## Hailey Mann

– Lead/ASTM Panel

1• 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.

American Plastic Toys CPSC Lead/ASTM Panel 2American Plastic Toys CPSC Lead/ASTM Panel 3 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. 

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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.

– I n 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 undetectableAmerican Plastic Toys CPSC Lead/ASTM Panel 5 

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# American Plastic Toys Inc.

• 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.American Plastic Toys CPSC Lead/ASTM Panel 7 

# 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.

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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.