BAP Wins MAPP Innovation Award 2023

We’re happy to share that Beaumont Advanced Processing won the first place MAPP (Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors) Innovation Award! The Innovation Award celebrates, recognizes, and shares best practices from innovative companies that take the initiative to incorporate new ideas to help their business stay ahead in competitive manufacturing. Submissions were judged on levels of impact, innovation, sustainability, value, and in-house creation. We’re very proud of our team! Read about their innovation, as well as …

BAP Expands Offering with New Equipment

At Beaumont Advanced Processing, we are consistently evaluating our workflows to pinpoint areas of improvement that enable us to better meet the needs of our customers. One major component is the equipment we use in our facilities. When purchasing new equipment, we are not simply looking to fill space or find a status symbol. “We listen to our customers’ needs and identify any gaps in our present offering,” says Eric Bowersox, Director. “Recognizing these gaps …

Material Characterization Division Manager Jacob Trott to Attend CONNECT Conference in Germany

Trott will speak at the CONNECT Polymer Supplier Forum alongside fellow Autodesk Moldflow experts Beaumont Advanced Processing’s Jacob Trott is headed to Germany this month to represent our Material Characterization Division at CONNECT, Europe’s biggest Autodesk Moldflow user meeting. In 2017, Beaumont partnered with Autodesk’s US-based Moldflow Material Characterization Lab to service North America, South America, and Europe. This collaboration allows Autodesk and Beaumont Advanced Processing to meet the global demands for material characterization to …

The Advantages of Investing in Employee Education

How Beaumont utilizes the AIM Institute to improve our workforce Over the last 25 years, the Beaumont Family of Companies has grown and evolved to continue fulfilling the needs of the injection molding industry. One common denominator has remained the same: our people. We’re driven by individuals who not only are passionate about what they do, but are exceptional at it as well. The Beaumont team’s roster appears to be stacked thanks to our leadership’s …

Beaumont Technologies Celebrates 25 Years

Today, the Beaumont Family of Companies celebrates its 25th anniversary! Early Beaumont Technologies team Beaumont Technologies, Inc. was founded April 17, 1998 under the name “Beaumont Runner Technologies, Inc.” to commercialize a new plastic melt conditioning technology: the MeltFlipper®. John Beaumont, then a professor in the Plastics Engineering Technology program at Penn State Erie, invented and developed MeltFlipper® after identifying the root cause of product quality and manufacturing issues related to uneven mold filling. Over …

BAP Expands Material Characterization Division to New Facility

Beaumont Advanced Processing (BAP) is excited to announce we are expanding yet again. As of June 1st, 2022 our Material Characterization Division, which includes Test Specimen Molding, Therma-flo™, and Moldflow Material Characterization, will be moving to a new facility. The new location can be found 20 minutes away from the Beaumont headquarters in Erie, PA at: BAP Material Characterization Division 10524 Crosby Circle Cranesville, PA 16410 We ask that beginning June 1st, 2022, all shipments related to …

BAP Expands with New Tooling Division

As of January 1st, 2022, Beaumont Advanced Processing [BAP], has acquired a new facility located in Sugar Grove, PA dedicated to the new Tooling Division. BAP now has over 7,000 square feet of spaced dedicated to the design and development of precision injection molding tooling. We now offer a stop shop for mold design, build, process validation, and production for our customers. In addition, we can provide quick repair options for existing production molds and …

BAP Expands Production

Beaumont Advanced Processing is ramping up production with the new addition of a Sumitomo SE220EV-A-HD injection molding machine. The addition of this molding machine increases our overall production capability in the 200 to 300 ton press range. This growth was necessary in order to keep up with the production needs of our ever increasing customer base. If you are interested in our injection molding services, please contact us for a quote.

Beaumont Employee makes Pro Debut as Triathlete

Run, Matt. Run. One of Beaumont’s employees is doing big things outside of the injection molding world. Beaumont Advanced Processing’s Quality Manager, Matt McWilliams, recently made his professional in-person triathlon debut in Miami, FL at the Challenge Miami event. Our very own “Clark Kent” placed 19th, finishing only 11 minutes behind the winner (who is considered to be the top competitor in the sport globally). Prior to the race, Matt sat down with Bob Babba …

Seeing the Good in Quality Systems

Eric Bowersox shares his background with quality systems, and how implementing them properly has helped BAP manage their rapid growth. – – – Quality. System. Two words that will make you cringe or make you smile. Based on what your past experiences with these systems have been, you will likely feel one of these extremes. In my own experience, I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of quality systems. For this discussion, …

BAP Never Stops Learning

Eric Bowersox, BAP’s Director of Operations, reflects on the benefits of continuing education and workforce development. “Train your employees and they might leave. Don’t train them and they might stay.” I do not recall when I first heard this statement, but it is something that I have never forgotten. The lifeblood of any organization is its people. The people that show up to work and perform their tasks day-in and day-out are what allow …

BAP featured in Plastics Machinery Magazine

Beaumont Advanced Processing was recently featured in Plastics Machinery Magazine in a discussion regarding purging compounds. “Cleaning injection molding machines between production runs has long been a vexing challenge. Machine downtime is costly. And if a purging compound doesn’t clean efciently, it leads to more downtime to remove machine components for cleaning or an increase in scrapped parts. Beaumont Advanced Processing addressed this challenge by using Barrel Blitz Universal (BBU), a mechanical purging compound designed …

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