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Joe Buonocore
Chief Executive Officer
Joe’s career started out as a machine operator while pursuing a degree in education with a minor in coaching and health. It was during this time Joe was exposed and trained in all facets of the precision injection molding business. Joe has held various leadership positions in his career over the past thirty years; his molding experience has been in precision injection molding, primarily in the automotive industry. He has had full profit and loss responsibilities for a multi-national global injection molding company. The continuous improvement philosophy combined with developing engineering solutions at the beginning of every project has been a key to the success in those companies Joe had been responsible for. Joe lives in Rochester with his wife of thirty-nine years, Lise and two daughters.
Email: jpb@empireprecision.com
Max A. Leone
Business Development Manager
Massimo (Max) Leone has been in the plastics industry for over 35 years. He has worked in the US, Asia & Europe as a Global Business Development Manager for a Fortune 500 company and an additional 12 years as the VP of Business Development for a northeast custom plastics organization. He is committed to helping his clients discover the most cost-effective engineered solutions by incorporating DFM, Mold Simulation and Scientific Molding techniques for their program requirements. Contact Max to discuss your organization’s injection molding projects.
Email: max.leone@empireprecision.com
Phone: 315-277-1458
Stephen Campo
Business Development
Drawing on over 15 years in the plastics industry, Stephen has evolved from the production floor to key roles in engineering, project management, and business development. His wealth of experience provides a global perspective on manufacturing, enabling effective support for clients across diverse industries. He has worked on projects ranging from initial concept to large-scale production. With his experience, honesty, and attention to detail, Stephen excels in cultivating relationships that consistently exceed customer expectations. Stephen lives in Rochester with his wife. He takes pleasure in cinema, food, and adventures around the globe.
Email: stephen.campo@empireprecision.com
Phone: 585-750-9095
Our Facility
We invite you to visit Empire Precision, an almost 70,000 square foot, New York based precision contract injection molder with complete facilities and fully capable in-house tool shop that ensures the finished quality your program demands.
Our facilities are home to 50 late-model electric, advanced hydraulic, and hydraulic molding machines, nearly 80% of which are automated. We successfully supply finished assemblies and sub-assemblies using our highly automated in-house capabilities, which include:
- Scientific Injection Molding
- White room molding and assembly
- Transfer programs of existing production tools
- Polymer Optics Molding
- MuCell Process – Micro-cellular foaming
- Thermoplastic elastomers (insert & over-mold)
- In-house tool design and build
- High heat / engineering material processing
- Production intent prototypes and development
- Ultrasonic welding & pad printing
- Cost reduction / efficiency gain projects
- Insert molding / over-molding
- Multi-component molding (“2 shot”)
- Engineering based DFM & Moldflow analysis
Learn more about transferring your tool to Empire and about our Scientific Molding process.
Compliance & Certifications
Empire utilizes IQMS Quality tools and capabilities to manage compliance with quality directives and to facilitate internal communications. This IQMS module addresses the following:
- Installation, Operation and Performance Qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Comprehensive Corrective Action/Preventive Action (CAPA)
- Project Management utilizes APQP and PPAP applications
- Non-conforming product review and tracking
- Lot and serial tracking and traceability
- Complete audit trail of manufacturing process