Dordan Manufacturing is a 4th generation, 62-year-old family owned plastic thermoforming company located in Woodstock, IL. ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certified with in house packaging design, tooling, thermoforming, and ISO Class 8 cleanroom manufacturing, Dordan is a full service supplier of medical packaging, thermoformed trays, and clamshells and blisters.
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Above from left: General Manager, Aric Slavin (3rd generation), President & CEO, Daniel Slavin (2nd generation), Account Executive, Julian Slavin, (4th generation), and Quality Manager, Daniel Haavig (3rd generation)
Dordan Overview
Cross-departmental collaboration yields continuous process improvements to save time and money.
Dordan Manufacturing is a full-service custom packaging designer and thermoformer with ISO Class 8 cleanroom manufacturing of medical packaging. The company specializes in the cross-departmental development of highly engineered, high performing thermoformed packaging. By having its engineers, tooling machinists, production and quality control management at the packaging design table, Dordan develops thermoformed packaging that meets its customers' expectations for performance, on-time delivery, and cost.
Dordan's ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certified quality management system utilizes a risk-based approach to design and manufacturing, where the limitations and capabilities of the thermoforming process are built into each package design; this results in continuous process improvements guided by comprehensive quality control procedures that meet the performance requirements of its clients.
In house thermoform design, tooling, production, and cleanroom thermoforming.
Dordan is a 50,000 square foot facility, with 12 thermoforming machines that have the capacity to convert roughly 80-million pounds of plastic material annually. ISO 9001:2015 certified and ISO 13485:2016 certified with an ISO Class 8 cleanroom, Dordan employs best-in-class package design software, CNC machines, robotics, and automated optical inspection equipment for executing process capability studies.
Dordan engineers its thermoforms with Solid Model NX, and the same team of engineers that develop the design also generate the NX CAM/CNC machined tooling.
Dordan's tooling is machined and built in house, as are all pressure boxes, die build ups, assist plugs, end-of-arm tooling, strippers, and stackers.
Dordan has 12 in-line thin-gauge plastic thermoforming machines: 11 in its standard facility, and one in its ISO Class 8 cleanroom for manufacturing medical packaging.
All 11 plastic thermoforming machines in its standard production facility are of the same make, allowing for scheduling flexibility as all tooling is interchangeable between machines. Robotics utilize custom designed and built end-of-arm tooling that automatically strip and stack formed parts for inspection after die-cutting.
It's cleanroom Keifel thermoformer employs sophisticated programming, forming, cutting, stripping, and stacking capabilities. Stainless steel tooling and heated dies produce clean and consistent, on-spec thermformed parts.
Dordan's ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certified quality management system dictates every part of the packaging development and production process for complete transparency and efficiency.
Monitors and mitigates the level of particulate and biological agents.
Dordan's fully enclosed and complete hard wall-construction ISO Class 8 cleanroom thermoforms medical packaging like medical device trays, surgical and procedural kits, medical clamshells, pharmaceutical blisters, and medical component handling trays.
Dordan's cleanroom houses Keifel Speedformers that utilize advanced machine control technology and fully automated forming, cutting, stripping, and stacking stations.
Dordan's cleanroom is governed by its ISO Class 8 certification, which works to continuously monitor, manage, and minimize particulate and biological agents present in the production environment.
Dordan's cleanroom-produced medical packaging maintains tight forming and cutting tolerances, and automated optical inspection equipment rapidly quantifies the process capabilities as a benchmark for continued production.
Dordan's History
Humble, yet technologically advanced with continuous investment.
Dordan is a fourth-generation, family-owned custom thermoforming company that was founded in 1962 in Chicago, IL.
Above: Dordan CEO & President, Daniel Slavin, pictured I white tee at Dordan in Chicago, circa 1974
Dordan transitioned from small scale and rudimentary skin vacuum forming to high-volume thermoforming when Daniel took over the company from his father, Edwin, in the mid-1970s. Daniel moved the company in a more progressive direction with the introduction of CAM/CNC produced tooling, early utilization of microprocessor based thermoformers, and a commitment to quality.
Dordan moved from Chicago to Woodstock, IL, in the early 1990s to meet the increased market demand. It built an ISO Class 8 cleanroom in 2018 for the manufacture of thermoformed medical packaging and became ISO 13485:20916 certified in 2024 for the design, manufacture, and distribution of custom thermoformed medical packaging.
Daniel's children, Aric and Chandler, son-in-law, Danny, and grandson, Julian, currently work at the fourth-generation, family-owned thermoforming company.
