How We Work
Our Capabilities
- New product development support and DFM
- Low temperature plastics
- Material silos to purchase in truck load or rail car quantities
- Industry leading UV protection
- Secondary operations and assembly
- Ready for market packaging
- Material silos to purchase in truck load or rail car quantities
- Material analysis
Plastic Fabrication & Forming Solutions
At Columbia Plastics, we offer comprehensive plastic fabrication and forming solutions designed to meet the specific needs of our clients. Our state-of-the-art facility and experienced team enable us to handle a wide variety of projects, from simple components to complex assemblies. We utilize advanced techniques and high-quality materials to ensure that each product meets the highest standards of durability and performance.
Whether you need prototypes, small production runs, or large-scale manufacturing, we have the capabilities to deliver on time and within budget. We work with a diverse range of plastics, including ABS, acrylic, polycarbonate, and PVC, to create products that are tailored to your exact requirements.
We can create intricate and detailed plastic components with exceptional accuracy. Our forming solutions are ideal for producing everything from custom enclosures and panels to complex geometric shapes, ensuring that your products not only meet but exceed your expectations.
Our Plastic Fabrication Facility
At Columbia Plastics, we proudly serve our diverse global clients from our 50,000 square foot, ISO 9001 and 13485 certified, and FDA registered manufacturing center located in Surrey, BC. Operating 24/5, we adhere to Lean Manufacturing Principles to efficiently manage both small and large production runs, leveraging scientific molding and automation for optimal results.
Our facility houses the largest number of molding machines in Canada west of Ontario, with capabilities ranging from 17 to 750 metric tons. This extensive capacity enables us to support high-volume customers while handling a wide range of both semi-crystalline and amorphous plastics with precision and reliability.
With an in-house tool room, we maintain complete control over mold maintenance and design modifications, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless production processes. Our ability to swiftly address and adapt to tooling needs enhances our efficiency and reliability in delivering top-quality products.
Our management philosophy centers on transparency and teamwork. For decades, we have implemented our Continuous Improvement Through Teams (C.I.T.T.) program, fostering a proactive environment that consistently meets client expectations while prioritizing the safety and well-being of our employees.
Case Studies
Overmolded Medical Part
Our customers comprise local, regional, national, and global health care corporations, with products ranging from prosthetic knee housings and vital signs monitoring devices to video laryngoscopes and bone regenerating dental devices, to name a few.
UV Additive
Low-cost off-shore industrial construction products were flooding the west coast market, posing a major threat to our customer’s business. Required a product with various options that was transactional in nature.
Oversized Drill Hole Plugs
Our customer’s client reported a major safety incident when a mine employee stepped in a large drill hole plug and broke their leg.
Seed Tube Housing
The customer brought us a design that required exceptionally large and expensive tooling. The design consisted of three different lengths of molded plastic used to hold a steel cylinder for seed transport. Other than the lengths the, three designs were identical.
Integrated Global Team Collaboration
Our customer is in a very competitive commodity industry. In order to compete globally, they needed to purchase material in rail car quantities to ensure the best raw material pricing.
Seed Metering System
The customer needed to convert a seed metering system from metal into plastic and ensure parts hit the minimum test specifications perfectly every time.