Family-built.Engineer-led.
Three generations of plastic manufacturing. Two facilities, one engineering team, real shops you can audit.
US + overseas facilities
Three generations on the shop floor.
One family, three companies, two flags. The Appelbloms have been making plastic parts since the 1970s. Glide MFG is the front door.
- 1970s
Precision Plastics founded
Bay Area, CAAppelblom family establishes Precision Plastics in the Bay Area. Plastic injection molding for local OEMs.
- 1980s
Production scale
Bay Area, CAAxtonne dba Precision Plastics grows into a high-volume injection molder. Multi-shift, multi-program operation.
- 2005
Overseas shop opens
AsiaOverseas facility established in Asia for export tooling and low-volume prototyping. Same engineering team, second flag.
- 2019
US production expands
United StatesUS production capacity added for high-volume domestic injection molding. Routes aerospace, defense, and gov programs that can't go overseas.
- Now
Glide MFG launches
Two shops, one teamProduction manufacturing brand launched. Prototype through production, all under one roof. Same family, same engineers, sharper front door.
Two shops.
Two flags.
Domestic capacity for aerospace, defense, and gov programs that can't route overseas, with ITAR-registered facilities in the US network. International capacity for everything else. Same engineering team across both.
US
United States
Production injection molding and sheet metal for programs that must route domestically. ITAR-registered facilities in the network for export-controlled work.
- Injection Molding
- 28T to 510T
- Programs
- Aerospace, defense, medical
- Certifications
- ISO 9001 / 13485
Overseas
Asia
Full prototype-through-production stack. Export tooling, bridge runs, low-volume.
- Injection Molding
- 50T to 1200T
- CNC Machining
- 3-axis to 5-axis
- Additive
- 7 technologies
Sales & Project Management
- Bay AreaSales, project management, customer engineering
- MidwestSales, project management
- EuropeSales coverage for EMEA programs
Common Questions
Routing and access.
Glide runs both domestic and international capacity. Programs that have to stay in the United States, including export-controlled work, route through our domestic network. Everything else runs wherever cost and schedule work out best for the program. We do not publish individual facility addresses or partner names. The routing for your program is confirmed in writing before any tooling begins.
Yes. Once a program is active and an NDA is in place, we arrange facility access for customers whose quality systems require it. If a visit is not practical, quality documentation, process records, and inspection reports are available on request at any stage of the program.
