Allegheny is now a member of the National Tooling and Machining Association, NTMA. By connecting US precision manufacturers, NTMA is focused on advancing and securing the industry for future generations. NTMA represents 1200 manufacturers and strives to positively impact the role of precision manufacturing in the national economy. Allegheny Director of Operations Shevey Westbrook said, ... The post Proud New Member of the NTMA appeared first on Allegheny Performance Plastics ..read more

We're proud to participate in two career fairs this fall! Grove City College Annual Career FairWednesday, September 25, 2024Career Fair (gcc.edu) Penn State Behrend Fall Career and Internship FairThursday, September 26, 2024Career and Internship Fairs | Penn State Behrend (psu.edu) We look forward to participating in these September events. Meeting with students to discuss career ... The post College Career Fairs appeared first on Allegheny Performance Plastics ..read more

Welcome to our 2024 tradeshow and symposium calendar. Check back later this year for changes and updates to our schedule. We look forward to talking to you about how high-performance polymers, combined with our injection-molding expertise, can provide you with complex part solutions. We are particularly excited about our Pittsburgh hometown shows this Fall. Though we bring samples and come ready to share about our work at the shows, you don’t have to wait for a show to learn more about us. Reach out to us on our contact us page. We offer plant tours at our Leetsdale, Pennsylvania location, and ..read more

We are increasing our cleanroom capabilities! To meet the increased demand from our healthcare customers, we are happy to expand our clean room capabilities. The new clean room structures being assembled will be in production by the end of the month. The healthcare industry includes many applications that are a natural fit for the high-performance materials that we injection mold. In addition to the cost effectiveness and precision that injection molding offers, our unique 5-step manufacturing process allows us to work with our customers efficiently to problem-solve even the most complex par ..read more

Allegheny has implemented a digital quality control solution by 1factory, to streamline and improve our processes. The move propels us from paper and pen tracking to a fully digital process that helps us deliver quality products while speeding up our quality control processes. The 1factory software has data-sharing capabilities that simplify customer data-reporting, enabling us to conduct real-time collaboration with our customers. It’s kind of crazy that we have this digital information available on these [part] inspections but then we [were] taking that, creating a hard copy from it and the ..read more

We’re excited to announce our show schedule for 2024. Check back later this year for changes and updates to our schedule. We look forward to talking to you about how high-performance polymers, combined with our injection-molding expertise, can provide you with complex part solutions. Our booth is #232 at the WCX event. When you stop by, we can share some examples of recent parts in the most challenging of environments, including healthcare and space. SAE WCX, World Congress Experience April 16 – 18 Detroit, Michigan CTI Symposium, Booth May 15 – 16 Novi, Michigan NSMMS & CRASTE June ..read more

Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, March 2024: To meet the growing needs of the healthcare industry, Allegheny Performance Plastics is proud to announce the addition of clean and white room environments, including a dedicated automated work cell to be completed later this year. The healthcare industry, with services spanning preventative care, diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation and support, encompasses many applications that are a natural fit for injection molding high-performance materials. The unique customer experience delivered by Allegheny guarantees the precision, reliability, and performance ..read more

Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, February 2023: Allegheny Performance Plastics is proud to announce a strategic alliance with Alpine Advanced Materials, a leading expert in the design, prototype and supply of custom-engineered parts. This announcement formalizes the work we have been doing in conjunction with Alpine on their flagship multi-scale reinforced polymer HX5®. Both companies are jointly pursuing opportunities with customers to leverage HX5 and Alpine’s design and prototype expertise with Allegheny’s manufacturing excellence. “We work with a lot of materials, and HX5 is unique in how it comb ..read more

We’re focusing on helping our space customers improve and resolve the unique challenges they face, including: improving payload efficiency via light-weighting, component and material reliability in a harsh environment, and the need for an enabling, rapid, iterative part development process. There are many potential space applications for our high-performance polymer parts including: structural components to replace aluminum, lens holders, actuators, waveguides, randomes and heat sinks. As an injection molder, we’re uniquely positioned to support our customers with our tool manufacturing, autom ..read more

This month Tanner Alauzen, our Prelaunch and External Tooling Engineer here at Allegheny, had the opportunity to present at the 2023 SPE Auto Epcon Conference in Troy, Michigan. The conference, which includes a number of speakers on emerging topics in the automotive industry, is held annually for SPE members. You can learn more about Tanner’s presentation on Thermoplastic Composite Injection Overmolding, or TPC-IOM, on our website here. Allegheny’s work in exploring this new technology is just a part of what makes us unique. We were grateful for the chance to present our information, as well a ..read more