Quashnick Tool Corporation was founded by Journeyman Tool Maker and past President, Terry Quashnick and his wife Jeanette in 1973. During the first eleven years in business they specialized in the design and construction of injection molds. In 1984 they added injection molding to the business. In 2008, Terry assumed the role of CEO/CTO to focus on technical development and Ed Baker joined the firm as President and COO.
After 35 years of operation, QTC remains a custom manufacturer with two divisions and has built a team of versatile and experienced employees to meet any customer's injection molding needs. QTC's customer base consists of biomedical, telecommunications, electronics and automotive industries.
The tooling division specializes in the construction of injection molds and has built a reputation for producing complex tooling. Technology is an important component at QTC and the company continues to invest in the latest machinery and equipment to make it more competitive in its markets. Incorporated in the tooling division is one of the most advanced computer aided mold design facilities in Northern California, which utilizes the latest versions of Pro/Engineer, AutoCAD, SolidWorks and SURFCAM.
As the industry has changed, QTC has changed with it, with a current focus on clean manufacturing and producing higher volumes of complex parts, in addition to custom work. The molding facility operates eleven state of the art injection molding presses ranging from 35 to 230 tons. QTC has the experience and capability to mold a wide variety of resin along with the skilled personnel to run the complex molds required for high tolerance parts.
QTC continually strives to develop a total team concept by maintaining open communications between mold design, mold construction and plastic molding personnel, to communicate with customer's product design and purchasing personnel.
Terry Quashnick, both a Journeyman Machinist and Journeyman Tool Maker still works closely with the company's customers to problem solve and construct molds to produce plastic parts initially believed to be impossible.
Education and training in the plastics field are extremely important to Terry. QTC's has trained 16 mold makers through a formal four year state certified apprenticeship program, and Terry remains active with the local school district encouraging training in the trades at High School and College levels.
Terry was inducted into the Society of Plastics Engineers Northern California Golden Gate Section Hall of Fame in October 1998. He joins only twelve other professionals inducted into the Hall of Fame since 1986. In 1999 Quashnick Tool Corporation Received the Industry of the Year award by the Lodi, California Chamber of Commerce and in 2007, Terry received the "Industrialist of the Year" award from the Lodi Chamber of Commerce. |
