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Falcon Plastics Plant Tour Event Workshop - Two Facility Tour

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Network. Benchmark. Experience. Connect.

MAPP's third-quarter plant tour will take place at Falcon Plastics in South Dakota. During this all-day event, attendees will visit two Falcon Plastics facilities in Brookings and Madison, South Dakota. Attendees will see an injection molding and a blow molding operation. Falcon Plastics focuses on quality and customer satisfaction. Over the years, Falcon Plastics has been a leader in the industry and invests in innovative technology, such as automation and vision systems. Attendees of this tour event will:

  • Hear from Falcon Plastics' leadership team
  • Visit two facilities - each with a different core capability (blow molding and injection molding)
  • Network with dozens of other plastics industry leaders
  • Benchmark their operations against their peers
  • Leave with practical and immediate action items to improve their operations
  • Network at a reception with MAPP members

Agenda:

The event will begin and end at the Hilton Garden Inn in Sioux Falls, SD at 8 AM local time.

The group will take a bus to tour the Brookings facility first, to see the following:

  • Mold maintenance tooling and engineering
  •  Material handling system
  • Quality lab
  • Blow molding and white room
  • Foam in place gasketing
  • HR/recruitment

The group will then take the bus to see the Madison facility to see:

  • Injection molding and assembly
  • Blow molding (different from Brookings)
  • Warehouse
  • Sheet foaming EVA
  • Automation

The group will then take a bus back to the hotel at Sioux Falls. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for this tour. A member reception will follow on the evening of August 3 at the Hilton Garden Inn.
 


Hotel and Travel

  • Hotel
    • The event will begin and end at a reception at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown.
    • The hotel is located at: 201 e 8th st, Sioux Falls, SD 57103
    • If you have not booked your hotel room yet, the Hilton is sold out. However, we would recommend trying the Hotel on Philips or the Holiday Inn City Centre—both about a block away!
  • Travel
    • For attendees flying in, it is recommended to fly into the Sioux Falls Regional Airport
    • For drivers, the day will begin and end in Sioux Falls, SD

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