President's Letter


Hello and welcome to Empire Precision Plastics. I’m pleased that you’ve taken the time to visit our site. Until you have the chance to talk with us or visit our facilities, this website will provide you with our capabilities and a glimpse of the kinds of programs and markets we serve.

Founded in 1992, Empire Precision has a legacy of partnership with its customers in solving their most challenging injection molding problems. We are proud of our reputation as a solutions provider and innovator. Our corporate culture is one of dedication, respect, and continuous improvement. Our success is measured by our customers’ successes.

In a time marked by rapidly changing technology, I am enthusiastic about the opportunities available for us to address the emerging requirements of our customers.

In order to better serve our customers, Empire Precision invests in its employees, internal processes, tools, and business systems. We strengthen our core competencies and invest in developing new capabilities to meet increasing requirements. Empire Precision strives to be recognized as an employer of choice and has established programs designed to attract and retain a highly skilled and motivated workforce. Our people are our greatest asset.

Empire Precision has a passion for product development and understands how to manage the changes necessary to reach it. Our full-service engineering, moldmaking and program management capabilities operate in a culture of zero defects and continuous improvement.

You will find us easily reachable and quick to respond. We welcome your comments and we’d be pleased to discuss your needs.

- Joe Buonocore

Meet the Team


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

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Thomas Schmitt
Business Development

Tom has studied and worked in Plastic Injection Molding and Contract Manufacturing businesses his entire 44+ year career. He has extensive technical experience in part design, mold design, mold tooling, GD&T, metrology techniques and process development. Additionally, Tom has analytical experience with project costing and estimating. Tom has spent the last 15+ years focused on new business development, sales engineering and total account management of multiple large medical accounts including medical diagnostics and medical (surgical) devices & assemblies.

Tom’s goal is to provide customers with cost effective, technical solutions that satisfy the customer’s requirements and exceed their expectations.

Email: TJS@empireprecision.com
Phone: 585-698-8863

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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

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Our Facility


We invite you to visit Empire Precision, an almost 70,000 square foot, New York based precision medical injection molder with complete facilities and fully capable tooling that ensures the finished quality your program demands.

Our facilities are home to 40 late-model electric, advanced hydraulic, and hydraulic molding machines, nearly 80% of which are automated. We successfully supply finished medical device 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 / Diamond Point Turning
  • Micro Molding – parts weight less than 1 gram
  • 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”)

Learn more about transferring your tool to Empire and about our Scientific Molding process.


Compliance & Certifications

Empire utilizes IQMS Quality Medical 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