The History of Reliable Caps

A HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF RELIABLE CAPS, LLC:

  • 1966

    • Ralph Laible forms Reliable Products in the basement of his home in Omaha, Nebraska

    • Two sons, Mahlon and Rodney Laible, work for the family company as teens.

  • Late 1960s

    • Reliable Products moves into a building in North Omaha and eventually focuses more on injection molding work.

  • 1972

    • Reliable Products buys a closure manufacturer called Calcaps. 

  • 1974

    • Brothers Mahlon and Rodney Laible finish school and take over the family business.

    • The company changes names from Reliable Products to Reliable Plastic Products.

    • The company moves into a 9,000 square foot manufacturing facility in North Omaha

    • Reliable Plastic Products is primarily an injection molding shop making various products for diverse industries.

  • Late 1970s-early 1990s

    • Over time, Mahlon Laible focuses primarily on the plastic closures side of the business whereas Mahlon's brother Rodney focuses on the custom molding and tool making side of the business.  

    • Eventually, the brothers mutually decide to carve out their respective portions of the company.  Mahlon calls his new business Reliable Cap and Closures. 

  • 1994-1995

    • Reliable Cap and Closures relocates the entire operations from Omaha, Nebraska, to a 93,000 square foot facility on 10 acres in Olathe, Kansas (our current location).  Several of our first Olathe employees are still with us today.

  • 2002

    • Reliable Cap and Closures merges with Caps and Packaging Services to form Reliable Caps, LLC. The merger expands the product lines to include spice caps and sport water bottle closures.

  • 2002 - Today

    • Reliable Caps:

      • Efficiency improves

      • Procures numerous Toshiba injection molding presses

      • Develops/improves many new proprietary products

      • Establishes an extensive stocking program

      • Engages in diverse, far-reaching custom packaging projects.