30 Under 30 Class of 2021: Company Owners and Management

Digital Moulds GmbH (Sierning, Austria)

Andreas Reinthaler, CEO

(Nußbach, Austria) and Andreas is a former apprentice of Austrian moldmaker Haidlmair worked a few years in the assembly and CAD departments. After he finished his industrial engineering studies, he became the Mold Monitoring system project manager, a monitoring system for injection molds. This innovation served as the basis for a spin-off company, Digital Moulds, for which Andreas became the first CEO.

In the following months, he played a vital role in the evolution of the products and was a key player involved with developing the Mold Monitoring system into a product ready for the market. Andreas is a technology expert in his field and a wonderful man to have on the team. We believe this new company would not have made such good progress throughout the last year without him.

PepCorp (Windsor, Ontario, Canada))

Parker Drouillard, Owner

Parker started with four 3D printers in his parent’s garage at 17 years old. He took computer science at the University of Windsor while building a small customer base to provide plastic-printed parts and worked as an injection tool designer at Aalbers Tool & Mold (Ontario, Canada) to gain more knowledge.

The decision was made to leave the tool shop to focus more on his business. Now located at his current building with more than 30 printers, he focuses on new customers with high-volume production requirements. His next goal is to triple the number of 3D printers while designing and building his own 3D printers.

Westminster Tool (Plainfield, Connecticut)

Hillary Thomas, Account Manager and Vice President

Hillary Thomas rejoined her family business at Westminster Tool in 2017 after working in international sales in Australia. Since returning, she successfully rebranded the company as a solutions-focused manufacturer and leader in cultural innovation. Her leadership extends to service on the American Mold Builders Association (AMBA, Indianapolis, Indiana) Emerging Leaders Board, PLASTICS FLiP Engagement Committee Society of Plastics Engineers and the (SPE, Brookfield, Connecticut) Foundation’s Marketing Committee.

Hillary has expanded her technical knowledge to serve her customers better and her abilities to drive strategic improvements in the company. Her goal is to sell a product and remain intimately involved in a project from beginning to end to be a better customer resource.

Her goal is to always set her team up for success. She accomplishes this by working closely with each employee on an individual level, by looking closely at sales and engineering goals and diligently tracking performance metrics to find areas for improvement. Hillary also has a natural talent for growing leaders within the company and providing them with the support needed to improve.

She is also always looking for ways to innovate and help the community and the industry. Her passion for people extends outside the company, where she sees the value of spreading awareness of manufacturing and its benefits to our community.

The transformations directed by Hillary’s leadership can be seen across the company. Her advancements in sales made a direct impact on company revenue and the type of complex work brought in. This has opened opportunities for investments in technology, equipment and talent development.