Milacron, the only US-based broad-line manufacturer of primary plastics equipment, will get a new private-equity owner, in news announced just before NPE2012 which runs April 1-5 in Orlando, Florida. Avenue Capital Group will sell the ...
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As Africa’s plastics industry grows, Indian companies say they are picking up substantial business there, with exports rising for machinery firms, and India’s resin and processing companies making investments. The India factory ...
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The New Year will bring a giant auction -- more than 130 injection presses and 20 extruders -- from four closed-down plants of Fortis Plastics LLC. Branford Group and Great American Group will conduct the auctions over three weeks, one ...
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Here’s a message from people who sell injection molding machines: The joy is back. Sales have increased for two years in a row, after a steady 10-year decline. That should continue in 2012. The U. S. Injection press market is nearing ...
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The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has awarded Milacron LLC a state tax credit for the plastics machinery maker’s recent $1.5 million capital equipment investment expansion at its machining plant in Mount Orab, Ohio. Milacron is buying ...
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Machinery executives say U.S. sales of blow molding machinery have held up in 2011, following a 2010 that was marked by a strong bounce-back from the Great Recession. Makers of packaging — PET blow molders and extrusion blow molders ...
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GripWorks recently added the entire line of Hunt-Wilde brand injection molded hand grips to its portfolio and will be manufacturing them at its St. Louis production facilities. It will be the first time in many years that the company will ...
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Extruders make everything from medical tubing and film and sheet for packaging — Strong markets— To vinyl windows and siding — These days, not so hot. The diversity sums up the North American extruder market in 2011. The ...
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