Leading independent service provider, with four decades of experience, takes on even the toughest assignments and consistently delivers: on-time, hassle-free -- and all under one roof, here in the USA…
R&D/Leverage, the innovation-driven, independent structural brand development and mold making specialists based in the Midwestern U.S., will showcase its latest accomplishments and complete range of services here at NPE2015, the world’s most influential, international plastics trade show.
Show-goers from more than 100 countries will be able to explore R&D/Leverage’s capabilities in precision injection molds, preform tooling, injection stretch blow molds, injection blow molds and blow mold tooling capabilities. Additionally, our work with innovators such as Replenish – creators of a bold new format for plastic spray bottles and injection molded containers – will be on display at R&D/Leverage Booth S28000.
In addition, brand owners will be interested in learning what the “Leverage” in R&D/Leverage is all about. Structural Brand Development results in consumer packaging that delivers real-world advantages and becomes a catalyst for brand growth. Inventive, creative specialists on the same corporate campus work with consumers to tap deep into the heart of the brand experience, utilizing cutting-edge research methodologies for exploration and validation. Additional, value-added offerings include upfront research such as retail audits, trend and color studies, ethnographic research, consumer focus groups, concept development, validation, and implementation.
“We understand the challenges our customers face and we constantly invest in the latest equipment and our people in order to ensure their success, no matter how difficult the package creation or mold making assignment,” said Robert Schiavone, Global Marketing Director, R&D/Leverage.
“In today’s world, speed to market and value are mission critical. Because we are independently owned, and have nearly four decades of industry experience, we deliver quickly and on-budget, and can tackle a wide variety of assignments. High volume production, high cavitation, and close tolerance work – no matter your needs, we have you covered,” Schiavone said. (CONTINUED)
R&D/Leverage Mold Making: The Big Picture
The company’s injection mold making capabilities serve leaders in Home and Personal Care, Food and Beverage, and Medical/Healthcare. Further, R&D/Leverage specializes in high precision, high cavitation, single face, two-shot, stack, units and prototype molds. It also offers full, in-house, sampling and qualification services.
Specific Mold Making Capabilities Injection Molds
NPE2015 attendees at the R&D/Leverage exhibit will be able to experience the following range of capabilities:
Precision Injection Molds: R&D/Leverage offers precision injection molds for the food and beverage, personal care, and healthcare markets. The company specializes in high precision, high cavitation, single face, two-shot, stack, units and prototype molds. R&D/Leverage also offers a full molding service in-house for sampling and qualification.
Preform Molds: R&D/Leverage supplies the industry with high performance Preform molds from 1 – 96 cavities in a variety of pitches along with the design and manufacture of End of Arm Tooling. The company’s mold plates are made from pre-hard stainless steel, and stack components are made from heat treated 420 stainless steel, to prevent corrosion and extend usable life. R&D/Leverage also specializes in refurbishment, restacking/product changes, and reverse engineering.
Injection Blow Molds: R&D/Leverage is the leading manufacturer of Injection Blow Mold (IBM) tooling. As part of the company’s ongoing innovation process, it has enhanced its offerings by being the only mold manufacture to offer customers three options in manufacturing Injection Blow Molds (Traditional, Hybrid, or the Freedom System).
Blow Mold Tooling: R&D/Leverage has a wealth of experience in the design and manufacturing of two-stage blow molds. Standardized designs allow the firm to be competitive in both price and delivery. Further, the company’s expertise enables it to evaluate the preform design specific to each bottle concept to ensure that optimum stretch ratios are achieved. From this information, R&D/Leverage can also determine bottle wall thickness and shrinkage rates. The company supplies blow mold tooling for a wide range of two-stage machines.
Injection Stretch Blow Molds: R&D/Leverage is the world's leader in single stage PET tooling. It offers a complete solution for all PET converters, large and small, with worldwide sales coverage, product evaluation, product and tool design, prototype models, pilot and production tooling, and technical service assistance. The company
Replenish Bottling: Changing What a Bottle Can Be
NPE2015 attendees at the R&D/Leverage booth will see one of the company’s latest achievements, for California’s Replenish Bottling: a truly reusable packaging designed for consumer mixing. The company recently turned to R&D/Leverage for its injection molding expertise, when it was time to scale up from initial pilot molds, citing the supplier’s expertise, which it termed “second-to-none.”
The challenge to the R&D team was formidable. The Replenish team required molds designed for high-speed automation for six different parts used in an integrated, leak-proof bottle-interior reservoir design that would appeal to makers of a wide range of packaged goods.
“Together,” said the customer’s founder, “we are changing what a bottle can be.”
R&D/Leverage’s Repair and Refurbishment Program
In addition to its injection mold making expertise, the company has introduced a two-tiered Mold Maintenance Program that delivers new levels of time and cost efficiencies for makers of a wide range of consumer products – no matter if the mold was made by the company or not.
Unlike other mold repair companies, R&D/Leverage’s dedicated Mold Maintenance department boasts a full range of in-house technical expertise that assures our customers of fast, cost-efficient service that is unsurpassed in the industry.
“We have the full service know-how to help with everything from quick emergency repairs to extensive overhauls of a family of molds,” said Schiavone. “Our in-house expertise means faster turn-around, which enhances productivity for our customers. Evaluations, diagnosis, and refurbishment and repair of tooling and molds are all completed in our work center, by our team, which has more than 350 years of combined experience.”
Photo R&D Leverage: California’s Replenish Bottling - a truly reusable packaging designed for consumer mixing
