The Mack Team celebrates the Holidays with a new Mack Carol for 2018 – Working at Mack Molding Company – to the tune of Winter Wonderland! From our family, to yours, wishing you happy holidays and all the best in 2019.
Jonathan Whitney Appointed to Top Sales Role at Mack
Company Combines Northern & Southern Divisions’ Business Development Teams
ARLINGTON, Vt. (Oct. 9, 2018) – Mack Molding, a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services, announced today it is uniting the business development teams of its Northern and Southern divisions under the leadership of Jonathan Whitney, the Company’s director of business development. Within this role Whitney joins Mack’s senior staff, reporting directly to President Jeff Somple with dotted-line responsibility to Mack South President Bryan Campbell.
“Jon is a seasoned member of the Mack family and an accomplished engineer,” Somple said. “During his tenure with us he has consistently shown a keen ability to target new markets, driving sales growth and increased diversity in our customer base. Unifying our sales teams under Jon not only reflects his contributions to the organization, it allows us to bring increased focus and strategic execution to the prospecting and onboarding of new customers.”
Whitney, who has served as the director of business development for the Company’s Northern Division since 2016, first joined Mack in 2013 as a business development manager for New England. An expert in contract manufacturing, plastics and medical devices, he previously was a senior project manager for the design, development and commercialization of cardiovascular devices at Abiomed. He gained other engineering experience at Olympus, Alkermes and Raytheon, where he earned a green belt six-sigma certification. Whitney has an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.; a masters in engineering management from Tufts University in Boston; and a bachelors in plastics engineering from UMass Lowell.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 11 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is CEO and chairman. For more information, go to www.mack.com.
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U.S. Rep. Peter Welch Visits Mack Headquarters
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (left) listens as Mack Vice President of Procurement Marc Colety gives the Congressman a tour of the Company’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.
On Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, Mack was pleased to host U.S Rep. Peter Welch at the Company’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt.
Rep. Welch toured the plant and received a business update from Mack Vice President of Procurement Marc Colety and Headquarters Plant Manager Rich Hornby. During the visit, Colety highlighted Mack’s recent growth, the strength of the Company’s presence in the Green Mountain State and its global reach. The Congressman also received a first-hand look at the new work in the Company’s finishing area, observed operations in the molding and tool rooms, and was briefed on capital equipment investments that have been made in the metals and machining departments to support recent growth in business activity.
Horsepower Technologies Enlists Mack Molding to Help Horses
Company’s Revolutionary Technology, Industry Experience & Unique Location
Leveraged in Fight Against Equine Lameness
ARLINGTON, Vt. (August 21, 2018) – Horsepower Technologies™ Inc. (Horsepower), a Massachusetts-based healthcare and technology company dedicated to combating equine lameness, has contracted Mack Molding to manufacture its groundbreaking product, FastTrack™, the first rehabilitative orthotic device for horses.
Last month, Horsepower commercially launched FastTrack™, which is designed to significantly reduce both rehabilitation time and incidence of re-injury following tendon and ligament trauma.
Horsepower Technologies Inc. has contracted Mack Molding to manufacture its groundbreaking product, FastTrack™, the first rehabilitative orthotic device for horses.
“Mack was a natural fit for Horsepower’s mission of helping horses,” Horsepower President and CEO Mouli Ramani said of the Arlington, Vt.-based custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. “We are proud to say our parts are assembled and shipped from within the U.S. to the horse’s location – it means that within 48 hours of placing an order a veterinarian is able to begin the treatment process. For an animal in need getting therapy right away instead of waiting weeks, this can make all the difference.”
FastTrack™’s unique design allows the device to be customized for each individual horse, providing maximal support of musculoskeletal structure. Renowned veterinarians including U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team doctors Dr. Tim Ober, Dr. Rick Mitchell and Dr. Brendan Furlong have been consulted throughout the development of the product, supporting the technological advancement and enhanced treatment that FastTrack™ enables. With hundreds of possible partners available to manufacture the product, Horsepower sought Mack’s vertically integrated contract manufacturing services to streamline the process and ensure its equine patients can more safely and more quickly resume exercise without exacerbating their injuries.
Mack is currently fulfilling orders for FastTrack™ and the FastTrack™ Sizing and Heater Kits. The Sizing Kit enables the veterinarian to take measurements of the horse’s limb and order the correct FastTrack™ size. The Heater Kit is a portable heater used to form the orthotic device to the exact contours of the horse’s limbs.
A Mack employee rivets an upper shell into place during assembly of Horsepower Technologies’ FastTrack™, the first rehabilitative orthotic device for horses.
“As an experienced medical device manufacturer, the veterinary market presents a unique opportunity for the Company to expand upon its experience in the space,” added Mack Molding President Jeff Somple. “Like any medical product, Horsepower’s device has to work right the first time – the horses and the people who care for them depend on it. Horsepower has a great mantra, Soundness Through Science, and the team has put almost a decade of research and development to help the nearly one third of all sport- and race-horses that suffer from lameness. Now Mack is happy to add the strength of a 98-year-old business to the cause.”
About Horsepower Technologies
Horsepower Technologies™ is a Massachusetts-based animal healthcare and biotech company dedicated to combating equine lameness through the commercialization of products that reduce its incidence as well as rehabilitation times. Made of aircraft-grade aluminum and high-strength stainless-steel, and based on novel structural and material-science innovations found in human orthotics over the past several years, FastTrack™ enables early mobilization and out-of-the-stall load-bearing exercise for horses that have sustained flexor apparatus injuries.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 11 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is CEO and chairman. For more information, go to www.mack.com.
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Meet the Interns: Brad Williams
Brad Williams, of Lake George, N.Y., is a senior at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., and a 2018 Mack summer intern. Brad has been working in the Company’s purchasing department with Supply Chain Manager Eric White and Medical Supply Chain Manager John Preiser.
“The goal of any ‘good’ internship is one that provides value to both employer and employee. I think we accomplished that with Brad this summer,” Eric said. “It was clear from the beginning that his curriculum prepared him for many of the day to day challenges we face. We had a huge amount of new product introduction activities this summer, and Brad played a significant role in helping out the purchasing department.”
It is a perfect fit for Brad, who is majoring in global supply chain management. He has spent the summer researching current topics and issues regarding supply chains, as well as filling out component quality requirements (CQR) paperwork, cutting purchase orders (POs) and debt memos.
“The work I’ve been doing this summer relates directly to my major,” Brad noted. “I now understand the importance of staying up to date and well versed on any findings in my field. If you don’t, you begin to fall behind.”
Brad found out about Mack from the Company’s website and has been enjoying his time in Southern Vermont.
“Mack really cares about the work its interns are doing,” he said. “I’ve been working on projects that are giving me real experience and are expanding my knowledge. I’m also glad I get to spend my free time hiking and swimming, and playing my guitar.”
After graduating in December of this year, Brad plans to work in a supply chain buyer position.
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