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Why Custom Plastic Trays Are Essential in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical manufacturers face relentless pressure to protect their products, adhere to safety compliance, and, of course, keep costs...
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Horticulture
Facility Upgrades Boost Production and Sustainability at T.O. Plastics
T.O. Plastics, Inc., a thermoforming manufacturer, is proud to announce the completion of significant investments in its Clearwater...
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Horticulture
2026 Horticulture Trade Show Schedule: Key Events and Dates
We're gearing up for a full year traveling to major horticulture industry and distributor trade shows throughout North America. These...
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Horticulture
Travis LaFave Joins T.O. Plastics as West Coast Sales Manager
T.O. Plastics, Inc., a leading thermoforming manufacturer of horticultural containers and trays, welcomes Travis LaFave to their sales team...
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Horticulture
2025 Horticulture Trade Show Calendar
Our team is excited to be participating in several horticulture industry and distributor trade shows this year. These events give us an...
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Horticulture
Advancing Sustainability with Improved Recycling and Facility Upgrades
T.O. Plastics, a thermoforming manufacturer, is excited to announce significant upgrades to its recycling capabilities and manufacturing...
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Horticulture
2024 Horticulture Trade Show Calendar
Our team is thrilled to participate in various horticulture industry and distributor trade shows this year! These events present a...
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Horticulture
T.O. Plastics Launches POPagation Station™ Plug Popper
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Horticulture
Rob Rood Joins T.O. Plastics as Northeast Regional Sales Manager
T.O. Plastics, Inc., a leading thermoforming manufacturer of horticultural containers and trays, welcomes Rob Rood to their sales team as...
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Custom Solutions
Celebrating 75 Years of Growth, Innovation, and Sustainability
T.O. Plastics, Inc., a leading thermoforming manufacturer, is proud to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 1948...
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Horticulture
Sub-Irrigation System
Plug Tray & Flat Compatibility Pair T.O. Plastics plug trays with our standard flats, germination tray, or display flat without drainage...
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Horticulture
New Product: 7-Inch Humidity Dome
7" Tall Growing System The humidity dome (product #760525C) features 1,148 cubic inches of growing space, four adjustable humidity control...
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Horticulture
HORT LIFE CHRONICLES: True Leaf Market
NOT YOUR AVERAGE SEED COMPANY Yes, True Leaf Market sells seeds. But that is only one of many product categories they offer. Perhaps more...
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Medical devices
Medical Packaging in Production: Watch a Blister Tray Get Thermoformed
Blister packaging is a common packaging format used for all sorts of products; most recognizable perhaps are small toys in retail or gum...
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Horticulture
2022 Horticulture Trade Show Calendar
We look forward to industry events in the same way we anxiously awaited show-and-tell in elementary school, for the very same reasons....
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Medical devices
How to Get the 'Goldilocks' Medical Device Package
The classic fairytales of our childhood carry important life lessons; today we're pulling Goldilocks and the Three Bears from the archives...
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Medical devices
Sterile Barrier & Protective Packaging Material Considerations
A capable medical packaging solution is created by integrating a sterile barrier system with protective packaging. This is achieved through...
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Medical devices
Leading Medical Innovation at Mayo Clinic, Patient Care Extraordinaire
This is blog #4 in our Land of 10,000 Makes content series, which celebrates Minnesota made products and services. Sign up to follow along.
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Horticulture
2021 Horticulture Trade Show Calendar
Even though 2021 is more than half way over at this point (still not quite sure how that happened...), our trade show season is just...
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Horticulture
Ready and Excited to Cultivate, Together
The premier green industry event of the year is upon us: Cultivate'21. It is always exciting to be in a room filled with so much passion...
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Horticulture
California Summer Trials 2021, Minnesota Style
In true 2020/2021 style, we are participating in the California Summer Trials at a more-than-safe distance...2000+ miles (in Minnesota). In...
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Medical devices
Minnesota's Medical Alley: Where Ideas & Innovation Grow
Minnesota is a great place to do business - and perhaps slightly favorable for businesses in the medical and healthcare industry. We get to...
