Quashnick Tool Corporation was founded by Journeyman Tool Maker Terry Quashnick and his wife Jeanette in 1973. The first eleven years in business they specialized in the construction of injection molds. In 1984 they added injection molding to the business.

  After 27 years of operation, QTC is now a custom manufacturer with two divisions and has amassed 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.

  The molding facility operates eleven state of the art injection molding presses ranging from 35 to 230 tons. It has the experience and capability to mold a wide variety of resins. QTC's niche is having skilled personnel to run the sophisticated molds with complex mechanical actions, which make tight tolerance plastic 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 for the past 35 years, 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. During QTC's 27 years of operation, it has trained 16 mold makers through a formal four year state certified apprenticeship program, with its most recent apprentice achieving Journeyman status on January 1, 2000, and has another apprentice currently in training.

  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. Terry is active in the Lodi Chamber Industrial Group, and with the local school district encouraging training in the trades at High School and College levels.