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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Expands All-Electric Platform

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, Schwaig, Germany, released new sizes within its IntElect S all-electric high-performance injection molding machine range, including medium clamping force (mid-size) machines between 220-450 tons. Product manager of the IntElect series, Peter Gladigau, emphasized that with this latest release molders requiring cycle time speeds between three to 12 seconds … [Read more...] about Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Expands All-Electric Platform

LS Mtron Forms New Entity and Announces New President

LS Mtron Injection Molding Machines USA, Duluth, Georgia, is a plastics molder who has formed a new entity and named a new president. Effective immediately, the company name now is LS IMM USA, LLC. Peter Gardner, formerly the company’s business unit director, has been promoted to president. This change was made due to the company’s continued growth in the US and North … [Read more...] about LS Mtron Forms New Entity and Announces New President

Maguire Debuts ULTRA 2000 Dryer Model

Maguire, Aston, Pennsylvania, has introduced its new ULTRA 2200 series dryer. The ULTRA 2200 is designed to meet the higher throughput requirements of central drying, sheet extrusion, preform and fiber markets and offers much faster drying than conventional methods while using significantly less energy. While the principal phases of the vacuum drying process remain the same … [Read more...] about Maguire Debuts ULTRA 2000 Dryer Model

Aurora Plastics Announces New COO

Aurora Plastics, Streetsboro, Ohio, announced the appointment of Tim Huskey as chief operations officer. Huskey’s direct report is to Darrell Hughes, Aurora Plastics’ chief executive officer. In this role, Huskey runs the “operations playbook” of the company, driving operational excellence across the company to further enhance its value proposition to customers and … [Read more...] about Aurora Plastics Announces New COO