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Reminder to count your blessings, not your carbs With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, it’s important that we’re all reminded to be grateful for the blessings in each of our lives. This holiday provides everyone with much-needed time for reflection while being surrounded by their loved ones. Matrix Tool, Inc. is grateful for our customers, employees, vendors, and supporters! To help do our part during this Thanksgiving holiday, Matrix Tool and our employees, supported the Elk Valley Elementary School (EVES) with … Read More

Matrix Tool, Inc is featured on the cover of Plastics Technology Magazine’s November edition! 

50k for 50 Years Celebration On September 22, 2022, Matrix Tool, Inc. officially celebrated its 50th year in business! Matrix was founded in 1972 by Dave Lewis, SR. and his partner Robert Schuster, in a two-car garage with a primary focus on mold repair and construction of mold components. Since then, Matrix Tool has evolved into a premier full-service supplier of injection molding products and services all housed under one roof in Fairview, PA. Since the founding, Matrix Tool, Inc.’s … Read More

Matrix Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Half-A-Century Picnic Party Last month, Matrix Tool, Inc. hosted a Half-A-Century Picnic Party to celebrate the company’s 50th Anniversary with their employees and their family members. We had an amazing turnout for the event. Over 300 family members, guests, employees, and retirees were able to enjoy a beautiful Saturday together at the plant. Food was catered by local food truck, Bite By The Bay, along with dessert being catered by local Ice Cream Vendor, Connie’s … Read More

Full-Service Manufacturer Recognized for 50 Years in Business On behalf of the Manufacturer & Business Association, John Krahe recently presented Matrix with a special commemorative plaque to celebrate the Company’s 50th Anniversary. Matrix’s founder and past President stopped by to celebrate this milestone and take a picture with his three sons, who currently own and operate the business. We are excited to be a part of the Erie economy and are thankful to everyone who has helped contribute to our … Read More

On August 2, 2022, Matrix Tool, Inc. team members went to Elk Valley Elementary School for their National Night Out event. The event was a huge success, with hundreds of people attending.

Matrix Tool Uses Counter-Intuitive Approach for Mold Challenges In early 2022, Mold Making Technology Magazine’s Editorial Director, Christina Fuges, sat down for a profile with Matrix Tool, Inc. Matrix Tool’s Tim Lewis, Company President, and Tom Moyak, Director of Engineering and New Business Development were featured in the article. Throughout the profile, Matrix Tool discusses what drove them to develop their counterintuitive approach for mold challenges. Christina Fuges: How have you changed your general approach to business? Moyak: Matrix continues … Read More

Tom Moyak visited the fourth-grade class of Elk Valley Elementary School (EVES) to provide the students with an in-depth STEM presentation. Matrix has been a proud corporate sponsor of EVES since early 2020. The students were able to leave the assembly with a better understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math and how STEM is used in our every-day lives.

INJECTION MOLDING SUPPLIER RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENT QUALITY & SERVICE 3 YEARS IN A ROW! Matrix Tool was pleased to receive a “2021 Supplier Outstanding Performance Award” earlier this month, presented to us from our largest customer. The award is only given to strategic suppliers that obtain exceptional scorecard ratings on the metrics of service, delivery, quality and support each month over an entire calendar year. Given the challenges that have continued to affect manufacturers since the beginning of the pandemic, … Read More

New Press Day! It’s new press day! We have added another 20-ton Sodick machine to our Small Parts Molding (SPM) room to help support our current business growth. This purchase brings us to a total of (11) state-of-the-art injection molding machines from our manufacturing partner Sodick IMM by Plustech Inc. It is outfitted with a high-speed Yushin top entry robot and automation cell to match the rest of our Sodick machines. Our SPM room utilizes (10) state-of-the-art, 20-ton Sodick Injection … Read More