MODERN MACHINERY

NEWS  & UPDATES

Modern Machinery to Expand in 2022

Modern Machinery to Expand in 2022

Modern Machinery is excited to announce another expansion to our existing buildings to accommodate the need for more manufacturing/assembly space. The 12,000-sq-ft. high bay addition will include another crane to accommodate company needs. We will also be adding an...

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Modern Completes Facility Expansion in 2017

Modern completes our facility expansion and moves into the 12,000 square foot assembly area.  The new expansion was built with 40 foot side walls to accomodate the ever increasing size of new equipment, and to allow the integration of an overhead crane. The overhead...

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Continued Growth means additional staff

Modern brought on Key additions in Staffing during the month of April, adding; Mechanical Design Engineer, Electrical/Programming Engineer, and Sales Manager. This increase in resources will help us add to our capacity in this major period of growth as we have...

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Employer of the Year

Employer of the Year

Modern Machinery of Beaverton was founded in 1982 by local entrepreneur, Tom Pohlman. The company manufactures the highest quality thermoforming machines in the industry and takes pride in offering its customers the "ModernADVANTAGE”. The advantage comes through the...

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TRADE SHOWS

At MODERN, we believe our custom thermoforming machines are top of the line with regard to modern engineering and technology. To showcase our quality product, we have exhibited at the following conferences:

Testimonials

“We’ve developed a relationship with Modern Machinery seven years ago and have purchased several pieces of production equipment in that time frame. Modern Machinery has consistently met our expectations by building quality equipment and meeting our often, demanding timelines. The real strength of Modern Machinery is their customer service and follow up on any issues. They back what they sell and take a personal interest in solving any issue we’ve had. Modern Machinery has been a great company to work with and would recommend them for any custom production equipment.”

Randy Behm, Cadillac Products

“Robinson Industries has used Modern Machine to help them overcome many different hurdles over the years. More recently, after our Fire in 2022, Modern was instrumental in getting two of the machines that mostly survived the fire back into production mode. We are constantly leaning on Modern to improve all aspects of our machines. Their innovation to provide a quality service and help improve the life of our machines is tough to compete with. I would recommend them to work on any project.”

Jason Pahl, Robinson Industries, Inc.

"After purchasing several other Brand machines in the 1990's I inquired about a new large thermoformer from Modern Machine. I immediately was impressed with Tom Pohlman and his statement " we will build whatever you want". Along with Tom and his team we started to discuss and design a machine built to handle a sheet size of 10' x 18' with a 36" draw and rugged enough to take any miscues that happen from time to time with thermoform operators. This machine is tough, dependable and has performed nonstop since 2005 running some of the largest parts ever produced on the West coast. Throughout the past few years Modern has identified areas of improvement from our discussions and has continued to upgrade the software side of the machine to improve the ease of programming and provide additional capabilities of the machine. We just received our third Modern machine a 3 station pressure former that has been running since October 2012, four days after its arrival. Built to our custom requirements this is by far the best machine I have ever purchased. My congratulations to Modern for their outstanding performance in building Ray Products the best thermoforming equipment available in our Industry!"

Dan Sweet, Ray Products

"I have worked with Modern for the past few years and have come to appreciate their willingness to try new things and provide to their customers what they want. Their customer service and support is by far better than any big machine manufacturer that I have worked with in the past or present. I would highly recommend them to anyone I talk to for Vacuum Forming machines"

John Noruk, AME Manager
(Vac Forming and PU Technologies), International Automotive Components