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                        NEW- Expanded Door Sweep Line
                        Iso-Trude has added two new design to our Green Sweep product line.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Tough, durable and environmentally&amp;nbsp;friendly sweeps continue to be preferred by&amp;nbsp;major door manufacturers across the country.&amp;nbsp;
                        Our products have&amp;nbsp;eliminated costly service and warranty issues.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;
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	<title>About Iso-Trude</title>
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            About Us
            Iso-Trude has been providing world class extruded product to their customers for over 15 years.&amp;nbsp;We specialize in single and multi-material profile and tubing extrusions. Whether your requirements are for parts with 1, 2 or 3, materials or colors, we have the experience and are producing similar parts today.
            
            Iso-Trude has substantial experience and expertise in some of the most cost competitive industries in the world.&amp;nbsp;Using this experience, we provide solutions to our customers which allow them to be competitive in a world economy.&amp;nbsp;Our customers range from Fortune 100 companies to small manufactures with less than 25 employees. We assist all our customers with:
            
                Engineering and product design assistance
                Extremely tight tolerance part capabilities
                Material selection assistance; Green Materials.
                Design for low cost manufacturing
                Inventory management
                Cost reduction initiatives
                Extremely high quality and consistent parts from run to run and year to year.&amp;nbsp;ISO 9001-2000 registered.
                World wide shipments.
                On time project completions and part submissions.
            
            Our service levels are some of the highest in the industry.&amp;nbsp;Customers have even consolidated large quantities of parts from other extruders to us. Because of the high service and quality levels, many of our customers consider us their in house extrusion manufacturing plant.&amp;nbsp;Customers have even approved us to ship directly to their end customers. 
            
            The Iso-Trude team has won awards for our commitment to quality, service and customer support.&amp;nbsp;Click here to view our most recent awards.&amp;nbsp;If you are looking for the best solution to your extrusion need call us or click here to send an E-mail. 
            
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            Industries Served&amp;nbsp; &amp;raquo;&amp;nbsp; Automotive
            Iso-Trude&apos;s co and tri-extruded seals are used for Instrument Panel, Below Belt Glass Run Channels, cowl, hood and radiator seals.&amp;nbsp; The best practices design of our IP Seal and unique glass run channel design has provided OEM&apos;s, and Tier 1 companies with substantial cost savings.
            
            Iso-Trude&apos;s award winning Co-Extruded Air Dams, with new materials and lighter weight, now provide even greater fuel efficiencies.&amp;nbsp; Our Air Dam technology not only solved the field failure problems; the low cost co-extrusion tooling and in line punching are a proven cost savings over injection molded air dams.
            
            We also supply a variety of interior parts such as seating, headliner and window clips, parts for brake systems and module covers.&amp;nbsp; Due to the lower cost tooling, in line fabrication and piece price, engineers, and designers are continuing to develop extruded alternatives to high volume injection molded parts.
            
            
        
    
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	<pubDate>2009-09-18 10:17:29</pubDate>
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            Capabilities
            
                Single, Dual, Tri, material / color extrusions.
                Widths up to 12&amp;quot;
                Tight tolerance parts
                Class &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; surface finishes
                Metallic and Transparent Colors
                In-house tool design
                Multi Axis router
                Cost saving services (In-line and Off-line)
                
                    Taping
                    Punching
                    Bagging
                    Drilling
                    Printing / Marking
                    Embossing
                    Assembly
                    Packaging / Kitting
                    Deburring
                
                
            
            
            
        
    
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	<pubDate>2009-09-28 10:30:01</pubDate>
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            &amp;nbsp;Deal may open doors to materials change - September 28, 2009 - Plastic News
            GRAND HAVEN -&amp;nbsp;Profile and tubing extruder Iso-Trude, Inc. has entered&amp;nbsp; a partnership with Advanced Weatherseal of Carpentersville, IL.&amp;nbsp; Iso-Trude of Grand haven, Mich., will supply thermoplastic seals for overhead doors assembled by Advanced Weatherseal.&amp;nbsp; READ MORE
            Iso-Trude to make seals for Advanced Weatherseal - June 9, 2009- Plastic News
            GRAND HAVEN &amp;ndash; Profile and tubing extruder Iso-Trude Inc. has entered into a partnership with Advanced Weatherseal of Carpentersville, IL.&amp;nbsp; READ MORE
            
