Our Technical Team
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EXPERTS AT YOUR SERVICE
Getting your product to market is a complex process. That’s why we’re standing by with industry-leading insight, technical knowledge, and vast resources to transform your products from resin to reality. We’re proud to have a team of experienced engineering professionals with a wide range of skill sets and specialties ready to guide you from material selection right through application development. Whether onsite or on the phone, troubleshooting or planning ahead, you’ll always have direct access to a technical specialist. Call, email—or even arrange a video-chat with us—we’re real experts ready to provide you with real solutions.
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Jason Merkle
Experience: In the plastics industry since 2012
Locations Served: Clarkston, MI Headquarters
Areas of Expertise:
- OEM support and market strategy development
- Material selection with necessary approvals
- Customer education on emerging markets and materials
- Automotive approval navigation and sponsorship for new opportunities
Bill Parent
Experience: In the plastics industry since 1991
Locations Served: Central US
Areas of Expertise:
- Material processing and troubleshooting
- Material selection
- Material trainings customized for processors and engineers
- Product and tool design
- Scientific molding
Jim Wirwille
Experience: In the plastics industry since 2014
Locations Served: Great Lakes Region
Areas of Expertise:
- High heat and performance polymers
- Material selection
- Scientific injection molding and troubleshooting
- Failure analysis
- Material characterization
- Part and tool design
Kelly Bailey
Experience: In the plastics industry since 1997
Locations Served: Northeastern US/Canada
Areas of Expertise:
- Material selection
- OEM engagement and support
- New product development
- Part and tool design
- Scientific molding
Mike Butler
Experience: In the plastics industry since 1991
Locations Served: Western US/Canada
Areas of Expertise:
- Scientific injection molding
- Part and tool design
- Molding simulation
- Material selection
- MuCell technology
Guillermo Ingram
Experience: Working in the plastics industry since 1989
Locations Served: Mexico
Areas of Expertise:
- Scientific molding
- Technical training and seminars
- Material selection
- Process troubleshooting & support
Tyler McGee
Experience: In the plastics industry since 2018
Locations Served: Southeastern US
Areas of Expertise:
- Material Selection
- Application Development
- OEM Engagement and Support
- Scientific Injection Molding and Troubleshooting
- Failure Analysis
- High Heat and Performance Polymers
Ted Wieczorek
Experience: Plastics components manufacturing and plastics material supply industries since 1990
Locations Served: Greater Detroit Area, MI
Areas of Expertise:
- Application Development and Problem Solving
- Part and Tooling Design
- Automotive and Electrical Industries and Systems
- Scientific Injection Molding
- Business Development
- Metal to Plastic Conversion
Andrea Kendrick
Experience: In the plastics industry since 2015
Locations Served: Clarkston, MI, Headquarters
Areas of Expertise:
- Technical training and presentations
- Internal and external technical education over various topics, including, but not limited to:
- Material selection
- Scientific molding
- Specification
- Part and tool design
Contact Us
Need technical assistance? Contact our engineering help center: 800-232-4273 or engineering@chaseplastics.com or complete the form here.