Dahl-Tech buys Amsler's blow molding machine

Dahl-Tech vice president of manufacturing Mark W Dahlke said the machine, its first Amsler blow molding unit, will be shipped directly to its Stillwater facilty when the show closes and will be in production within two weeks.

“We've been talking to these guys for six months and it's a nice machine. It's energy efficient and it's easy to work with,” he said.

Dahlke said the machine is intended to replace a fairly elderly Mag-Plastic molder, which it uses to produce PET containers for juice, water and honey packaging applications. He expects the new all-electric Amsler molder to save it around 40 percent on its energy usage.

Dahl-Tech is a 30-year-old family owned custom blow molding business that operates 15 blow molding machines at its Stillwater plant, most Uniloy extrusion blow moulding units. Sales last year amounted to around $7.2 million.

Amsler is based in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Bob Milne, the company's sales associate for the midwest region, said Amsler has been benefiting from the current economic conditions, with some larger customers looking to lower-cavity blow molding units to reduce cost of entry to new markets.

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