Business View Magazine | June 2019

136 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 Established and incorporated in 1998, McElroy Plastics, Inc. was built from the ground up by Kevin McElroy – a hands-on owner/operator with 30 years of experience in all aspects of injection molding. We began production in March 1999 with 4 machines, and today we run 16 machines ranging from 150 ton up to 2000 ton. Our facilities include 45,000 square feet of under-roof warehouse space and 60,000 square feet of outdoor storage space. McElroy Plastics is a proud family-oriented business; Kevin’s wife, Marnie, started hiring machine operators from home when our first customer orders were received in early 1999, and now is in charge of accounting and managing the office operations. Kevin’s son, Casey, joined the company in 2004 and after 15 years of hard work and dedication is currently serving as Vice President. After graduating from high school in 2010, Kevin’s nephew, Luke, started working in the warehouse and began learning the injection molding process. He now serves as Production Supervisor. In 2011, Kevin recruited his sister, Chloe, to join the team. Chloe handles inventory management and quality control, as well as customer service. We don’t want to forget Shara Roy, who started with us in late 1999, and who does all the shipping coordination and customer service with purchase orders coming in. Along with our great team of 60 full-time employees, collectively, we love what we do and enjoy coming to work every day to look after our customers’ needs! ...... For more information, please visit our website www.mcelroyplastics.com Continuous Improvement, adds that having three regional manufacturing facilities located around the country also gives the company a competitive edge. Wessel reports that major changes in the company’s leadership occurred fairly recently: “At the end of last December, my father-in-law, Jim Tims, retired from the business. He was the predecessor CEO and I took over that role, this year, while he moved into the Chairman of the Board position. In March of this year, my predecessor with the President’s title was Virgil Mullins, and he retired, too. We knew that this time would come, and, as part of that transition in leadership, our company is undergoing several major focuses as