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Beaumont Technologies Celebrates 25 Years

Today, the Beaumont Family of Companies celebrates its 25th anniversary!

Beaumont Technologies at a tradeshow
Early Beaumont Technologies team

 

Beaumont Technologies, Inc. was founded April 17, 1998 under the name “Beaumont Runner Technologies, Inc.” to commercialize a new plastic melt conditioning technology: the MeltFlipper®. John Beaumont, then a professor in the Plastics Engineering Technology program at Penn State Erie, invented and developed MeltFlipper® after identifying the root cause of product quality and manufacturing issues related to uneven mold filling. Over the last 25 years, the company has grown from one patent and a couple of employees to now four business units and over 100 employees. Take a look at some reflections shared by long term members of the Beaumont Family of Companies, starting with John Beaumont himself:


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“Runner and Gating Design Handbook” Translated to Czech Language

John Beaumont’s book, Runner and Gating Design Handbook: Tools for Successful Injection Molding, is a globally known industry staple– and it just got more accessible. Already published in both English and German, Runner and Gating Design Handbook is now available in the Czech language thanks to the work of Jan Svoboda, CEO of JAN SVOBODA s.r.o.


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Beaumont teams with Lehigh University for research

From sunglasses frames to high-precision optical network connections, plastics are everywhere. More than 85 billion pounds of polymer products are manufactured each year in North America, most by a process known as injection molding, says John P. Coulter, professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics.


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President John Beaumont inducted into Plastics Hall of Fame

Nationally known plastics entrepreneur, inventor and educator John Beaumont has been named to the Plastics Hall of Fame, a part of the Plastics Academy under the auspices of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association. Beaumont, president and CEO of Erie, Pa.–based Beaumont Technologies, also was recently inducted into the Plastics Pioneers Association. He was inducted at a ceremony during the National Plastics Exposition in Orlando, FL on March 22, 2015.


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John Beaumont to be inducted into Plastics Hall of Fame

John Beaumont to be Inducted into Plastics Hall of Fame

Nationally known plastics entrepreneur, inventor and educator John Beaumont has been named to the Plastics Hall of Fame, a part of the Plastics Academy under the auspices of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association. Beaumont, president and CEO of Erie, Pa.–based Beaumont Technologies, also was recently inducted into the Plastics Pioneers Association.


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President John Beaumont featured in Plastics News article

The Plastics Hall of Fame will welcome nine new members — eight men and one woman — when they are inducted during NPE 2015.


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John Beaumont featured in Business Magazine

The Plastics Pioneer Assocation (PPA), headquartered in McHenry, Illinois, recently inducted John Beaumont, founder and CEO of Beaumont Technologies, Inc., into their organization. Click here read full story, and turn to page 32 of the magazine.


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John Beaumont inducted into Plastics Pioneers Association

ppa-(100x50)The Plastics Pioneers Association (PPA), McHenry, Ill., recently inducted John Beaumont, founder and CEO of Beaumont Technologies, into their organization.


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