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Riordan Manufacturing

Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion.

Its products include plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, Georgia, custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, Michigan, and plastic fan parts produced at its facilities in Hangzhou, China. The company's research and development is done at the corporate headquarters in San Jose. Riordan's major customers are automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers.

History

The company was founded by Dr. Riordan, a professor of chemistry, who had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates. Sensing the commercial applications for his patents, Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics, Inc. in 1991.

Initially, the company's focus was on research and development and the licensing of its existing patents, but in 1992 Dr. Riordan obtained venture capital which he used to purchase a fan manufacturing plant in Pontiac, MI. At that time, the company's name was changed to "Riordan Manufacturing, Inc." In 1993, the company expanded into the production of plastic beverage containers when it acquired a manufacturing plant in Albany, GA.

The company's most recent expansion took place in 2000 when it opened its operations in China. At that time, the entire fan manufacturing operation was moved from Michigan to China and the Pontiac, MI facility was retooled for the manufacture of custom plastic parts.

	Male	Female	Age
	EEO Class	Overall Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan Native	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan Native	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
Officials and Managers
Executives	A1	17	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	8	3
Managers	A2	15	6	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	8	3	1
Professionals
Finance Professionals	B1	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0
Engineers	B2	18	10	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	5	7	2	1
IT	B3	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0
All Other Professionals	B4	22	10	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1	0	7	7	6	2	0
Technicians
IT	C1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Engineering	C2	10	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0
Production Technicians	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Other Technicians	C4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sales Workers - includes telecommuters	D1	12	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	8	1	0	0
Office & Clerical
Office Clerical	E1	17	0	0	0	0	0	13	2	1	1	0	5	8	3	1	0
Production Clerical	E2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Operatives (Semi-Skilled)	G1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals for Corporate		125	58	8	5	7	1	32	5	4	4	1	27	40	37	16	5

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