Saul Blitz
Tico Plastics
Inducted 2017
Saul Blitz was an American innovator, manufacturer and businessman known for advancing plastics processing technologies. He developed and patented several injection molding, and blow molding processes. He was also a business leader. Blitz founded the plastics manufacturing company Tico Plastics Inc. in New York city.
They produced a variety of plastic products including blow molded Christmas decorations. He had a number of plastics manufacturing patents for methods to produce hollow plastics parts which were assigned to his company.
In the mid 1950’s, Blitz engineered a leveraged buyout of a division of NOMA Corporation, NOMA Lites, a New York manufacturer of plastic lighting products and holiday lights. The company continued its manufacturing operations at the New York City plant until 1971, when it closed its doors due to overseas competition.
Saul Blitz was a well-known speaker at national plastics and manufacturing conferences. He was also one of the original members of the editorial advisory board of Plastics Technology magazine.
Areas of Expertise:
Plastics processing, Business management