            NCRC OK with Iso-Trude - July 7, 2008 - MiBiz
            GRAND HAVEN &amp;ndash; In pursuit of continuous improvement, Iso-Trude Inc. discovered a program run through a Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative that helped transform how the company looked at selecting employees.&amp;nbsp; READ MORE
            
            Employee Wellness Program - June 8, 2007
            GRAND HAVEN &amp;ndash; Iso-Trude, Inc. a growing Grand Haven extruder of plastic parts, began an employee wellness program in September of 2006.&amp;nbsp; READ MORE
            
            Delphi Corporation&apos;s Pin - June 8, 2007
            GRAND HAVEN &amp;ndash; Iso-Trude, Inc. a growing Grand Haven extruder of plastic parts, is proud to announce; it has been awarded Delphi Corporation&amp;rsquo;s Pinnacle Supplier Award.&amp;nbsp; READ MORE
            
            
        
    

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	<pubDate>2009-10-06 14:24:28</pubDate>
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            Key Contacts
            
            Craig Janusz
            President
            cjanusz@isotrude.com
            
            Custom Manufactured Products
            Bob Brown
            Sales Manager
            bbrown@isotrude.com
            Greensweep&amp;reg; Products
            Dave Shullenberger
            Account Manager
            dshullenberger@isotrude.com
            Customer Service
            Brenda Billings
            Customer Service Manager
            bbillings@isotrude.com
            
            Our Address
            
            Iso-Trude, Inc.
            1705 Eaton
            Grand Haven, MI 49417
            Phone: 616-844-2888
            Fax: 616-844-2888
        
    
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	<pubDate>2009-09-18 10:31:15</pubDate>
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            Career Opportunities
            
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	<pubDate>2008-09-12 08:26:46</pubDate>
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            Green Building Products
            
            Made from tough, durable, environmentally friendly, PVC free, recyclable materials &amp;nbsp;
        
        
            
            
                
                    
                        A green sealing solution for exterior doors
                        More durable, tear and crack resistant
                        Better low and high temperature protection
                        Fits most door applications
                        Competitively priced
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                        Gutter Guards
                        Heavy duty contractor grade
                        Environmentally friendly, PVC free materials
                        Competitively priced
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            Awards
            
            
                
                    
                        Saturn Supplier Outstanding
                        Quality Achievement Award
                        
                    
                
            
            
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                        Delphi Corporation&apos;s
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	<pubDate>2008-09-03 07:11:43</pubDate>
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            Industries Served&amp;nbsp; &amp;raquo;&amp;nbsp; Office Furniture
            Iso-Trude has been supplying custom extruded and co-extruded parts with up to three materials for the office furniture manufacturers.&amp;nbsp; We specialize in the tight tolerance, class A surface finish parts.&amp;nbsp; Our engineers have provided cost saving design solutions to major furniture manufacturers.
            
            Whether it be parts for panels, electrical, chairs or work surfaces, Iso-Trude&apos;s competitively priced parts have been able to fulfill all special requirements.&amp;nbsp; From PVC Free UL V-O, low smoke or recycled content compounds, we have a solution for your product.&amp;nbsp; We are supplying parts with metallic, translucent, and standard furniture colors daily to major furniture manufacturers.
            
            
        
    
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	<pubDate>2009-09-18 10:18:54</pubDate>
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            Facility
            Our new 42,000 sq. ft.  manufacturing, design and engineering center is centrally located in Grand Haven, Michigan.  It is designed specifically for efficient manufacturing of custom extruded plastic profile and tubing components.  Products are shipped world-wide in quantities from single boxes to full truck/container loads.  We have a wide range of extrusion, co-extrusion and tri-extrusion lines from 1&amp;rdquo; to 3.5&amp;rdquo;.  With this equipment combination, we can offer our customers very competitively priced products. Our extruders and downstream equipment feature energy efficient AC vector drives, which allows us to produce the tightest tolerance world class products for our customers.  Profiles are produced up to 12&amp;rdquo; wide.  
            
