HEAV Y WEIGHT
MOLDER
TAKES FLIGHT
After “firing” its top customers, this firm’s growth defies
gravity as well as convention.—Michelle Maniscalco
Built just a year ago on a 40-acre greenfield site, Thogus
Products’ 76,000-ft2 building includes a movable back
wall for quick expansion. A purple stripe echoes the
company’s distinctively colored logo. Right Kathleen
Hlavin and son Matt today lead the company that
Kathleen’s father, Jack Thompson, started in 1950 with
partner Walter Gus as Master Mold & Die.
