Hailey Mann – Lead/ASTM Panel

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• Thank you for the opportunity to participate on this panel.

• I would like to introduce American Plastic Toys, Inc. (APT) 

We are a domestic toy manufacturer of injection molded 

plastic toys. The company was founded in 1962 and has 

operated continuously for over 50 years. Our corporate 

headquarters is located in Walled Lake, Michigan. 

• The following provides a brief description of company 

operations and position in the toy industry.

American Plastic Toys Inc.

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Operations:

APT currently has five buildings with over 1,000,000 square feet of 

operational and storage space company wide. All of our products are 

produced and all shipments originate from either Walled Lake, 

Michigan or Olive Branch, Mississippi. We are vertically integrated, 

taking in raw plastic resin and colorants, and molding and assembling 

the finished toys. We have over 50 injection-molding machines of 

various sizes and over 300 employees.

Product Line:

APT has the most comprehensive line of injection molded toys in the 

United States. Currently we have approximately 125 items in our line 

excluding special versions for specific customers. APT manufactures 

spring and summer seasonal goods, bulk vehicles, ride-on, girls, role 

playing and furniture toy categories.

American Plastic Toys Inc.
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American Plastic Toys Inc.

• ASTM Related Topics 

– Natural (i.e. unpigmented) polypropylene & 

polyethylene resins will not contain any of the 

eight elements at detectable levels. 

– We have tested 20 Million pounds of raw resin 

representing 105 different lots/batches of 

material over the last 15 months. 

– In every case, test results for the 8 ASTM 

elements in these resins confirmed these 

plastics are not just compliant, but the 

element content is so low/non-existent as to 

be undetectable
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• Technical Considerations 

– Polyethylene and polypropylene are produced from 

petroleum or natural gas, which do not contain 

appreciable amounts of the regulated metals. These 

gases are polymerized in a reactor in a closed process 

which eliminates contamination opportunities.

– Resin producers are careful to control the presence of 

trace metals, as these will interfere with the ability to 

obtain desired properties in the finished plastic.
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American Plastic Toys Inc.

Polypropylene & Polyethylene natural Raw resin 

should be excluded by regulation based on the test 

data submitted. 

• We as a manufacturer know what goes into our products.

• Excluding PP & PE Resin will produce an annual savings of 

$30,000 for APT; this is a significant percentage of our 

overall testing expenditure.

• Resin manufacturing is a technical and controlled process. 

Resin is tested and certified throughout the pellet 

manufacturing process. 

• We receive material certificates with each shipment
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American Plastic Toys Inc.

• Manufacturing Safe, Quality and FUN products is our top 

priority

• Having quality systems in place throughout our 

manufacturing process for periodic testing and inspection 

gives us assurance that our products are compliant. 

• Eliminating the need to test materials that do not have 

detectable levels of the eight elements is a great way to 

reduce third party testing costs without compromising 

safety or compliance.