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PLENCO CSR Initiative
Since 1934, Plenco Builds On Four
Pillars Of Corporate Strength
‘WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE’
On April 25, 1934, Frank G. Brotz and his
five sons formed American Molded Products
Company in Chicago. It was the midst of the
Great Depression as war clouds were forming
on the horizon.
Five months later, the company was moved
to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where the Brotz
family lived and Frank G. Brotz served as
a senior executive at Kohler Co., the interna-
tional plumbing products company.
His sons renamed the enterprise Plastics
Engineering Company, now recognized by
its trade name Plenco. Plenco’s early history
was a classic case of tough challenges,
family teamwork, indomitable optimism, and
the exuberance of youth despite the vaga-
ries of a worldwide economic depression and
a world war that followed.
With Plenco now poised to enter its third
generation of family corporate leadership,
the Brotz family continues to own, manage
and direct the company, based on a solid
foundation of leadership that views the
composite of employees, customers, suppliers
and communities through a synergistic lens
in which “the whole is greater than the sum of
its parts.”
From the founding of the company, the goal
has been to build and sustain an enterprise
of quality that serves its many stakeholders
with respect and dignity. Each generation has
been driven by a desire to be stewards of a
legacy that preceded them. “Our forefathers
did not set out to be the biggest; their goal
was to be among the best,” current President
and CEO Mike Brotz has said.
Plenco President and CEO Ralph T. Brotz with one of the first
Plenco resin reactors in the 1970s.
The intention and reality have resulted in
exceptional seniority with low turnover, creating
a high level of manufacturing experience and
technical knowledge. It is our commitment to
establish an operational relationship based on
effective employee involvement concepts. By
promoting self-expression and by recognizing
the value of individual contributions, we enable
our people to keep this company on the leading
edge of our industry