “EV Charging Station.”  
• Parts Produced for EVs and Battery Applications – Gold: Ray Products, “Low Speed EV Door Assembly.”  
• Production Parts from 3D-Printed Tooling – Silver: Magic Vac Inc., Woods Cross, Utah, “Bucket Seat.”  
• Production Parts from 3D-Printed Tooling – Gold: Electro-General Plastics Corp., Grove City, Ohio, “Door Panels for Up-Armored SUV.”  
• Thin Gauge – Industrial – Gold: Swissplast, Ichenhausen, Germany, “Precision-Engineered Thermoformed Inlay.”  
• Sustainable Thermoforming – Gold: Duoform, Edwardsburg, Mich., “Shower Surround.”  
• Cut Sheet Heavy Gauge Vacuum Form – Silver: Vantage Plastics, Standish, Mich., “Automotive Gear Tray.”  
• Cut Sheet Heavy Gauge Vacuum Form – Gold: Duoform, “Foot Tub.”  
• Cut Sheet Heavy Gauge Twin Sheet – Gold: Allied Plastics, Twin Lakes, Wis., “Wastewater Filtration System.”  
• Cut Sheet Heavy Gauge Pressure Form – Silver: Profile Plastics, “Covers for Medical Cart.”  
• Cut Sheet Heavy Gauge Pressure Form – Gold: Productive Plastics, Mount Laurel Township, N.J., “Medical Laser Enclosure.”  
• Thermoforming Parts Used in Assemblies – Silver: Duoform, “Flip Sink.” 
• Thermoforming Parts Used in Assemblies – Gold: SAY Plastics Inc., McSherrystown, Pa., “Document Cabinet.”  

“This year’s new category – thermoforming parts used in assemblies – was a big success,” said Travis Kieffer, 2025 SPE Thermoforming Parts Competition chairman. “We received five entries for that category, but many more entries with assemblies were also submitted to other competition categories.”  

More information is available at https://thermoformingdivision.com.