Kohlberg & Company, a leading private equity firm specializing in middle-market investing, has announced that it has closed the acquisition of Pexco and successfully merged the business with PPC Industries, Inc. (“PPC”), a ...
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Mead Johnson, the producer of high-quality milk powder for babies and infants, has made the move from a can to IML packaging. Thanks to the top-quality appearance of Metallic IML labels from Verstraete IML, the packaging now boasts a ...
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Posted in Contract Manufacturing Services by Qmed Staff on December 3, 2014 Medical device companies are increasingly turning to outsourcing companies with “one-stop shop” strategies, and the result might be a consolidation ...
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More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
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Spectrum Plastics Group Pexco LLC enters the injection molding business, acquiring the Minnesota-based operation of Spectrum Plastics, Inc. Pexco LLC, a leading North American specialty plastics processor, has entered the injection ...
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As the clock ticks on a May 31 deadline to submit conflict mineral reports to the federal government, some in the plastics industry are wondering how the new law aimed at addressing a humanitarian crisis in Africa applies to them. The ...
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Sweden-based Rosti Group has completed the acquisition of majority shares in Turkish injection molder Tebplast Plastik (Tebplast) from the Teber family. Tebplast will be integrated into Rosti Group's packaging division and operate ...
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Servo injection machines saves energy and generates less sound and gives high performance. Auto Loader manufacturers are employed for loading of raw materials or plastic resin into the machines. Autoloaders make the work simpler by ...
Germany-based injection molder Grammer is planning to set up a new production plant in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) automotive market. The company expects the automotive business in the NAFTA region to be favorable with ...
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To increase its capabilities for medical device manufacturing, custom injection molder Plastikos Inc. is in the process of adding a third press for its Class 10,000 clean room at its headquarters plant in Erie. "There is no firm date by ...
PHOENIX (Nov. 5, 10:30 p.m. ET) -- Flambeau Medical Markets Group is investing in excess of $2.5 million and moving into the medical device contract manufacturing business as part of its plan to grow sales of the group to $100 million by ...
The United States isn’t the only place debating “reshoring” of manufacturing from China these days -- Taiwan’s large plastics industry is also taking a hard look at whether rising costs in mainland China will bring ...
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Currier Plastics, a custom injection molder and blowmolder, is adding Sumitomo Injection Molding (IM) machines in a move the company says will strengthen its medium tonnage range for lid and cap molding. The new additions (HSZ and EV ...
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Bright Plastics Inc. is bringing in three new presses, five automation units and more auxiliary equipment as it adjusts for a record year in sales, according to partner Kirk Sparks. “Most of our top 20 accounts are up, year to date. ...
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A precision injection molder has rid itself of the last vestiges of outdated technology, and received significant energy savings and part-quality improvements as a result. That’s the short story behind a recent move by Sinicon ...
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