Thermoformed Panels for Business Machines and Medical Electronics

Kintz Plastics does not do plastic injection molding, or blow molding, or rotational forming, or any other type of plastic fabrication except thermoforming. In fact, within the fairly broad area of thermoforming (heating a sheet of plastic and forming it into a new shape), Kintz specializes in heavy gauge vacuum forming (forming of panels that are 0.60 gauge or thicker), pressure forming (forming a panel with crisp surface details such as a logo or model number) and twin-sheet thermoforming (simultaneously forming two panels to create a double-walled panel).

Kintz sells thermoformed panels to virtually any manufacturer that uses plastics panels –usually as enclosures for equipment – but most of their business is from business equipment and medical electronics OEMs. Business equipment OEMs – manufacturers of copiers, printers and computer equipment – often need pressure formed panels as well as twin-sheet panels which contain cabling, fixtures or insulation. Medical electronics OEMs – manufacturers of MRI, X-ray and other medical treatment and diagnostic equipment – have similar applications.

But Kintz does much more than just re-form plastic panels into new shapes. The company works with their customers to find ways to reduce raw material, labor, fabrication, assembly and shipping costs. Kintz also provides assembly services, both thermoforming a part and attaching hardware to it, for example, or forming a twin-sheet panel and inserting cabling or insulation.

It is not surprising that Kintz Plastics has won dozens of industry awards for their designs. And Kintz is ISO 1999:2000 Certified. Kintz has the largest thermoforming capacity in the Eastern US. Their “Jumbo” thermoforming unit forms panels up to 9 by 13 feet! Kintz Plastics was founded by Wynn Kintz in 1976.

In the only major diversification in the company’s history, Kintz Plastics maintains beehives on their property in Upstate New York, so lucky visitors receive a jar of honey. Sweet.

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