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Michigan-based injection molder and toolmaker Summit Plastic Molding Inc. is investing $1.6 million to expand its 100,000-square-foot Horizon City, Texas, facility.
Mold maker Starbase Technologies Inc. of Pittsfield is closing, according to a local news report.
Westminster Tool Inc. founder Ray Coombs came back from a $1 million budget shortfall and emotional collapse in 2013 to turn his company into an employee-centric role model where continuous learning goes hand in hand with continuous improvement.
Formed in a merger earlier this year, the owners are looking to grow in the aerospace market.
Bristol, Conn.-based Barnes Group Inc., a publicly traded molding equipment supplier, is laying off about 430 employees as part of a restructuring plan to offset weak industrial sales in its automotive and tooling markets as well as lower demand for aircraft.
Miami Lakes, Fla.-based National Molding named Paul Frascoia its new president and CEO, effective June 1, following four years serving on the board of the company.
Some plastics processors and mold makers won't survive the coronavirus pandemic, said Laurie Harbour, a consultant in manufacturing operations and financial issues.
Tessy Plastics Corp. is giving $2,000 to each of its 1,000 employees to help offset the financial impact caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
In these strange, sometimes scary times of COVID-19, we bring you some calming words from two respected top executives at custom molders.