Industries Served

ETI offers expertise in an extensive range of molding services. Some of our most popular services include:

• Compression molding. A cost-effective technique that can create highly complex parts.
• Transfer molding. Achieve uniform part thickness, fast setup times, and design flexibility.
• Liquid injection molding. Create high quantities of quality parts with minimal labor.
• Rubber molding. Choose from different custom-formulated compounds and molding processes to create a finished product.
• Prototype molding. Qualify your project’s materials and processes before investing in production tooling.
• Die cutting. A versatile and affordable method for producing custom parts with tight tolerance requirements.

In addition to these services, we also offer custom gasket and seal manufacturing using high-performance materials like nitrile, silicone, fluorosilicone, and more. Our extensive service capabilities allow us to expertly handle projects from various industries.

Medical and dental devices must meet rigorous safety regulations. At ETI, we provide dependable molding solutions for the medical industry. Using precision silicone molding techniques and high-quality materials, we can create fully custom biocompatible components. We work with many materials, including unrestricted silicone, which can be implanted for more than 29 days, and restricted silicone for short-term implants.

The three most popular injection molding methods for this industry include liquid injection molding, transfer molding, and insert molding. By carefully controlling process temperatures, times, and pressure levels, we can optimize the molding process to prevent flash and voids. The result is a precision product with impressive performance characteristics, including:

• Resistance to chemicals, mold, and bacteria
• No odor or taste
• Ability to resist high and low temperatures
• Hypoallergenic nature and an inorganic backbone
• UV-safety

Some of the most common applications for our medical and dental molded components include:

• Artificial joint implants
• Disposable silicone components
• Electrical stimulation
• Grafting and suture points for implanted devices
• Handles and surgical tools
• Injection ports
• Surgical reconstructive components
• Seals

Silicone materials are extremely versatile and can endure rigorous conditions, making them a popular choice for automotive manufacturing. At ETI, we help automotive companies build greater reliability into their manufacturing, delivering quality parts on time. Our processes accurately reproduce product designs and create components with exceptional quality and improved durability. Our automotive customers enjoy numerous benefits, such as:

• Design flexibility
• Processing parts quickly without the need for expensive equipment
• Environmental compatibility
• Highly accurate design reproduction
• Excellent mechanical strength

ETI can help you manufacture many types of die-cut and molded silicone automotive components, including:

• Air vents
• Material paneling and moldings
• Bumpers
• Center consoles
• Dashboard elements
• Door handles
• Trunk trims
• Tire molds
• Steering wheels

Safety and regulatory compliance are key concerns for the food and beverage industry. At ETI, we use food-grade materials and advanced molding techniques to create FDA-compliant solutions for this industry. The molding techniques we offer are not only fully customizable and cost-effective but involve fast production cycles to help you meet your project’s timeline needs.

We work with many materials, including:

• Viton^®
• Silicone
• Fluorosilicone
• Neoprene
• Styrene-butadiene (SBR)
• Liquid silicone rubber

All of these options are widely used in food and beverage manufacturing due to their high-temperature resistance and convenient, non-stick nature. They are tasteless and resist mold, bacteria, and water. We create an extensive range of products for this industry, such as:

• Cold molds (such as ice cube trays)
• Custom-molded grips for knives and various cooking utensils
• Gaskets, seals, and o-rings
• Nonstick, flexible bakeware
• Heat-absorbing handle covers and grips for pots and pans

Our specialty molding services solve even the most complex project challenges. Specialty applications like pressure membranes, spark plugs, and engine components must withstand harsh operating conditions. ETI can help you create reliable, high-performance products with custom characteristics, like temperature resistance, UV resistance, ozone resistance, and much more.

Materials we can use for these products include:

• Butyl
• EPDM
• Silicone
• Fluorosilicone
• Viton^®

We can use these and other materials to create performance-enhanced products such as:

• Low-pressure exit valves
• Check, one-way, and dual valves with high sensitivity
• Seals and filtration components
• Non-degrading hose system seals and membranes
• Weather-resistant pressurized sprinkler nozzles

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, consumer products must be well-manufactured to succeed. ETI creates durable and long-lasting components using liquid silicone rubber and other high-performance materials. We use precision production techniques and automated injection molding processes to deliver products with custom characteristics like UV resistance, mold and bacteria resistance, and much more.

Some of the most common applications we work on include:

• Aftermarket automotive and mechanical aviation parts
• Showerheads and nozzles
• High-contact rollers in printers and paper management
• Hypoallergenic applicators, valves, wipers, seals, and brushes for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
• Fatigue-resistant slit valves

Injection molding is an essential manufacturing technique for the aerospace industry. Our team collaborates closely with our customers to ensure every part we produce adheres to rigorous performance specifications. Injection-molded parts made using liquid silicone rubber not only meet high tolerance requirements consistently but are also strong and cost-effective to manufacture.

ETI creates reliable LSR products that adhere to all aerospace industry regulations. Our injection molding capabilities allow us to create aerospace parts such as:

• Bezels
• Chassis components
• Containers and enclosures
• Lenses
• Subsequent molds
• Panels
• Turbine blades

Agricultural components must endure harsh environmental conditions, chemical exposure, and frequent use. Injection-molded components stand up to these demands, bringing added reliability and improved performance to even the most rigorous applications. The most common materials for these applications include silicone, nitrile, neoprene, and styrene butadiene. Our experienced team can help you select the best option for your performance demands.

Our solutions for the agriculture industry are weather-resistant, chemical-resistant, and cost-effective. We create components for an extensive range of agricultural applications, including:

• Balers
• Combines
• Chaser bins
• Harvesters
• Tractors
• Tree Shakers
• Planters

The military and defense sector demands precision and reliability for components to endure exposure to extreme temperatures, long-term daily use, and more. Our custom injection molding services meet these rigorous demands. We have decades of experience crafting ITAR-compliant components from versatile materials like:

• Viton^®
• Nitrile
• EPDM
• Fluorosilicone
• Fluorocarbon (FKM)

Applications we serve include:

• Aircraft interior parts
• Main control components, like cockpit covers
• Specialized structural components
• Gaskets and seals for fuel systems, pumps, valves, and hydraulics

Silicone injection molding is a versatile process that can meet even the most rigorous project demands. At ETI, we have decades of experience creating high-performance, custom components for diverse industries. All of our products are crafted with longevity in mind and built to meet or exceed industry standards.