machines that range in size from40 to 3,000
tons and canproducemold sizes from10.6 x
10.6 inches to118 x 100 inches.
Technical advantages include robotic
automation, assembly and sequential valve
gate molding, while decorating services
include pad print, hot stamp, heat transfer,
in-mold, insert molding and painting. The
company also partners with several painting
businesses in and aroundGrandRapids.
And the acclaim Bott has received isn’t
limited solely to the bottomline.
He’s one of 33 nominees up for recognition
as Entrepreneur of theYear inMichigan and
Northwest Ohio by Ernst and Young,
which will name the winner at a June 5
awards gala in Detroit. The organization’s
national award winner will be feted at a
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