            Iso-Trude engineers design our tools to meet your product needs.  Our in house tool shop allows us to offer cost competitive tooling packages in very short lead times.   The state of the art vacuum calibration tooling system we design and build, allows us to produce the cost competitive world class products consumers are requiring.  For most materials we guarantee our tooling for a minimum of 2.5 million feet of product. In house tooling allows us to quickly make design changes or tool repairs so we can meet your production requirements.  Our customers also appreciate the design and product security our in house tooling provides.  They know they will be the first to market, and their designs will not be revealed to the global market prior to their product introduction. 
            
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	<pubDate>2008-08-22 14:48:11</pubDate>
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            Green Sweep &amp;trade;
            A green sealing solution for exterior doors
            
            Looking for the right sealing solution to infiltrators?&amp;nbsp; Manufactured in the U.S.A. from environmentally friendly, PVC free materials.&amp;nbsp; Green Sweep features the following:
            
                Multi-fin and bulb construction - preferred design, provides a superior seal in any weather condition and protects against moisture, air, dust and various infiltrators.
                More durable, tear and crack resistant than PVC
                Special filled base materials provide better low temperature (-40&amp;deg;F) and high temperature protection than PVC
                Recyclable materials
                Competitive pricing
            
            Beige and Bronze colors&amp;nbsp;available&amp;nbsp;for most steel, wood and composite door applications.&amp;nbsp; Availabe for standard size and custom-sized entry doors.
            
            As an ISO 9000:2000 certified company, with state of the art equipment, we produce consistent, quality parts with every shipment.&amp;nbsp; Co-extrusion capabilities include dual materials and mulri-colored parts.&amp;nbsp; We provide in-line and secondary cutting, punching, drilling, labeling, marking and assembly of components to our extruded parts.&amp;nbsp; We offer product design assistance with the latest equipment technology in profile extrusion.&amp;nbsp;
            
            
        
        
            
            IN STOCK - 24 HOUR SHIPMENT
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            Facility Location
            
            1705 Eaton Drive
            Grand Haven, MI 49417
            
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	<pubDate>2008-08-22 15:01:13</pubDate>
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            Request for Quote
            Please use the form below to submit your request for a quote.
            
            Thank you and we appreciate this opportunity to serve you!
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            QS &amp;amp; Quality
            
            Quality is defined by the customer.
            
            Quality is best achieved by preventing problems rather than detecting them after they occur.
            
            Quality excellence requires continuous improvement, with people providing the resources that drive the actions.
            
            Iso-Trude is &amp;quot;People Committed to Excellence in Plastic Profiles.&amp;quot;media/file/2009%20ISO%20Trude%20Inc%20Cert.pdf
            
        
    
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	<pubDate>2009-04-13 08:40:24</pubDate>
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            Industries Served&amp;nbsp; &amp;raquo;&amp;nbsp; Building Products
            Iso-Trude supplies both interior and exterior products for the building trade.&amp;nbsp; As a custom manufacturer, we supply weatherseals, gutter guards, window profiles, plastic studs, trim extrusions and many other products to the building industry.&amp;nbsp; From soft flexible seals to rigid exterior parts and combinations of both, our engineers are ready to assist you with cost effective solutions for your building product needs.
            
            Centrally located, we can manufacture your plastic extrusions and ship economically through-out the US and Canada.&amp;nbsp; If you have special plastic building or landscaping requirements, call or send a part or print today, for a cost saving quotation.
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            Click here to view our Green Sweep&amp;trade; products
            
            
            
        
    
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            Standard Materials
            
                Rigid PVC
                
                    Interior grades
                    Exterior grades
                    Specialty grades
                
                
                Flexible PVC
                ABS
                Styrene
                Polyethylene
                
                    High density
                    Low Density
                
                
                Polypropylene
                
                    Mineral filled
                    Homopolymers
                    Co-polymers
                
                
                Santoprene
                TPO
                TPV
                Urethane
                Polycarbonate (lexan)
                Kraton
                ASA
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            Email Us
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            For Release - June 8, 2007
            
