Rotomolding
Streetsboro, Ohio-based toymaker Step2 had announced plans to close the plant in December.
Tank Holding Corp., North America's largest rotational molder, has closed its 19th deal in three years, this time buying a processor that offers blow and injection molding.
"Don't die, please," "Don't be a jackass" among endorsed cultural behaviors at Redline Plastics.
Diversified Plastics Inc. has equipped its facility in Social Circle, Ga., with a new oven to increase production capacity for material handling carts and storage containers.
Tank Holding Corp. already is the largest rotomolder in North America. It builds on its leading position in rotomolding with another purchase that brings two more manufacturing sites.
It is unclear from an official notice if the layoffs are permanent. Officials with Step2 in Streetsboro, Ohio, could not be reached for comment.
Four-year-old Simplay3 has made its name with big backyard toys geared to preschoolers and younger children. This year, it credited its "nimbleness" for a quick product launch.
Record-breaking sales vied with labor shortages and supply chain bottlenecks, making 2021 another year of high drama for the U.S. toy market.
North America's largest rotational molder, Lincoln, Neb.-based Tank Holding Corp., will close a plant in Gardena, Calif., when a lease expires next year and move the equipment and jobs to two other nearby facilities.
Wisconsin rotomolder Plasticraft is suing to block the Biden administration's emergency rule requiring COVID-19 vaccines and testing for companies.