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 January/February 2005 |
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STRECH PLASTICS...NEW PRODUCTS, NEW MACHINERY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY PLUS THE SAME GREAT QUALITY, SERVICE AND PRICING! We at Strech Plastics, beginning our 24th year in the golf car accessory business, would like to thank all of our loyal, long time customers as well as our many new customers, for our continued growth and success over the years. A shared role in this success is also yours. We work as hard as we can everyday, to satisfy the needs of each and every one of our customers. Strech Plastics has invested a lot of time and money in research and development of new products, new machinery, and a completely new computer and software system that is being implemented and updated continuously. These new technological ad-vances will help us better serve you by streamlining order taking, production, shipping, and inventory control. We are constantly moving ahead to make all the improvements we can for the most important people to our company, you - the customer. Although we strive to be perfect, sometimes we are not. When problems arise we always take care of them. We are proud of our reputation of having the highest integrity, honesty and fairness. Throughout our existence, Strech Plastics philosophy has remained constant. Make the highest quality product using the finest materials, offer fair prices, be honest with our customers and deliver the product on time. Quality, Service, and Price. Some say all three cannot be accomplished, Strech Plastics is proof they can be. We have done so in the past and will continue to do so in the future. |
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| Strech Plastics uses an array of in-house processes in the production of its products. On the plastics side we Vacuum Form, Rotational Mold, Strip Bend, and 3 & 5 Axis CNC route all of our windshields, dashboards, dash trays, headlight & taillight assemblies, steps and decks for our rear seat kits, underseat trays, tops, etc. In our metal fabrication department, a CNC Tubing Bender is utilized and extensive welding, sandblasting and powdercoating are done. We do all of this in-house. Very little outsourcing is done in our manufacturing process. This in one of the key factors that sets us apart from our competitors. By manufacturing our accessories ourselves, we obviously have better control over the final product. And, since we are both the manufacturer and the distributor, we are able to eliminate the middle man profits and pass the savings along to our dealers. Windshields were the first product we made and we were the inventor of the original hinged windshield, which is still the staple in the industry today. We are still the only company to manufacture the Cadillac of windshields, the hinged with wings. If you want to go one up on your competition you should try using them. This has been standard equipment on the high dollar cars for all the West Coast and Arizona dealers for years. They cost a little more, but what a difference in appearance.
Some of the hot new innovations in the golf car industry in the last couple of years have been the lift kits and off-road tires & rims. Strech Plastics, as usual, is at the forefront, like with the introduction of the A-Arm Long Travel Front Suspension Kit that blows away any other lift on the market, (it's real active suspension not just a lift, see pictures in this article and on our website; StrechPlastics.com). It is available for EZ-GO TXT and Club Car. Soon to be available for EZ-GO 2002 & up steering & Yamaha. We have also just completed the rear suspension for EZ-GO TXT, with Club Car & Yamaha to follow soon. The A-Arm Kit is very simple to install, (no cutting or welding), with state of the art, step by step, color installation instructions. Everyone who has used it loves it. Install it on a car, set it on your lot next to a standard lifted car and let customers drive both. They will buy the A-Arm Kit every time. You can make $600-$800 on the A-Arm Kit as opposed to $200-$300 on the standard lift kit. The units are installed with heavy duty coil over shocks, not the unreliable air version. We also have the largest selection and inventory of 8˛, 10˛ & 12˛ custom golf car and off-road tires and wheels in the industry. Call 1-800-752-6799, and have us send you a complete list and catalog of our tires, rims and all of our other products for golf cars, utility vehicles, and lifted cars. |
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Some of the other products we have introduced are chrome billet steering wheels, steering shaft covers, pedals, and shifters, all of which really make the appearance of a car jump out at the customer. Other key product introductions included: custom front ends for Club Car and E-Z-GO with chromed billet headlight, marker light and grill accents, front ends with electric trunk latches for EZ-GO, Club Car and Yamaha and overhead radio and speaker consoles in woodgrain and carbon fiber colors, (they have the best fit in the industry). |
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These are just a few of our new products that complement the most extensive product list in the industry. Above all, the most important asset of Strech Plastics is our employees. We have 80 very dedicated, hard working people. Our people in the office are headed by our Office Manager of 10 years Barbara Davis, along with Sherrie, Shon, Kathy and Ron. Our Sales staff is lead by Tony Tacchia, who has been with us for 12 years. Then there's Expediting Manager Jeremy Lewis, Aaron & Chris. Our Marketing Department is headed up by Jim Underwood, who wears many hats, but was mainly responsible for getting our ad campaign off the ground, and our resident IT guru Todd White, a new addition in the past year. Our long time Production Manager John Hill goes 100 miles an hour all the time trying to produce your orders. Other employees that should be singled out include: Chuck (The Professor) Crittenden - designer/programmer, Richard Conde leading our metal dept., Marcus - welding, Jonterry in windshields, Cory & Jimmy in Rotomold, Alex leading the CNC room, Jimmy - assembly, Chuck & Dove in powdercoat, Connie & Teresa - packing, Jeff & Aaron - all around, Andy & David - car production, Terry, Anthony, Dallas & Jerome - shipping & receiving, and Marie & Gregoria trays. Ray Strech supervises all maintenance, electrical and machine installation. Very important too, are all of the other hard working, dedicated people of Strech Plastics, Inc. |
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Strech Plastics, Inc. is located in beautiful Banning, CA. Thirty minutes east of Palm Springs and about an hour and fifteen minutes from L.A., the same from Orange County, (Disneyland), and about 2 hours from San Diego. As I step out the front door of my office, I'm looking at the snow capped San Bernardino Mountains and to the rear is Majestic Mt. San Jacinto, where the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway terminates from the floor of the CoachellaValley. We are located right on Interstate 10, (I can see the Club Car and EZ-GO trucks pass by from my office). Southern California can be a tough place to be a manufacturer, tough EPA laws, workers compensation insurance, and it's an expensive place to live. A lot of things aren't perfect in SoCal, but łthe weather ain't one of them.˛ There aren't too many places in the entire world where you can be an hour from the ocean, an hour from the mountains and an hour from the desert. You can be bustin' the slopes at Mt. High or Snow Summit in the morning, and catch the afternoon sessions at Taramar at Carlsbad Beach in the afternoon. I don't get a chance to play much golf anymore but there are a ton of great courses and you can play 7/365. |
Looking ahead, I think the golf car industry has an ever- expanding future, as people continue to find new uses for these vehicles in industry and recreation. Our job is to develop products to enhance the cars used in these areas of transportation. The wheels are constantly turning at Strech Plastics as we continue to be the leader in new products. I believe we have just scratched the surface, with many new innovations on the horizon. Stay tuned to Strech Plastics, Inc., we've been here for you for 24 years, we will be here for you tomorrow. THANKS again for your business,
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