            Iso-Trude, Inc. a growing Grand Haven extruder of plastic parts, began an employee wellness program in September of 2006. Vice President Craig Janusz stated &amp;ldquo;rather than complain about health care costs, we needed to take an active role in our 
            employee&amp;rsquo;s health and wellbeing.  This is a unique program for a small company.&amp;rdquo; 
            
            Craig and controller, Dave Brown brought in Barbara Badolati as a workplace wellness consultant.  Barb began with a company wide screening using a local lab and the Michigan Department of Community Health&amp;rsquo;s Steps Up health risk assessment tool.  All fifty two employees volunteered to take the assessment, which was an important baseline in order to measure progress.
            
            With built in incentives, employees choose from various programs and services from private health coaching, screenings, employee/family assistance, stress reduction, and smoking cessation.  Another part of the program is healthy eating.  The company is subsidizing healthy snacks in the employee lunch room.   On June 19, Iso-Trude employees will partake in a healthy cooking seminar with a company barbeque which will incorporate aspects of the seminar.
            
            At year&amp;rsquo;s end, employees will re-take the assessment and screening.  Based on their improvements, Iso-Trude will reward their employees with time off and prizes.
            If you would like more information, feel free to contact Bob Brown of Iso-Trude (616) 844-2888 or Barbara Badolati of Alive &amp;amp; Well (616) 850-8807.  
            
        
    
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            GutterClean&amp;trade;
            The Green Gutter Screen
            
                Heavy Duty Contractor Grade using highly engineered resins
                Low Cost - Manufacturer Direct to Distributors
                East to Install 3 ft. Pieces - no nailing, rivets or screws
                Helps Prevent Gutters and Down Spouts from Clogging
                Increases Homeowner Satisfaction
                5&amp;nbsp;Standard Stock Colors - white, brown, beige, black and terra tone
                Easy Additional Sale
                1 Carton (150 ft.) Covers a Standard Home - &amp;quot;K&amp;quot; style gutter system
                Made from Green, Environmentally Friendly, PVC Free Materials
                Superior Temperature Resistance to heat and cold
                Made in the U.S.A.
            
            Easy Installation
            
                Position over the gutter with the locking tab in front of the front edge of the gutter
                Slide the back of the gutter screen under the lower shingle tab
                Pull forward with the small front tab until the gutter screen snaps onto the gutter lip
                Make sure the gutter screen is under the shingle tab
                For straight runs, butt the next gutter screen against the previously installed screen
                For corners, slightly overlap the gutter screens
                To cut, use shears, snips or heavy duty scissors
            
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            Quantity per case (50 pieces 3 feet long)&amp;nbsp;
            
            Other colors and lengths available. Contact factory for&amp;nbsp;quantity pricing&amp;nbsp;and order minimums.
            
            Terms: F.O.B. Grand Haven MI.&amp;nbsp; Orders of less than 24 cases shipped ground with freight added.&amp;nbsp; Orders of 1 skid (24 cases) shipped truck freight collect.&amp;nbsp; Weight/case = 24 lbs.
            
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                Credit Card - Visa or Mastercard
                For check payment, contact factory for invoice total.
                For orders of 100 cases or more net 30 day terms available, subject to credit approval.
            
            For Michigan shipments, sales tax added if tax exemption certificate is not sent with order.
            
            
        
    

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            Industries Served&amp;nbsp; &amp;raquo;&amp;nbsp; Consumer Products
            From exercise equipment to vacuum cleaners, Iso-Trude produces competitively priced extruded and co-extruded parts, day after day.&amp;nbsp; The value of our in line, high volume operations have helped our customers be competitive with offshore manufacturers.
            
            We provide world quality plastic extrusions with just in time delivery, eliminating inventory and storage costs.&amp;nbsp; For highly cosmetic applications, we are a proven source.&amp;nbsp; Whether snap fit or with pressure sensitive tape, we assist our customers in designing quick and easy to assemble parts.
            
