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“Even in a downturn, cows still have to eat, they still have to milk the cows,” says Kevin McCaughen, plant manager for Sigma Stretch Film of Canada’s operation in Belleville, ON. This simple wisdom goes a long way toward explaining why the company has continued to do well in a tough economy. In addition to ...
Squeezing Out Savings
Profile extruders of doors, tracks, frames and weather stripping are experiencing the same problems as other plastic processors these days: rising energy, labour and material costs combined with reduced order volumes. “A major problem faced by extruders is the much shorter production runs resulting from reduced order volumes and the need for more frequent changeovers,” ...
Macro engineering moves to larger production facility
Macro’s old facility, left, is not big enough anymore. Film and sheet extrusion systems supplier, Macro Engineering & Technology Inc., Mississauga, ON, has expanded its production facilities to accommodate a recent boom in sales activity. Following subpar sales through 2009, Macro’s sales have bounced back over the last three months, returning it to the record ...
Extrusion
GreenCore Composites strikes supplier deal
Optima Colour to distribute GreenCore’s natural fiber composites
Teknor launches rigid PVC compounds
New grades for packaging, furniture components, pipe fittings, medical devices
Quebec company first in world to combine recycled plastic technologies
Plastrec to make clean PET flake re-grind
New nucleating agent for plastics packaging
For high-density polyethylene in blown film, extrusion blow molding and injection molding
Macro shares sold to DXS International Enterprises Inc.
Company will keep management, operational structure
Extrusion MRO firm opens
There’s a new name in the MRO business in Canada. EMP Distribution and Service has opened in Lachine, Que., to serve the extrusion market. The company has been founded by Johnny Pacelli, who is also president of Contact Rubber, a supplier of rubber cleats for extruders, as well as related rubber products. Among the brand-names ...
Winpak adds capacity
Food packaging supplier Winpak Ltd. (Winnipeg) is adding capacity with an investment of over $11-million at three of its production sites. It is putting in extra thermoforming and extrusion capacity at its Portion Packaging operation in Etobicoke, Ont., adding a third line for barrier shrink-bag production in Senoia, Ga., and installing more thermoforming capacity at ...
Diagnosing gels, unmelts &
The causes of gels range from resin contamination to process issues to screw and die design. You first need to determine if you have gels or unmelts. Unmelts are not really gels by definition; rather, they are materials that have not been melted, hence, they are called unmelts. The easiest way to distinguish between gels ...
VEKA SHUTTERS EDMONTON PLANT
Veka Inc. (Fombell, Pa.) is closing the Veka Canada window and door profile extrusion facility in Edmonton. About 60 jobs will disappear.Some of the tooling and extrusion lines will be moved to plants in Fombell and Reno, Nev. Edmonton will retain a warehousing operation, which will be supplied by those two plants, and some machinery ...