Trend Technologies

Trend Technologies
Formerly	Data Packaging
Company type	Private
Industry	Plastic molding
Founded	1979; 45 years ago in Chino, California, California, U.S. (Data Packaging); July 21, 1980; 43 years ago (Trend Technologies Europe);
Founders	Dónal Lawlor; Earl Payton; Brian Dickstein;
Headquarters	4626 Eucalyptus Avenue; Chino, California, U.S.
Number of locations	Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Guadalajara, Mexico; Glenrothes, Scotland; Johor Bahru, Malaysia; Joo Koon, Singapore; Chino, California; Mullingar, Ireland; Martin, Slovakia; Suzhou, China; Pune, India;
Number of employees	1,980 (2016)
Subsidiaries	Stevenson Grantech Limited; Cam Fran Tool and Die; Tintarent Limited;
Website	trendtechnologies.com

Trend Technologies (formerly called Data Packaging) is an international manufacturer specialising in plastic injection molding with the first facility opening in Mullingar, Ireland in 1985.^[1] The company serves the automotive, healthcare, ICT and industrial sectors.^[2]^[3] The company's subsidiaries are the Cam Fran Tool and Die Company, Stevenson Grantech Limited and Tintarent Limited.

History and present[edit]

The company was founded in 1979 (1979) as Data Packaging in Chino, California, United States. On July 21, 1980 (1980-07-21), the European division of the company was registered in Ireland although it is now liquidated, but the parent company still operates in Europe.^[4] The company operates ten facilities in nine countries.

International facilities[edit]

Trend Technologies has operations in several countries as detailed in the table below.^[5] In September 2016, it was announced that Trend was building a new facility in Pune, India which would increase the current square footage to 80,000 ft² which is expandable to 120,000 ft² in order to add tool building and metal stamping resources.^[6]

Country	Location(s) of facilities	Registration and acquisition date (if applicable)	Size of facility (in ft²)	Number of employees	Certifications^[7]
United States	Chino, California Corporate Headquarters Elk Grove Village, Illinois		160,000 100,000	340 employees combined	ISO 9001:2008 TS 16949 ISO 14001
Mexico	Guadalajara, Jalisco		190,000	450 employees	ISO 9001:2008 TS 16949 ISO 14001
Ireland	Mullingar, County Westmeath European Headquarters	December 13, 1985 (1985-12-13)^[8]	75,000	125 employees	ISO 9001:2008 ISO 14001 ISO 13485
Scotland	Glenrothes, Fife	Registered on February 18, 2004 (2004-02-18)^[9] Acquisition by the company on January 5, 2016 (2016-01-05)^[10]	48,000	100 employees	ISO 9001:2008
Slovakia	Martin, Turiec		54,000	80 employees	ISO 9001:2008 TS 16949 ISO 14001
India	Pune, Maharashtra	November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17)^[11]	80,000 (expandable up to 120,000)	100 employees	ISO 9001:2008 TS 16949
Malaysia	Johor Bahru, Johor		278,000	350 employees	ISO 9001:2008 ISO 14001 ISO 13485
China	Suzhou, Jiangsu		68,000	100 employees	ISO 9001:2008 ISO 14001
Singapore	Joo Koon, West Region		112,000 combined	335 employees	ISO 9001:2008 TS 16949 ISO 14001 ISO 13485