            
        
    
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	<title>MiBiz Article July 7, 2008</title>
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            NCRC OK with Iso-Trude
            Monday, July 07, 2008 - MiBiz
            
            By Lisa Mackinder | MiBiz
            lmackinder@mibiz.com
            
            GRAND HAVEN &amp;ndash; In pursuit of continuous improvement, Iso-Trude Inc. discovered a program run through a Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative that helped transform how the company looked at selecting employees.
            According to Iso-Trude Operations Manager Mark Venema, the Grand Haven-based company discovered the National Career Readiness Certificate through the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District. After having its jobs profiled, Iso-Trude decided the program really made sense.
            The NCRC rates workers&amp;rsquo; skill sets on a bronze, silver or gold level based on their answers to a WorkKeys test.
            The company &amp;ndash; an OEM manufacturer of custom extruded plastic profile components for a wide variety of industries &amp;ndash; viewed the program as a viable addition to human resources.
            Iso-Trude recognized that employees who were creative thinkers, problem solvers and solution implementers dictated its ability to succeed in a competitive environment. The company envisioned NCRC as an assessment tool for determining skills of key positions, objectively reviewing current skills inventory and planning for successive improvement. Additionally, Iso-Trude realized standards created through the job profiling process would help with objective review of job applicants and ensure new hires possessed appropriate foundational skills.
            Implementation of the NCRC began by profiling three basic elements of Iso-Trude&amp;rsquo;s workforce &amp;ndash; the technicians, cell leaders and operators. Venema indicated the company started with the technicians.
            &amp;quot;They are the leaders who have experience on the lines,&amp;quot; he said.
            The three positions profiled needed to work together. Historically, skill set deficiencies led one area to shift blame upon another. The profiling process revealed a silver certificate as the appropriate standard for ensuring employees&amp;rsquo; skill levels matched job requirements. Of the 20 employees assessed, 17 percent earned no certificate, 25 percent bronze, 50 percent silver and 8 percent gold.
            In order to obtain future promotions and pay increases, said Venema, employees must reach the level of silver certification.
            Objective data stemming from the test scores revealed opportunity for skill development in all three areas.
            Venema said Iso-Trude helped with study materials.
            With a goal of having 100 percent of its workforce earn a silver NCRC or better, the company encouraged staff to pursue training using M-TEC and KeyTrain as resources.
            Iso-Trude established the Silver NCRC as the credential of choice for new applicants. According to Venema, the company brings in temporary employees, sees if they work out and then proceeds with WorkKeys testing.
            An employee can learn how to perform a task, he said, but the assessment answers questions like &amp;ndash; &amp;quot;do they really know math?&amp;quot; Reading for information and locating information remains an integral part of positions at Iso-Trude. Employees must know how to read and work from written instruction. The company has been using WorkKeys for two to three years.
            &amp;quot;Now we&amp;rsquo;re getting into it on the operator side,&amp;quot; Venema said of program application.
            Due to the shortage of applicants who have completed testing and the cumbersome administrative process to get candidates tested, Iso-Trude has not met with strict adherence to the silver NCRC standard in all cases. The company does feel, however, that NCRC has provided information that helps facilitate hiring decisions and &amp;ndash; in time &amp;ndash; will positively impact the skill level of its workforce.
            As Iso-Trude organizes and implements career development plans for incumbent employees, it plans to utilize NCRC in the recruiting process. The company views the program as an important tool on its quest for continued improvement. Venema has witnessed reduced scrap and operating costs as a result of implementing the NCRC requirement.
            
            
            
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            Industries Served&amp;nbsp; &amp;raquo;&amp;nbsp; Medical Products
            With both tubing and profile shapes, Iso-Trude is the preferred partner and supplier of extruded parts to several major medical companies.&amp;nbsp; We are a preferred partner because we continue to exceed their expectations.&amp;nbsp; Whether it is JIT shipping, special materials or part design assistance, Iso-Trude is their supplier of choice.&amp;nbsp; As ISO registered supplier, we understand the need for consistent quality, year after year.
            
            For example, one customer problem we solved was a flexible part being glued with cyano-acrylate (super) glue both in plant and in the field.&amp;nbsp; As part of the design team we proposed a co-extruded snap fit part with a PSA tape backing which not only eliminated the problems but provided a cost savings in assembly.
            
