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{{Infobox company
| name = RJG Incorporated
| logo = RJG Injection Molding Solutions.png
| type = [[Privately held]]
| industry = [[Injection Moulding|Injection Molding]]
| foundation = [[Traverse City, Michigan]] (1985)
| location_country = United States of America
| location_city = Traverse City
| key_people = [[Rod Groleau]], Director<br>[[Dale Westerman]], President & CEO
| products = CoPilot, [[eDart]], Sensors, Training, & Consulting
| founder = [[Rod Groleau]]
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| homepage = [https://www.rjginc.com/ rjginc.com]
}}
'''RJG Inc.''' is a training, technology, and consulting company that specializes in the [[injection moulding|injection molding]] industry. They offer training courses around the globe, including Master Molder I and II, Systematic Molding, Injection Molding Essentials, and more.<ref>{{cite web|title=Registration|url=https://www.rjginc.com/training/registration|website=RJG Inc.|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref> They also offer [https://rjginc.com/technology/copilot/ CoPilot], a process control system that allows for data extraction of plastic conditions inside the mold using [[pressure sensor]]s, [[transducers]] and [[strain gauge]]s. The company is responsible for pioneering DECOUPLED MOLDING® techniques which have since become industry standard.<ref>{{cite web|title=DECOUPLED|url=http://www.hansenplastics.com/decoupled/|website=Hansen Plastics Corporation|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Troubleshooting: Injection Molding Seven Steps Toward Scientific Troubleshooting|url=http://www.ptonline.com/columns/troubleshooting-injection-molding-seven-steps-toward-scientific-troubleshooting|website=Plastics Technology|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Implementing Decoupled Molding|url=http://www.paulsontraining.com/products/implementing-decoupled-molding/|website=Paulson Training Programs, Inc.|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Almanac: The fundamentals of Decoupled Molding|url=http://www.plasticstoday.com/articles/almanac-fundamentals-decoupled-molding|website=Plastics Today|accessdate=16 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Injection Molding Guide|url=https://www.lubrizol.com/Life-Science/Documents/Medical-Polymers/Processing-Guides/Injection-Molding-Guide.pdf|website=Lubrizol|accessdate=16 January 2015|page=6|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064414/http://lubrizol.com/Life-Science/Documents/Medical-Polymers/Processing-Guides/Injection-Molding-Guide.pdf|archivedate=15 July 2014|df=}}</ref>
== History ==
In 1985, Rod Groleau started a training and consulting company (then named RJG Associates, Inc.), where he developed techniques for retrieving data for plastic conditions inside the mold, previous to this only data from the molding machine itself was used for processing techniques. By 1999, the company developed controls allowing for different "stages" of molding and the "DART" (Data Acquisition and Retrieval with Transducers) system, which allowed for data to be retrieved by [[personal computers]]. In 1998, the company began offering Master molder certifications, a training program of robust scientific techniques which is highly valuable to employers in the industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=RJG Opens New Injection Molding Training Facility in NC|url=http://www.ptonline.com/articles/rjg-opens-new-training-facility-in-north-carolina-|website=Plastics Technology Online|publisher=Plastics Technology|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Renstrom|first1=Roger|title=Fisher & Paykel expand molding in Mexico, warehouse in US|url=http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20160415/NEWS/160419864/fisher-paykel-expand-molding-in-mexico-warehouse-in-us|website=Plastics News|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=RJG Presents 2015 Training Excellence Awards|url=http://www.ptonline.com/articles/rjg-presents-2015-training-excellence-awards|website=Plastics Technology Online|publisher=Plastics Technology|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Leanne|title=RJG gains CPD accreditation from IOM3 for polymer training courses|url=http://www.britishplastics.co.uk/News/rjg-gains-cpd-accreditation-from-iom3-for-polymer-training-c/|website=British Plastics & Rubber|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> Since then, the company has continued to develop further innovations that have a major impact on the industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=RJG touts pre-production molding analysis|url=http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20120416/NEWS/304169930|website=Plastics News|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.rjginc.com/company/history|website=RJG Inc.|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref>
[[File:RJG's CoPilot System.jpg|thumb|RJG's CoPilot® System is the injection molding industry's latest process control technology.]]
== Awards ==
1996 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies
1997 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies
1998 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies
1999 - Michigan Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies (award discontinued after 1999)<ref name="history"/>
== References ==
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[[Category:Plastics companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Injection molding]]
[[Category:Training companies of the United States]]
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