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Horticulture
New Product: 450 Square Pot with Tag Slots & Tray
Expanding the trusted square pot product line to add convenient and durable branding opportunities comes the 450 square pot with tag slots (
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Medical devices
The 6 Most Common Packaging Platforms for Medical Devices
The options you have when packaging a medical device often feel innumerable. With the flood of innovation we’ve experienced in the 21st...
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Medical devices
Medical Packaging: Balancing the Needs of the Product & User
The design of a medical package requires balance. As a device developer/engineer, it's easy to get tunnel vision for the product itself,...
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Medical devices
MN Made: Avon Plastics
This is blog #3 in our Land of 10,000 Makes content series, which celebrates Minnesota made products and services. Sign up to follow along.
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Horticulture
HORT LIFE CHRONICLES: Bailey
NATURE, NURTURED. AND VICE VERSA. With a rich history and intense focus on the future, Bailey is a perfect kick-off story for Hort Life. As...
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Medical devices
5 Key Design Considerations for Medical Device Packaging
With your medical device development underway, it's important to keep packaging design in mind as you hit key milestones and stage gates....
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Medical devices
Preparing for Medical Product Package Design and Development
One of the biggest (and most common) mistakes that medical product innovators make is waiting until the eleventh hour to consider their...
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Medical devices
Healthcare Packaging: Why You Can't Overlook Your End User
It’s time to stop thinking of healthcare packaging (or any other packaging, really) as a necessary commodity, and start thinking of it as a...
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Medical devices
MN Made: Lite Run Inc.
This is blog #2 in our Land of 10,000 Makes content series, which celebrates Minnesota made products and services. Sign up to follow along.
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Medical devices
Minnesota Medical Packaging Facility Tour: See Thermoforming in Action
It was a goal of ours to welcome more people in to our facility to showcase some of the enhancements we’ve made the past few years. But,...
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Medical devices
Speaker Sneak Peek: The Inside Scoop on Medical Packaging Material
With just a few days to go before Med Packed (our free virtual mini-conference), I'm excited to give you another sneak peek at a session...
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Medical devices
Small Business Saturday Prep: Our Team's Favorite Local MN Businesses
As part of our celebration of the Land of 10,000 Makes - and with SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY right around the corner - we thought it would be...
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Medical devices
Sneak Peek: Laura Bix & A User-Centered Approach to Packaging Design
Our free, virtual, mini conference, Med PackED, is only a few short weeks away. We're excited and honored to have a number of industry...
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Medical devices
Behind the Design: PPE Face Shield from InnovaTools
An unprecedented global pandemic ignites matters of life and death for thousands of individuals and the healthcare employees who navigate...
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Horticulture
T.O. Plastics Announces New Horticulture Leader
T.O. Plastics is pleased to announced the appointment of Jared Rusch to Director of Sales & Marketing – Horticulture markets. Previously,...
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Medical devices
The Medical Device Design Process Should Include a Packaging Supplier
Oftentimes, medical device companies—especially startups—don’t want to engage with a packaging design company early on because the device...
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Medical devices
More than Just a Name on Your ASL—A True Medical Packaging Partner
When it comes to choosing a medical packaging company, some companies never look further than who’s listed on their Approved Supplier List...
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Medical devices
CardioNXT Plastic Catheter Tray & Lid for Cardiac Arrhythmia Treatment
Medical startup companies work tirelessly to bring innovative and potentially revolutionary medical devices to market; it is our privilege...
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Medical devices
Minnesota Business Ecosystem: Built for Success
In the good old days, you could head to 'town' and get everything you needed: milk, gas, tools, clothes, car repairs, and more. Neighbors...
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Medical devices
MN Made: BluDot
As you drive home, how many of your neighbors do you know by name? Do you know what they do for work? How many kids they have? How they...
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Medical devices
Medical Device Packaging: 3 Mistakes to Avoid
Medical device packaging is an essential component for medical device companies. Not only do devices need to be packaged safely and...
