# Professional Plastics

> Professional Plastics is a family-owned distributor and fabricator of high-performance plastics - the sheets, rods, tubing, film and machined parts that go into aircraft, semiconductors, medical devices and factory floors. Founded in 1984 in Southern California on aerospace and Silicon Valley connections, it has grown to roughly two dozen stocking locations across the USA, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines, carrying one of the widest ranges of engineering plastics, composites and technical ceramics in the market and cutting them to spec on CNC machines.

- **Founded:** 1984
- **Headquarters:** Fullerton, California, United States
- **Founders:** Larry Kietzke (Co-founder), David Kietzke (Co-founder / Chairman), Michael Kietzke (Co-founder / Vice President)
- **Team size:** ~450-464 employees
- **Products:** Plastic Sheet, Rod, Tube & Film, High-Performance Polymers, Technical Ceramics & Composites, CNC Plastic Machining & Fabrication, Films & Tapes
- **Notable:** Grew from two California branches in 1984 to roughly two dozen stocking locations across five countries., Built one of the widest inventories of engineering plastics, composites and technical ceramics in the market., Became an early key plastics supplier to the semiconductor industry and the UC Berkeley/Lawrence Livermore national labs.

## Products & services

- **Plastic Sheet, Rod, Tube & Film** — Stock materials in acrylic/plexiglass, polycarbonate, Delrin/acetal, nylon, UHMW, PVDF/Kynar, PTFE and dozens of other grades, sold cut-to-size.
- **High-Performance Polymers** — Extensive inventory of engineering and ultra-high-performance plastics including PEEK/Ketron, Vespel, Torlon, Ultem, Ryton, Celazole, Semitron and Meldin polyimide.
- **Technical Ceramics & Composites** — Macor machinable glass ceramic, alumina, and other technical ceramics and composites for high-temperature and electrical-insulation applications.
- **CNC Plastic Machining & Fabrication** — Precision CNC-machined plastic parts, thermoforming, injection molding, heat bending and routed parts made to customer drawings.
- **Films & Tapes** — Kapton polyimide film, Turcite and other specialty films and bearing materials.

## Achievements

- Grew from two California branches in 1984 to roughly two dozen stocking locations across five countries.
- Built one of the widest inventories of engineering plastics, composites and technical ceramics in the market.
- Became an early key plastics supplier to the semiconductor industry and the UC Berkeley/Lawrence Livermore national labs.
- Reached an estimated ~$250M in annual revenue while remaining privately, family-owned.
- Expanded internationally into Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Opened a new warehouse and manufacturing facility in Belvidere, Illinois, multiplying local Midwest warehouse capacity more than five-fold to serve the U.S. North Central market.

## Links

- Website: https://www.professionalplastics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/professional-plastics
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Pro_Plastics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Professionalplastics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/professionalplastics/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ProfessionalPlastics/

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