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We've Come A Long Way
In The Last 60 Years.
It's Only The Beginning!
The 1940's
1946: Moldmaker Gil Carlson founds Caco, Inc. in Pomona, CA. and begins Apprenticeship Program.
After WWII, Fortune 100 corporations seek out Caco for multi-cavity molds with cavity to cavity interchangeability - a new mold making innovation.The 1950's
1952: Mr. Carlson opens Pacific Molds in El Monte, CA.
1956: Ontario Molds, another Carlson company is founded.
1958: First Multi-Material molds are built.
1959: Caco, Pacific and Ontario mold shops are consolidated under Caco-Pacific, Inc in Covina, CA. First Caco-Pacific hot runner mold (which increased productivity by 107% over previous cold runner molds) is built.
The 1960's
1961: Caco-Pacific Profit Sharing Plan is started.
1963: Caco-Pacific pioneers multi-cavity stack-mold technology for Polaroid film packs.
1965: Amerace Corp. buys Caco-Pacific. Multi-color molds developed.
1966: 14,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space is added. Caco Pacific supplies and perfects chrome-plated multi-colored dashboard knobs in America.
The 1970's
1970: 11,900 sq. ft. is added for mold testing and warehousing.
1978: Engineering at its peak, prior to computers and CAD/CAM.
The 1980's
1981: 7,400 sq. ft. of engineering/general office space is added.
1982: Founder Gil Carlson retires.
1984: 401k Plan is added.
1985: Management buys company back from Amerace.
Caco Pacific management invest considerable millions of dollars from 1985 to 1995 in sophisticated manufacturing equipment and automated machinery.
Molds for multi-material parts become a large segment of Caco Pacific business. Powdered metal and ceramic molds developed, including hot runner molds for these applications.
The 1990's
1994: With the retirement of a major shareholder of the CACO PACIFIC. Management decides to convert the Profit Sharing Plan to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and contribute the shares being sold by the retiree to the ESOP, establishing the mechanism to turn ownership of the company over to the people that work so hard to make the organization successful. At this point the ESOP Trust owns approximately 50% of CACO PACIFIC.
1998: Lobby expansion and 1,200 sq. ft. of additional office space completed to Corporate Headquarters in Covina.
1999: The Interactive Process Manager (IPM) is unveiled, an important new technological breakthrough which enables "intelligent" molds and Mold Rotating Plates (MRPs). Electrode palletizing is introduced and management invests heavily into automated robotic equipment to enhance our delivery speed to our customers.
The 2000's
2000: ISO 9001 certification is awarded to Caco Pacific.
2001: CACO Technologies, Inc, a division of Caco Pacific Corporation, Covina, is created to market our line of Bolt-On Hot Runner Systems, Mold Rotating Plates and Interactive Mold Mounted Controllers.
2003: ISO 9001 certification is renewed to the 2000 revision of the ISO Standard.
2004: With the retirement of the second of three major shareholders of CACO PACIFIC outside of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Management again decides to contribute the shares being sold by the retiree to the ESOP. At this point the ESOP Trust owns approximately 60% of CACO PACIFIC.
2009: CACO PACIFIC becomes 100% employee owned through the as the last owner outside the ESOP sells his shares back to the company. The ESOP Trust now owns 100% of CACO PACIFIC.
2010: ISO 9001 certification is renewed to the new 2008 revision of the ISO Standard.
