RJG Inc.

RJG Incorporated
Privately held
Industry Injection Molding
Founded Traverse City, Michigan (1985)
Founder Rod Groleau
Headquarters Traverse City, United States of America
Key people
 Rod Groleau, Director
Dale Westerman, President & CEO
Products eDart, Sensors, Training & Consulting
Website rjginc.com

RJG Inc. is a training and consulting company that specializes in the injection molding industry. They offer certifications including Master Molder I, II, and III, Systematic molding, Injection molding essentials, and more.[1] They also offer the eDart system, a software program that allows for data extraction of plastic conditions inside the mold using pressure sensors, transducers and strain gauges. The company is responsible for pioneering "Decoupled molding" techniques which have since become industry standard.[2][3][4][5][6]

History

In 1985 Rod Groleau started a training and consulting company (then named RJG Associates, Inc.), where he developed techniques for retrieving data for plastic conditions inside the mold, previous to this only data from the molding machine itself was used for processing techniques. By 1999, the company developed controls allowing for different "stages" of molding and the "DART" (Data Acquisition and Retrieval with Transducers) system which allowed for data to be retrieved by personal computers. In 1998, the company began offering Master molder certifications, a training program of robust scientific techniques which is highly valuable to employers in the industry.[7][8][9][10] Since then, the company has continued to develop further innovations that have a major impact on the industry.[11][12]

RJG's eDart system installed on an injection molding machine.

Awards

1996 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies

1997 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies

1998 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies

1999 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies (award discontinued after 1999)[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Registration". RJG Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "DECOUPLED". Hansen Plastics Corporation. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Troubleshooting: Injection Molding Seven Steps Toward Scientific Troubleshooting". Plastics Technology. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Implementing Decoupled Molding". Paulson Training Programs, Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Almanac: The fundamentals of Decoupled Molding". Plastics Today. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Injection Molding Guide" (PDF). Lubrizol. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "RJG Opens New Injection Molding Training Facility in NC". Plastics Technology Online. Plastics Technology. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Renstrom, Roger. "Fisher & Paykel expand molding in Mexico, warehouse in US". Plastics News. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "RJG Presents 2015 Training Excellence Awards". Plastics Technology Online. Plastics Technology. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Taylor, Leanne. "RJG gains CPD accreditation from IOM3 for polymer training courses". British Plastics & Rubber. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "RJG touts pre-production molding analysis". Plastics News. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  12. 1 2 "History". RJG Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2015.


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