Injection Molding Machinery
One of the largest injection molding machines ever built in North America — an 8,000-ton Milacron press that's 94 feet long with 38 miles of wiring — is now installed at 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics LLC in Holiday City, Ohio.
New Berlin, Wis.-based Application Engineering Co. (AEC) launched a line of desiccant wheel dryers with improved energy efficiency for plastics processors needing precision moisture removal during material handling.
Tammi Morytko is the new head of Hillenbrand's Molding Technology Solutions unit, which includes Milacron, Mold-Masters and DME.
Duluth, Ga.-based LS Mtron Injection Molding Machine USA has expanded its line of vertical presses with 10 new models that have more options for advanced processes.
The facility will create 29 R&D and manufacturing jobs after it opens early next year; the company's goal is to become a pioneer of sustainable solutions.
At the Plastindia 2023 show, the first since the start of the pandemic, Asian injection machine makers said they were expanding in the country to meet demand for large tonnage machines.
LS Mtron Injection Molding Machines USA LLC is a newly named entity with a new president of sales: industry veteran Paul Caprio.
Injection molding press producers saw sales climb 25 percent in 2021. For a few months, it looked like 2022 could be a repeat. But the second half of 2022 brought a marked change.
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