Competence
The difference between knowing the rule and knowing what happens when it’s broken.
Every plastics consultancy can recite a wall-thickness guideline. ETS can tell you which program broke it, what it cost, and how the fix was engineered — because we were the ones called in. That is the competence you are buying.
Six disciplines
One method, six ways to apply it.
These are not service lines invented for a brochure. They are the six places plastic parts go wrong, and the six places ETS has spent four decades being accountable for getting them right.
Design for manufacturing & assembly
Walls, ribs, bosses, draft, snap-fits, press-fits, living hinges and fastening, engineered for the mold and the assembly line before anyone cuts steel. This is where the ledger’s $10K–$75K per-issue rework costs are prevented.
Material selection tied to the duty cycle
We choose resin from the service environment backwards: temperature, chemicals, UV, load time and creep, not from the datasheet forwards. Neutral: we sell no resin.
Failure analysis & root cause
Fracture surfaces, stress cracking, sink, voids, weld lines and warp traced to the design, material or process decision that caused them, with a corrective path your team can execute.
Engineering training
Seminars taught from the 10th-edition textbook, plus an Academy catalog delivered in open enrollment, as private cohorts, or on-site at your plant.
Program consulting
A senior engineer on your program: design reviews, supplier disputes, launch risk and retainers with a four-hour critical response when the line is down.
Litigation-grade documentation
Expert-witness analysis grounded in ASTM, ISO, SAE and USCAR standards, built to survive cross-examination. Since 1997, over $186M in settlements.
Why teams choose ETS
What buyers tell us they were missing.
Each of the four people who sign off on an ETS engagement is looking for something different. Here is what each one gets.
Instant competence you can forward
A written, scored finding you can take to your manager: the rule, the risk, the cost, the fix.
Budget ammunition, not a pitch
Fixed prices, defined scope and a documented rework cost avoided. Easy to justify, hard to regret.
Credentials that are public record
SPE Fellow, textbook author, testifying since 1997. Conflict check before any engagement discussion.
Every checkbox, ready
NDA on request, check, ACH, PO or card, and a reply from a senior engineer within one business day.
Next step
Put four decades of outcomes on your next part.
Send the CAD. A senior engineer scores it before tooling and walks you through every finding live.
- NDA on request
- Senior engineer replies in one business day
- Fixed price where applicable
- Your data stays yours