Our History

1969: Three European Mould makers immigrated to Canada and established Ottawa Mould Craft Ltd. to apply their trade. For the next 15+ years, the main focus of business was mould making.

1987: Expanded our operations and added our in-house moulding facility. The main customer focus at this time was telecommunications equipment including cellular phones, computer components and defense products.

1988: Upgraded our manufacturing to include full CAD/CAM capabilities.

1990's: Our company grew more than 500% in this period, increasing our moulding operations and our diversity in the plastic manufacturing sectors.

2000: We include assembly/contract manufacturing in our offering, presenting an affordable single source solution to our customers. We continue to focus on technical moulded products and our industries served are primarily Telco, GPS/Satellite, Military, Medical and Consumer Products.

2004 - 2006: Opportunities for growth increase and further diversification takes place. A fully integrated front-to-back ERP system was installed for real-time monitoring and planning of our production facility. Outgrowing our facilities, Ottawa Mould Craft invests in, and moves to, a brand new building in Ottawa Business Park. By the end of 2006, we have 20 moulding machines and other value added services in support of our customers requirements, including full turnkey production.

2007: Rethinking our future, management restructuring, refocus, and customer demand call for the development of better business methods. Lean Production System is chosen due to the proven success and principles Lean holds.

2008-2009: With a new Lean vision of future state and excitement to excel, further changes to how we think and what we do begins to affect every part of the company. Large gains are seen in quality, safety, processes and employee engagement.

2010-2011: Holding to our quality policy of continuous improvement through innovation and daily process improvements, we continue to achieve smarter business practices through Lean methods. As we do so, we incite team building, employee empowerment and personal growth opportunities while continuing to serve customers with quality products at competitive rates.

2012: This year we continue to see reduced time-to-market product development in the industries we support. While cost is always an issue, if you can't meet the time lines requested, you're not in the game! Tooling once quoted in weeks and months is, in some cases, down to days. To achieve this, design, build, and sign-off phases must all work in unison. Design, tooling, and production teams need to be fully integrated from initial RFQ to final product delivery.

2013/2014:Further growth from an increase in work gives call to more machinery and internal expansion! A new Assembly space is established to amalgamate subassembly functions and skilled workers into better processes. Four more moulding presses, a second CMM, additional robotics, and many new jobs move into our home.

2015-:We pursue continuous improvement efforts, establishing better business practices and customer service using in-house innovation and wisdom through outside consultation. Adopted Lean Principles. Streamlined mould quoting. Further growth and diversification adding more machinery and internal expansion. Controlled Goods certified. ISO 9001:2015 Certification. Continued growth to 30 moulding machines with 16 robots.

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  2510 Don Reid Dr.
  Ottawa, ON
  Canada
  K1H 1E1