1981
- Founded by John Manuck, opened first manufacturing line at Rehrig Pacific Company, our first business partner, in Los Angeles, California
1985
- Opened first manufacturing plant in Rancho Dominguez, California
1987
- Partnered with Mitsui Plastics and Tokyo Printing Inc.
1988
- Opened first Eastern region manufacturing plant in Clinton, Tennessee
1995
- Achieved ISO 9001 quality management certification
1998
- Opened third manufacturing plant in Gainesville, Georgia
1999
- Acquired Boom Color, adding first Midwest manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas
2001
- Hosted first Fibertech materials design industry conference
2002
- Opened Fiber Service Center in Dalton, Georgia
2003
- Partnered with Far East Plastics to launch Chinese presence
2004
- Acquired a range of speciality compounds from DSM Engineering Plastics USA
- Opened first engineering plastics compounding unit in Clinton, Tennessee
2006
- Hosted first international edition of Fibertech conference
2008
- Merged Gainesville and Dalton plants to Dalton, Georgia
- Acquired value-adding colorant producer Accel Color, adding two manufacturing plants in Illinois and Ohio
2009
- Achieved A2LA accreditation
2010
- Acquired Techsurf® (formerly Irgasurf) from BASF
- Established analytical testing laboratory Polytest in Clinton, Tennessee
2011
- Established engineering plastics compounding capabilities at Rancho Dominguez plant
- Achieved ISO/TS16949 automotive quality management certification
2013
- Opened new facility in Batavia, IL
- Established Techmer Engineered Solutions (TES) subsidiary
- Introduced Techflow to reduce flow lines in blow molding applications
- Acquired TP Composites, adding an engineering compounding facility in Aston, Pennsylvania
2014
- Sponsored the first annual Bill Moggridge Awards, rewarding young future industry leaders for innovative and creative approaches to materials design
- Named “Best Places to Work” by Plastics News
2015
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visit Techmer PM plant in Clinton to announce a manufacturing innovation hub
2016
- Launched the SHYFT Design + Innovation community, designed to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing across the industry
2017
- Integrated Techmer ES subsidiary into parent company Techmer PM, LLC
- Awards: R&D 100 Additive Printing – Reinforced Carbon Fiber Material
2018
- Opened new facility in Queretaro, Mexico
- Partnered with Plastix Global
2020
- SK Capital acquired majority stake in Techmer PM
2021
- Partnered with Cupron and Nanoxplore
- Named “Best Places to Work” by Plastics News for the sixth time since 2014
2022
- Achieved ISO 13485 Certification in Batavia, IL