Quashnick Tool Corporation was founded by State Certified Journeyman Tool Maker and past President, Terry Quashnick and his wife Jeanette in 1973. For the first eleven years they specialized in the design and construction of injection molds. In 1984 they added injection molding to the business.
Inducted into the Society of Plastic Engineers Hall of Fame in 1998.
In 2008, Terry assumed the role of CEO/CTO to focus on technical development.
After 37 years of operation, QTC remains a custom manufacturer with two divisions and has built a team of versatile and experienced employees to meet any customer’s injection molding needs.
The tooling division specializes in the construction of complex injection molds built to very high tolerances. Technology is an important component at QTC and the company continues to invest in the latest machinery and metrology equipment to maintain our reputation for competitiveness and quality. Also incorporated in the tooling division is one of the most advanced computer aided mold design facilities in Northern California, which utilizes the latest versions of Pro/Engineer, AutoCAD, SolidWorks and SURFCAM.
As the industry has changed, QTC has changed with it, with a focus on clean manufacturing and producing higher volumes of complex medical parts, in addition to custom work. The molding facility currently operates eleven state of the art injection molding presses ranging from 35 to 230 tons across the entire spectrum of resins from polypropylene to engineering resins.
Today, QTC operates using lean business processes, ISO level documentation, six sigma problem solving tools and a total team concept, to seamlessly integrate mold design, mold construction and plastic molding operations, and assure we deliver quality parts to our worldwide customer base.