The Ankeny garage start-up that became a world leader in micro-molding — plastic parts smaller than a pencil eraser.
In 1985, two toolmakers from a plastic-injection-molding shop in nearby Ames rented a garage and, working nights and weekends, designed and built a mold to produce a very small plastic gear. Because the machines of the era couldn't mold parts much smaller than a pencil eraser, they invented their own micro-molding press to run it — and the first Micro-Mold® platform was born.
That garage operation became Accumold, based in Ankeny. Roger Hargens, one of the original entrepreneurs, leads the company as CEO and President.
Accumold is privately held; financial figures are not publicly disclosed.
From a rented garage in 1985, Accumold grew into what it describes as the only company continuously dedicated to micro-molding for more than 40 years, supplying tiny, ultra-precise plastic parts to the medical, electronics, and automotive industries — a quiet, high-tech Ankeny success story.
Accumold is based in Ankeny, Iowa. A global micro-molding leader; Ankeny-headquartered, founder-led for 40+ years
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Roger Hargens — an original founder; now CEO and President
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