Arrowhead primarily sells to industrial clients or other manufacturers who purchase our thermoformed plastic parts or molded fiberglass parts only to resell them later as a stand alone item or part of a larger assembly. Our customers are typically manufacturers of some type of specialty vehicle, piece of equipment or product that gets sold [...]
Thermoformed Plastic Consoles for Specialty Vehicle Applications Arrowhead Plastic Engineering specializes in designing and producing high-quality thermoformed plastic consoles for a wide range of specialty vehicle applications. Since our founding in 1972, we’ve been supplying custom thermoformed parts to industries including heavy trucks, buses, and accessibility-enhanced vehicles. These industries typically operate with smaller production [...]
Whether your part will be made from molded fiberglass or thermoformed plastic, Arrowhead can help you with the product’s development from concept to production and everything in between. Sometimes it's a sketch on a napkin. Sometimes it's a sophisticated CAD model. Sometimes it's a previously produced prototype. Regardless of where you are in the [...]
Arrowhead Plastic Engineering is a company who thermoforms plastic parts into a variety of different shapes. I am a resident of Mother Earth and don’t want to see her cluttered with debris, waste and filth. I also am a person who lives in the 21st Century and understands the benefits, conveniences and necessity of items [...]
The product design phase is one of the most critical steps in the overall product development process. Without a thoughtful and well-executed design, a molded fiberglass or thermoformed plastic part can quickly become expensive to manufacture, modify, and ship. On the other hand, a strategically designed part will transition smoothly from concept to production, [...]
When it comes to putting the finishing touches on your company’s product, multiple variables usually come into play. The finishing touches need to provide a look that fits your company’s image as well provide any functionality that may be required. Covers, guarding, skins, etc are usually utilized for this purpose. Many times these guards [...]
Plastic products are so common nowadays that you can find products made via plastic in nearly every store you walk into. Walk down the electronics aisle of any retail store and you are bound to find USB drives, memory cards, webcams, headphones, speakers, etc all made from plastic. Usually these products are all made [...]
Why not steel or aluminum? Metal materials such as steel, aluminum and others have been used for years in many different industries. Each of these materials has its strengths but these strengths come at a cost. Thus, I thought it would make sense to type up a little series of blog post showing some [...]
Let’s talk textures. Texture is one of the areas where thermoforming offers a distinct advantage over other plastic molding processes like injection molding, rotational molding, and blow molding. When it comes to thermoformed plastic part textures, the process is much simpler, more flexible, and often far more cost-effective. Unlike fiberglass or those other plastic [...]
At Arrowhead Plastic Engineering, we operate 2 separate facilities in east-central Indiana. One plant specializes in fiberglass composites and the other plant thermoforms plastic parts. We are often asked, "What's the difference between the two." That's a great question with a complex answer. Fiberglass is what is considered a thermoset composite, whereas Thermoformed Plastic [...]
