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One day in the 1980s, Lindsey Serafini’s grandfather was watching his Standardbred horses getting shod.
“The farrier was shoeing with hoof pads and my grandfather said, ‘I could make those,’” says Serafini, who is a fifth-generation owner of Castle Plastics.
The business was created by Serafini’s great-great-grandfather in 1920 after he emigrated from Italy to Massachusetts, USA. He became a highly skilled craftsman, making horn buttons and “celluloid novelties” — the precursor to plastic products — using tools and dies, and injection molding.
“I remember growing up in the 1990s and going to the barn with my grandfather to watch the farrier,” says Serafini. “I started in the business when I was very young.”
Today, Castle Plastics is a leading manufacturer of horseshoe pads in North America and continually adds new products to their line.
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