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Company updates, technical articles, and packaging insights from Dordan Manufacturing

Dordan nominated for Chicagoland Business Champion Award

Dordan Manufacturing has been nominated for the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation's (MCEDC) Business Champion Awards! The MCEDC is a private/public partnership that..

Photos: Games & raffles abound at Dordan as 60th anniversary nears

Dordan Manufacturing, a custom thermoformer of packaging, gears up this week as its 60th anniversary fast approaches. Daily games reward winners with tokens of the company's..

Local newspapers report on Dordan's 60th anniversary

Dordan Manufacturing is based in Woodstock, IL. Local newspaper, the Woodstock Independent, published an article that highlights the custom thermoformer's progression over the..

Photos: Notable thermoformed packaging over the last 60 years

Dordan has been designing custom thermoformed packaging since 1962, manufacturing packaging for electronics, automotive, medical, and consumer products. Over the last 60 years,..

Family thermoforming company celebrates 60 years of business

Woodstock, IL—October 19th, 2022—Family-owned plastics thermoforming company, Dordan Manufacturing, celebrates 60 years of business as a packaging designer and manufacturer.

Plastics Today interviews Dordan CEO on trends in thermoforming

Dordan's CEO and President, Daniel Slavin, brings nearly 50-years of experience in custom thermoforming to this interview with Plastics Today.

How custom thermoform tooling can reduce total packaging spend when compared to stock tooling

Thermoform tooling is the metal tool (and other machined components) that forms heated plastic into clamshells, blisters, and trays. ‘Stock’ tooling means that the tool has..

Dordan hires new packaging engineer, QC, sales, to meet demand

Woodstock, IL-- 60-year old custom thermoforming company, Dordan Manufacturing, hires a new packaging engineer, quality control inspector, and account executive to meet the..

Thermoforming technical briefs

Plastics thermoforming seems rather straight-forward: You take heated plastic sheet, push it into and pull it over a CNC-machined tool, and then die cut the formed part from the..

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