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Stern Assembly moves, adds rotomolding equipment


November 19, 2012 6:00 am ET

BRAINERD, MINN. (Nov. 19, 1:15 p.m. ET) — Stern Assembly Inc. is taking steps to handle bigger parts and improve its workflow with a new machine and a move to a 50,000 square foot facility in Brainerd, Minn. "We’re actually moving to a building that was formerly used by Image Rotomolding," said Shawn Hunstad, president and owner of...

Promens taps green energy at Iceland plant


November 9, 2012 6:00 am ET

KOPAVOGUR, ICELAND (Nov. 9, 11:45 a.m. ET) — Iceland’s Promens hf has turned to green energy for its latest investment at its expanding rotational molding plant in Dalvik in northern Iceland.

Myers Industries reports higher sales, lower earnings


October 18, 2012 6:00 am ET

AKRON, OHIO (Oct. 18, 10 a.m. ET) — Myers Industries Inc. has reported lower third-quarter earnings than a year earlier as it benefited in last year's third quarter from what it termed "favorable income tax adjustments."

Rotomolding can learn from Cirque du Soleil


October 5, 2012 6:00 am ET

LYON, FRANCE (Oct. 5, 10:10 a.m. ET) — Roll up, roll up, rotational molding is the greatest show on earth. Or so it could be, according to Reading, Pa.-based consultant Paul Nugent.

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Igloo adds workers, 130 items, brings rotomolding in-house


October 2, 2012 6:00 am ET

KATY, TEXAS (Oct. 2, 11:55 a.m. ET) — Four years after a change in ownership, Igloo Products Corp. has boosted sales nearly 50 percent, revived its product line with 130 new items and is in the midst of a manufacturing investment that has...

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Ohio aids Step2 expansion


August 31, 2012 6:00 am ET

STREETSBORO, OHIO (Aug. 31, 2:20 p.m. ET) — The state of Ohio has approved tax breaks that will help Step2 Co. LLC add employees and invest in equipment at its two factories that make rotational molded toys, mailboxes and lawn and garden...

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Rotomolder Trilogy opening site in Ohio for contract work


August 29, 2012 6:00 am ET

ALLIANCE, OHIO (Aug. 29, 1:25 p.m. ET)  — Rotational molder Trilogy Plastics Inc. is opening a second plant in Alliance, its headquarters city, which will focus on longer-running, contract-manufacturing jobs that require dedicated...

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Seljan's success stands out


August 28, 2012 6:00 am ET

LAKE MILLS, WIS. (Aug. 28, 11:25 p.m. ET)  — Seljan Co. Inc., a rotational molder and metal fabricator with about 110 employees, is moving into a 500,000-square-foot behemoth where 1,100 workers once built refrigeration equipment for the...

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Ferry designs 5-axis CNC Speedmill


August 28, 2012 6:00 am ET

STOW, OHIO (Aug. 28, 11 a.m. ET)  — Ferry Industries Inc. has introduced the Quintax E5 Speedmill Series of five-axis computer numerically controlled machining centers.

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