Moore Industries and Montpelier: Working Toward Future Growth

Montpelier and Moore Industries Video

Public Power Partnership Fuels Expansion and Future Growth

Since 1984, Mike Moore, President of Moore Industries, has been a staple of the Montpelier business community, running custom injection molding companies. After selling his first company, called Triangle Plastics, Mike bought the company back in 1999 and renamed it Moore Industries.

Since then, the family-owned business has experienced considerable growth. Moore Industries now employs 85 individuals who make custom-molded parts for a variety of customers. The company produces many parts for the automotive industry, including bumpers, interior trim, wheel flares and more. The company’s automotive customers have helped it to grow a great deal since its founding.

“When I bought back Triangle [in 1998], we renamed it Moore Industries in 1999, and then we only had four machines at the time,” Mike said. “From that point in time to today, we went up to 20 machines, and then our range [went from] just over 100 tons to 2,000 tons, and that is where we’re at today.”

The growth in production capacity has allowed the company to expand, leading it to become one of the largest employers and electric users in the Village of Montpelier. However, that growth would not have been possible without the company’s strong support from and solid relationship with the village.

In speaking about the company’s 18,000-square-foot expansion project in 2022, Mike and Kim Ruble, Program Manager for Moore Industries and one of Mike’s three daughters who are involved in running the business, noted that they ran into difficulties with an existing transformer. Moore Industries reached out to Jason Rockey, Montpelier Village Manager, and found that the village was more than willing to help resolve the problem.

“When I started here in 2018, the south expansion of the building was underway,” Rockey said. “So, we increased the size of the conductor; we also increased the size of the transformer to not only provide power for the expansion, but also for potential needs down the road.”

Moore Industries is also looking to the future by working to advance the business’ technological capability.

Ruble noted that the company has incorporated more robotics and automation in the production processes. She also noted that while the use of these robotic technologies will help improve operational efficiency, it will also undoubtedly increase the company’s electric demand in equal measure.

Seeing Moore Industries planning for the future and involving the second generation in the family-owned business is reassuring to the Village of Montpelier, according to Rockey, who said he is committed to helping Moore Industries maintain its upward trajectory.

“Knowing that Mike’s daughters are planning to take the reins for the company from he and Becky is very encouraging to the village — to know that the company is going to be around for a while,” Rockey said. “They are going to continue to employ the people they are employing now, and most likely, they’re going to grow, and we’re going to do our best to help them do that.

Watch the video about the relationship between Moore Industries and the Village of Montpelier above.

About the Campaign

Throughout 2025, AMP plans to feature AMP Member utilities and the local businesses they serve in the Public Power is Good for Business multimedia campaign. The campaign will produce a series of videos with the goal of promoting the benefits of public power from the perspective of commercial and industrial customers, highlighting the reliability of public power, as well as the variety of businesses that operate in AMP’s Member communities. It will also illustrate the reasons public power communities are an attractive option for businesses.