Small Batches; Big Success

With no minimum order and an impeccable record of on-time delivery, Precision Color Compounds is becoming a force in the color masterbatch business. It's been said that he who hesitates is lost. Ten years ago, Erik Grotness didn't hesitate and now he isn't lost. Grotness, at the time a partner of an automation company, saw an opportunity to buy a fledgling color compounder and pounced. Today, Precision Color Compounds, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is an ISO-certified operation that produces color masterbatches to specification and focuses on speedy turnarounds and low-volume orders. Erik Grotness and his wife, Christiane, are equal partners in the business. Fortunately for Grotness, the former owners brought with them seasoned technical people, including key personnel in R&D and production. "In one of our first meetings with the technical staff," he says, "one of them was talking about an order and mentioned the LDR.