Capabilities

H-O Products is a family-owned converter founded in 1971, based in Winsted, Connecticut. We convert engineered materials to your drawing through die-cutting, rotary, waterjet, CNC knife, CNC laser, slitting, and custom profiling, then support those parts with laminating, assembly and kitting, engineering, quality and validation, cleanroom packaging, supply-chain programs, and digital tools.

Yes. H-O operates an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system. First-article inspection, in-process SPC, and lot traceability run under that system, with lot documentation typically retrievable in under 2 hours for audit requests. Quality programs are built for medical, aerospace, and defense work.

H-O is a converter and die-cutter. We cut, slit, profile, laminate, and assemble engineered materials in Winsted, CT. Extruded and molded profiles are available through our partner network as made-to-order parts with their own tooling lead time; for most flat and contoured parts, our in-house converting capabilities cover the requirement.

687+ SKUs across 50 chemistries and 8 families: BISCO® silicone foam, PORON® and HyPUR-cel® urethanes, solid elastomers including Viton® and FFKM, Kapton®, APTIV®, and Nomex® films, EMI and thermal materials such as SSP502 and Sil-Pad®, acrylic foam tapes, adhesives, and specialty materials. Each is processed with parameters calibrated to its chemistry, grade, and thickness.

Yes. Because converting, laminating, assembly, quality, packaging, supply-chain, and digital capabilities sit under one roof, a program can move from DFM review and prototyping into production, kitting, and managed-inventory release without handoffs between separate vendors. Engineering routes the part through whichever capabilities it needs.

Medical, aerospace, defense, electronics, industrial, energy, and transportation. Typical parts include gaskets and seals, adhesive-backed pads, dielectric insulators, thermal-interface pads, EMI shielding gaskets, and kitted, cleanroom-packaged assemblies. Quality systems and lot traceability are built for regulated medical, aerospace, and defense programs.

It depends on the part profile and volume. Flatbed die-cutting suits high-volume gaskets and pads from soft stock; rotary die-cutting runs adhesive-backed parts in long continuous runs; CNC knife and laser suit prototypes and low-to-mid volume without hard tooling; waterjet suits thick, dense, or abrasive stock that a die would crush; and slitting converts master rolls to a finished width. Engineering reads your drawing against the process capability and routes it to the right one.

By volume and tooling. Die-cutting uses a steel-rule or matched-metal die, which is fast and economical at volume but carries tooling cost and lead time. CNC knife and laser cut directly from the geometry with no hard tooling, which is ideal for prototypes, design iterations, and low-to-mid volume. A program often starts on knife or laser for prototypes and moves to a die for production once the design is fixed.