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Plastic Injection Molding Richland Plastic Injection Molding, Inc. employs 15 people creating custom parts. They have nine injection molding machines that produce 800 different parts. The company’s customers are 30% in the Tri-Cities and 80% in Washington. “It’s really fun to make something that solves a problem for a customer. I get a kick out of coming in to work every day,” said founder Ken Williams. Rachel Wolski is an operator at Plastic Injection Molding. She is also a student at WSU Tri Cities, where she is studying mechanical engineering. Above: PIM President and CEO Ken Williams. Left: AWB Board member Kedrich Jackson of American Tax Consultants signs the bus. Right: PIM President and CEO Ken Williams gives a tour of a new 28,000-square-foot high- bay manufacturing space he is finishing at his Richland location.