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Medical devices
When It’s Worth the Risk to Switch Packaging Suppliers
There’s no doubt about it, switching from one packaging supplier to another takes work. For medical product manufacturers, it's an...
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Medical devices
A Tribute to Minnesota Makers and the State We Call Home
Today we'd like to send a big 'thanks' and special shout out to all the Minnesota makers - HAPPY LABOR DAY! To all producers, creators,...
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Horticulture
New 2020 Horticultural Containers Catalog Just Released
New Look. New Products. New Information. We're excited to announce the launch of our new Horticulture Containers Catalog. Read on to find...
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Medical devices
Face Shield Design and Production in Response to COVID-19
In times of great need comes great opportunity. As we searched for ways to keep our employees safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Horticulture
Square Pot Packaging Improvement | Product Development Announcement
We are excited to share that we have implemented an improved packaging solution for our line of square plant pots. Over the next few weeks...
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Horticulture
2020 Events Schedule
It is a top priority of ours to meet our customers where they are and actively support and participate in the industry they are growing and...
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Horticulture
California Summer Trials (CAST)
Spring has sprung! Or at least it feels that way for us - for two reasons: With headquarters in Minnesota, we celebrate any temperatures...
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Medical devices
Custom Packaging on Display at MD&M West 2020
We're kicking off our 2020 medical trade show season at MD&M West, in Anaheim CA. This show is always a great way to start the year,...
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Medical devices
State-of-the-Art Kiefel KMD 90 Former
State-of-the-Art Kiefel KMD 90 Former Our most recent addition to equipment includes the KMD 90 Speedformer. This thermoformer from Kiefel...
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Medical devices
How Medical Grade Plastics are Safe and Reliable for Medical Packaging
What is Medical Grade Plastics? Certified medical grade plastic material ideal for medical equipment, supplies, and devices used in the...
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Horticulture
At T.O. Plastics our world is not round, it’s square!
The Square Pot Advantage Growing in square pots can save you space, time and money! When using square pots compared to round, you save...
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Horticulture
Our Internship Program | Engineering, Quality, & Marketing
We believe there is no better way to learn than to get hands on experience. This year we expanded our internship program to the largest...
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Medical devices
4 ways to save money by using plastic instead of metal
Metal has been a top choice in many industries for decades due to its time-tested performance, but plastic is being considered as an...
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Horticulture
Environmentally Friendly Doesn't Have to Mean Plastic Free
We live in an environmentally friendly world that stresses a sustainable lifestyle and we do our best to embody that sustainable spirit....
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Medical devices
The Minnesota Medical Market
We know the Minnesota medical market can be overwhelming, but we want to help you! Minnesota is known as “Medical Alley” because it is home...
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Horticulture
New Product: Mega Heavyweight Flats
CLEARWATER, MN - We're adding a new flat to our product suite, and an extra to our current extra extra heavyweight flat to give growers a...
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Custom Solutions
Your Plastics Partner
Do you have a custom plastic project you want done but are worried about the expenses? We can help you! At T.O. Plastics we place higher...
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Horticulture
T.O. Plastics Receives Workplace Safety Awards
Safety first is our leading core value. And we work hard every day to promote workplace safety and protect every employee’s well-being....
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Medical devices
5 Reasons to Pick Thermoforming over Injection Plastic Molding
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Horticulture
T.O. Plastics at Cultivate
Cultivate 2019 is in 5 days! We will be in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from July 13th-July 16th for this...
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Horticulture
How our Customer First mentality drives our mission, vision and values
We strive to be unified in our purpose; from day-to-day operations through strategic planning, and every step in between. To create unity,...
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Medical devices
T.O. Plastics named one of the Top 10 Packaging Providers
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T. O. Plastics Launches New Website
T.O. Plastics New Website Showcases Thermoformed Packaging and Container Excellence in Medical / Life Science, Industrial, Agriculture /...
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Medical devices
T. O. Plastics at MD&M East
T. O. Plastics at MD&M East The Medical Design & Manufacturing East Event starts TODAY! Come visit us at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center...