            
        
    
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	<pubDate>2009-09-18 10:24:05</pubDate>
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            For Release - April 2007
            
            Iso-Trude, Inc. a growing Grand Haven extruder of plastic parts, is proud to announce; it has been awarded Delphi Corporation&amp;rsquo;s Pinnacle Supplier Award.&amp;nbsp;             The attached PDF file with the award letter outlines the stringent requirements the Iso-Trude team had to meet.
            
            At a recent employee meeting, Craig Janusz Vice-President, thanked the Iso-trude team members for their contributions in helping win the award.  He also stated that this award is proof that partnerships between suppliers and customers can be a win-win proposition.
            
            The formal award ceremony will be held in Grand Haven, September 12th at 11:00 AM.  If you would like to attend or have a reporter/photographer attend the award presentation, please RSVP to Bob Brown 616-844-2888 by September 7th.
            
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            Bob Brown
            Sales Manager
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	<pubDate>2008-07-28 10:20:24</pubDate>
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            Industries Served&amp;nbsp; &amp;raquo;&amp;nbsp; POP / Display
            Iso-Trude currently supplies a wide variety of pricers, bumpers, display uprights, signage and internal extruded parts to display manufacturers.&amp;nbsp; Our in line and off line services such as taping, drilling, notching, labeling and assembly provide display manufacturers parts which are ready to use.&amp;nbsp; We have light booths, spectrophotometers and gloss meters which allow us to provide consistent color from run to run even with metallics.&amp;nbsp; Our proprietary tooling produces parts which are consistent from order to order.
            
            We also offer design service to assist you in cost reductions.&amp;nbsp; For example, as part of a team with our customer, a part consisting of a plastic pricer, extruded aluminum channel (handle) and particleboard front was redesigned as a one-piece extrusion.&amp;nbsp; The savings in assembly cost, inventory, scrap, paid for the tooling in less than a year.
            
            
        
    
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	<pubDate>2009-10-29 15:40:42</pubDate>
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            In House Tooling
            Iso-Trude has been providing world class extruded product to their customers for over 15 years.&amp;nbsp;We specialize in single and multi-material profile and tubing extrusions. Whether your requirements are for parts with 1, 2 or 3, materials or colors, we have the experience and are producing similar parts today.
            
            Iso-Trude has substantial experience and expertise in some of the most cost competitive industries in the world.&amp;nbsp;Using this experience, we provide solutions to our customers which allow them to be competitive in a world economy.&amp;nbsp;Our customers range from Fortune 100 companies to small manufactures with less than 25 employees. We assist all our customers with:
            
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	<description>Iso-Trude to make seals for Advanced Weatherseal
By Michael Lauzon | PLASTICS NEWS CORRESPONDENT
Posted June 9, 2009
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GRAND HAVEN, MICH. (June 9, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- Profile and tubing extruder Iso-Trude Inc.
has entered a partnership with Advanced Weatherseal of Carpentersville, Ill.
Iso-Trude will supply thermoplastic seals for commercial and residential overhead doors
assembled by Advanced Weatherseal. The firm is a new customer for Iso-Trude and used to
do its own extruding.
&amp;ldquo;They decided to outsource and go back to serving the marketplace,&amp;rdquo; explained Iso-Trude
CEO Craig Janusz.
The industry standard for such seals has been PVC but Iso-Trude&amp;rsquo;s experience with various
plastics in other markets should help with any material substitution, Janusz said in a telephone
interview. Among the materials Iso-Trude extrudes are polypropylene, thermoplastic elastomers,
thermoplastic polyolefins, ABS, styrenics and urethanes.
&amp;ldquo;We have similar relationships with other customers as their sole-supply source,&amp;rdquo; Janusz said.
Iso-Trude&amp;rsquo;s markets include automotive, office furniture, building, consumer, medical products
and point-of-purchase displays.
Iso-Trude was cofounded 16 years ago by Janusz and Don Tjarksen. It runs 12 extrusion lines
and 23 extruders. It has seven in-line fabrication stations. The firm is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
Janusz declined to comment on the size of the company.
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