Thermoforming
Shelton, Conn.-based thermoformer Inline Plastics Corp. has opened a new manufacturing plant in Gladwin, Mich., formerly belonging to Cam Packaging LLC, securing its first Midwest production and distribution facility.
Brückner Group USA will move later this year to a larger headquarters in Dover, N.H., to add capabilities and provide more domestic support to processors reshoring production.
The acquisition of FormTex Plastics Corp. allows Good Natured to create additional synergy between operating sites, the company said.
Robinson Industries Inc. was reduced to rubble by a March 31 fire, but the Coleman, Mich., thermoformer is on the rebound.
Horticulture products molder and thermoformer East Jordan Plastics Inc. will spend more than $44 million to build a new facility in Lyons, Ga.
A new project for Klöckner Pentaplast Group in Beaver, W.Va., will add 60 jobs.
Competitors and the community turn out to help a thermoformer rebuild; Solvay launches a podcast; and Steelcase introduces its first product made from chemically-recycled plastics.
The Michigan thermoforming company's machine fleet was almost wiped out in blaze that took six hours and 1 million gallons of water to extinguish, but with assistance from competitors Robinson Industries already has limited production in operation.
The Wayne, Pa.-based company, with a new CEO, has grown signficantly over the past year through a series of transactions.
Family owners of thermoforming company are making plans to meet customer needs and rebuild.