LS Mtron Injection Molding Machines USA (LS IMM USA), Duluth, Georgia, has announced that industry veteran Paul Caprio has joined the company as president of sales. LS IMM USA President Peter Gardner and Caprio first worked together in 1989 at Machinery Systems in Chicago as a distributor of CLF IMM from Taiwan. Together they brought on additional brands of Asian molding machines to represent including Niigata, Ube and Shinwa Seiki.
LS Mtron is the largest producer of IMMs in Korea producing up to 2,800 machines per year from 35-3600 tons. The LS Group has nearly 4,000 employees in North America and has manufacturing facilities throughout the US and Mexico. LS IMM USA, LLC has two tech centers in the US and one planned in Mexico. As one of the fastest growing injection molding machine suppliers, LS IMM USA eventually plans to assemble injection molding machines in the US.
When asked about joining LS IMM USA, Caprio said: “The North American market is seeing a resurgence in manufacturing and the market can take advantage of having a new high end quality supplier from the technological and manufacturing savvy country of South Korea. LS Mtron is a full line supplier building thousands of machines per year and servicing all segments of the industry. The LS Group has almost 4,000 employees in North America with several manufacturing facilities in the US and Mexico, and the plan to build a new IMM plant in the US was a real solid reason for me to come out of retirement.”
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