Nypro Ireland
Location: Dublin
Nypro has been at the forefront of plastics technology since its founding in 1955. In fact, it was the first plastics company specifically created to take advantage of a new technology - Nylon. When DuPont introduced Nylon to the marketplace, most plastics molders found it difficult to work with because it was a very technical product that needed highly engineered processing. Fred Kirk, the owner of Kirk Molding in Clinton, Massachusetts, teamed with Nick Stadtherr to create a new company, Nylon Products Inc., dedicated to molding the new Nylon materials. As Nypro became involved with hundreds of other plastics materials, the company name was condensed to Nypro Inc. in 1977. But the heritage remained. To people in the plastics industry, Nypro means innovation, engineering and technology.