Timjoebillybob
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- Feb 27, 2009
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Maybe, maybe not. I haven't done rotomolding but have done injection molding. Some of the products we made had trademarks/names on them, but the trademark holder didn't own the mold. The injection molding company did, and if they modified the mold to remove them they could use it for any other company they wished. There was one product that they made that they couldn't do that with, but that's because the shape itself was trademarked, but the mold was still owned by the injection molding company. They wouldn't use molds that weren't owned by them, job security was a good part of that.Yeti does have their own molds as their name is molded on the bottom and the bottom of the lid.
Kinda like aluminum cans, the machines that put the top on are not owned by the company that fills them with their product. They are owned by the company that makes the cans. At least that is the case with one of the largest can manufactures in the world. They lease and service them for a nominal fee, it keeps the companies buying their cans.