News & Articles

• Reliance Engineering Completes Purchases of Automated Vision Inspection System (Online PR News)
  Reliance Engineering , a specialized custom molder of Thermoplastic and thermoset materials, has completes the acquisition of a new fully programmable Micro-Vu Vertex Measuring System . Read more.

Thermoplastic and LSR mold making in the same shop? Not easy, but here’s one success story (PlasticsToday.com)
As mentioned in our article above on Greg Roembke and his company, thermoplastic injection mold manufacturers who hope to create a new business making and selling molds for processing of liquid silicon rubber (LSR) face an abundance of hurdles. It can be done, though, as proven by Built-Rite Tool & Die Inc. Read more.

• MSBDC Client Profile: Reliance Engineering, Built-Rite Tool & Die, Inc.
  "The MSBDC and its counselor, John Rainey, did magnificent things for me and my business," exclaims entrepreneur and manufacturer, Craig Bovaird. Read more.

LSR/LIM Molding: A Unique Niche
One moldmaker’s decision to venture into liquid silicone rubber/liquid injection molding makes it one of the few shops that can provide molds for liquid silicone. Read more.

• Closing Thoughts Craig Bovaird, President of Built-Rite Tool & Die Inc./
  Reliance Engineering
  Craig Bovaird, president of Built-Rite Tool & Die Inc./Reliance Engineering in Lancaster, was recently named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2007 Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year. His company, which specializes in part design for molding, mold design, prototype and production tooling, and full-scale manufacturing of plastics, had about $4 million in sales last year. Read more.

Hats Off to a Mass. Molder
Craig Bovaird, president of Lancaster, Mass.-based Built-Rite Tool & Die Inc. and its Reliance Engineering division, has been picked as the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2007 Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year, which is the state SBA's top award. Read more.

• Owner of Lancaster-based Plastics Company Named SBA’s Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year
  Craig Bovaird, president of Lancaster-based Built-Rite Tool & Die, Inc. and the Reliance Engineering Division has been named the SBA’s 2007 Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year. Read more.