history
Comet Die & Engraving was founded by Jacob “Honest Jake” Salg who was a journeyman hand engraver who emigrated from Germany in 1898. He settled in Chicago and opened Comet Engraving Company on Franklin Street.
The company expanded three times to keep pace with the ever growing demands of the plastic industry for injection molds. Jake’s son Werner “Skip” presided over the business in the 30s, 40s, and 50s followed by his son-in-law Terry Donlin in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Today Jake’s great grandsons T.J. and Michael Donlin take pride in providing customers with the highest quality tooling.
products and services
The Midwest’s premier full-service plastics moldmaking facility, utilizing innovative moldmaking technology, has the ability to handle every step in the moldmaking process… from in-house mold design and plastic injection moldmaking to mold sampling. We’re also equipped to machine small and large plastic injection molds with equal ease, and to provide personalized customer service.
equipment
Our facility houses and utilizes a wide range of C.N.C and Electrical Discharge machines, Milling and Drilling equipment, and Spotting Presses. We also have in house Welding, Grinding, and Engineering capabilities supported by three trucks to service our local customers up to 30,000 lbs.
capacity and size
45,000 square feet I Over 60 employees I Maximum volume of 118” x 81” x 51” I 20 tons
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team
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