Dymotek News

“Come for a job, stay for a career”
Identifying and recruiting talent in the hyper-competitive rubber and plastics industry is no simple task. It requires creativity and a willingness to play the long game. Just ask Dymotek Corp.

The 112-employee, Ellington, Conn.-based plastic injection molder and liquid silicone molding and tooling specialist has adopted a number of innovative approaches to expand its potential field of employees and believes its experience can benefit others. The firm operates two plants in Connecticut –– one in Ellington and one in Somers.

MAPP Awards Ceremony - Leverage Your Mindset: Reduce Stress, Adapt to Change and Ignite Your Potential! Mindset expert, motivational speaker, and author of the book Leverage Your Mindset, Ricky Kalmon, will show attendees how to change the way they think. No matter how successful a person may be – there are always new heights to achieve.

VRABE is proud to announce the 2022 recipient is Dymotek Dynamic Molding Technologies, Inc. Dymotek was instrumental in establishing VRABE’s Pre-Apprenticeship Program, recently certified by the State of Connecticut’s Department of Apprenticeship Training. Dymotek assisted in academic curriculum development, scheduling, and the operational aspects of the program. They developed an outstanding on-the-job training plan for the students, who spent ~4 hours/week on the factory floor. Strong believers in education, always responsive and supportive, professional and generous with their time, Dymotek has truly earned the title John E. Ryan Friend of Adult Education!

After a 2-year silicone hiatus, Schölmberger is back to help Dymotek develop LSR 2.0 - Dymotek Corp., a custom molder focused on the demanding niche of liquid silicone molding, has hired well-known industry veteran Daniel Schölmberger to help it further develop its next-generation LSR and two-shot molding technologies.

HUGE congratulations to Dymotek's 7 newly certified Master Molders!!!! As the attendees can agree, completing this training is a lot of hard work and dedication. We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to host this training here at Dymotek and are incredibly proud to have increased our collective technical foundation.

All Dymotek Manufacturing Day visitors will get an interactive tour of our facility, following the process a new product takes from an idea to actual production (and everything in-between). We are doing tours from 9am-12pm and 3pm-6pm...

Dymotek Corp. has been installing millions of dollars worth of new equipment at its Somers plant, as the injection plastic molding company gears up for growing production of plastic parts sold internationally for medical, automotive, consumer, and industrial products.

To ensure workplace values, integrity and relationships are held to a high standard at Dymotek Corp., officials created their own word: Dymotegrity. "Our company's ethical cornerstone is the foundation of every relationship. … Everyone — the folks on the floor — they have genuine pride in what they're doing," Dymotek CEO Norm Forest said. "They understand why they matter and how they support the whole. It goes beyond that to the level of our customers, suppliers, each other [and] associates.

Good communication, an open-book policy, and being truthful and sincere are important factors in keeping employees, according to members of a panel from plastics companies that have been named to the list of Best Places to Work.

For the last 12 years that Dymotek Corp. CEO Norm Forest has been involved with the Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors, one thing stands out: "[The Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference] is the all-time most inspirational and worthwhile conference of the year."

Forest has been with the Ellington, Conn.-based injection molding company for 20 years...