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T.O. Plastics Featured in Plastics Machinery Magazine
T.O. Plastics is featured in May's issue of Plastics Machinery Magazine A 5-page feature describes T. O. plastics diverse equipment...
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Horticulture
Custom Thermoformer Donates Pots & Trays to Green Classroom Initiative
As a custom thermoformer, we are proud to manufacture our own line of proprietary plant trays and containers to support the horticulture...
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Horticulture
2 Quart 5.5-inch Pots and Trays Introduced
CLEARWATER, MN – We're introducing out 2 quart 5.5’’ square pot and accompanying carry tray, suitable for a wide range of horticulture...
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Custom Thermoformed Plastic Design Services for Horticulture Industry
Minnesota-based T.O. Plastics also offers products for the expanding cannabis, hemp and microgreens markets
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Minnesota-based Medical Packaging Thermoformer Expands Capacity
Set for February start-up, new pressure former will provide added cleanroom benefits at T.O. Plastics’ Otsego, MN, facility
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T.O. Plastics Otsego Facility Earns AIB Compliance Rating
T.O. Plastics, a leading U.S. manufacturer of thermoformed packaging and parts in the food, medical, industrial, recreational, consumer...
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MN-based Medical Packaging Company to Exhibit at MD&M West
Custom thermoformer T.O. Plastics will highlight its cleanroom & high-speed manufacturing capabilities at Feb. 6-8 show
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T.O. Plastics Assists Students in First Lego League Competition
Custom thermoformer provides advice in team’s quest to design a reusable pizza box
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T.O. Plastics Advised First Lego League Team
On February 5th, 2016 seven homeschooled students ages 9 to 14 and an adult coach toured our plant in Otsego, Minnesota, to learn how...
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Shining a Light on Our Life Sciences Thermoforming Expertise
Our proprietary line of horticultural products gets a lot of attention - SureRoots® and our Open Bottom trays are well-known names across...
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Introducing Our 2 Quart, 5.5’’ Square Pots and Carry Trays
T.O. Plastics is pleased to unveil the newest addition to our extensive line of square plant pots and carry trays: 2 quart, 5.5’’...
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Horticulture
Who is T.O. Plastics? | MN Manufacturing Week 2017
CLEARWATER, MN – Minnesota-based custom thermoformer T.O. Plastics Inc. is participating in the Star News’ observance of Minnesota...
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Five Core Values, a Mission and Our Vision Make Our Company
We have a rich history of partnering with our customers to bring the best possible solutions to market while exceeding their every...
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Proprietary & Custom Thermoformed Products, 100% American Made
100% American Made We’re proud of a lot of things here at T.O. Plastics: our commitment to quality, our exceptional customer service, our...
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Team Donates Planting Pots & Trays for Green Classroom Initiative
This spring we partnered up with the Collins Brothers, Russell and Garette, and donated 1,800 square pots and 90 matching carry trays to...
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T.O. Plastics Gets Results at Cultivate '16 Trade Show
Cultivate '16 featured more than 600 exhibitors and attracted 10,000 attendees from all 50 states and 24 countries. "The Cultivate show is...
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T.O. Plastics Launches Sureroots Elite® Products
Company touts innovative plug trays that improve plant growth
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T.O. Plastics Expands Its 3D Printing Capabilities
Custom thermoformer’s investment supports 2015 growth goals
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Horticulture
T.O. Plastics Expands HIPS, ABS Plastic Extrusion Capacity
We've added new extrusion equipment in our Clearwater, Minnesota plant that enables increased capacity for ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene...
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Horticulture
Two New Plant Pie Trays Added to the 'Bakery' Product Line
We partnered with the inventor of Plant Pie™ to launch two new, innovative plant trays that leverage the success of the original Plant Pie...
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T.O. Plastics Receives Sureroots® Trademark Registration
T.O. Plastics is pleased to announce that it has been granted registration of its trademark SUREROOTS® by the United States Patent and...
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