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Optima adds capacity
Optima Colour (Cambridge, Ont.) has added two new extrusion lines to strengthen its supply of specialty colour concentrates across Canada. The new lines, according to general manager Tyler Kilgannon, are designed for ABS, acrylic, SAN, polycarbonate, PE, PP, PS, but can also handle other thermoplastic other polymers. The addition is a necessity for Optima Colour, as its growth in the injection and blow moulding markets continue at an fast rate.
"Our customers demand fast, reliable and cost effective colour concentrates in a multitude of resins," says Kilgannon. "We will continue to stay ahead of the curve and exceed their expectations by adding the capacity tailored to their processing needs."
Optima Colour is a producer of custom colour concentrates, specialty additive master batches and compounded resin systems such as glass-filled PP and glass-filled nylons.
www.optimacolour.com
Conair expands extrusion business
Conair has formed a new business unit, Conair Extrusion, to focus exclusively on helping extruders find total process solutions for application requirements. At the same time, the company has acquired Michigan Plastics Machinery (MPM), enhancing its capability to produce downstream extrusion equipment, especially large-scale pipe and profile lines, as well as systems that are highly customised.
"Conair has always been more than a supplier of downstream extrusion equipment," says Chris Keller, president of Conair. "With a staff of highly knowledgeable and experienced extrusion specialists and the Conair Technical Center, we've been the company that people looked to for process development assistance as well as advanced equipment. Now, with the addition of MPM and an expanded extrusion operation, we are even better positioned to provide total customer application support."
He adds that this new alignment allows Conair to provide a higher level of service at all phases of the customer relationship. This includes early-stage process consultation, site evaluation, Tech Center trials and development of a total extrusion system, including both upstream and downstream equipment.
Conair expects the purchase of MPM to result in an immediate 50% increase in sales. In addition, with the two companies' combined manufacturing and sales capacity, business is expected to continue growing significantly over the next few years. The MPM brand name will remain active and the MPM product line will continue to be available.
www.conairnet.com
TDM seminar in Windsor and Toronto
The Windsor Essex Development Commission, in conjunction with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, is presenting its Annual Automotive Tool, Die and Mold Seminar on October 23 in Windsor, Ont., and October 24 in Toronto. Each session last a half day, and the theme this year is: Strategies for Diversifying your Client Base
Guest speakers include: Sandy Munro, Munro and Associate; Dan Weiner, Schafer and Weiner; Steward Odurny, Messier-Dowty; and PriceWaterhouseCoopers will provide participants with the latest intelligence on issues facing the TDM industry and information on it can broaden its business horizons.
The special luncheon speaker this year will be Dennis DesRosiers from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, who will offer a global outlook. The cost to attend the seminar is $90 (GST included) for those who register and pay online, or $100 (GST included) for those who register via fax.
Attendees can register and pay for the seminar online at www.edc.ca/auto or fax their registration to 1-888-336-9512. For more information, contact Joan Kalbfleisch at marketing@edc.ca.
KMT and Branson team up
KMT Robotic Solutions Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Branson Ultrasonics Corp. (Danbury, Conn.) have teamed up to create automated ultrasonic knife trimming systems that move easily through soft parts that were previously difficult to trim. By combining a six-axis robot with Branson ultrasonic components, KMT can manufacture automated knife trimming solutions that work with soft rubber, foam, plastic, vinyl and other materials more quickly and accurately than previous systems.
"The partnership between KMT and Branson Ultrasonics Corp. is an ideal opportunity to bring together outstanding technologies from the two companies," says Jeffrey Frantz, director – ultrasonic business development, with Branson Ultrasonics. "KMT has long been considered a leader in robotic automation solutions; and with over 60 years of direct experience, Branson is an innovator in applying ultrasonic technology to solve difficult problems. Together KMT and Branson have developed a unique product for cutting and trimming."
"KMT Robotic Solutions is continuously searching for additional trimming technologies that will better assist its customers," adds Chris Lutz, vice president of sales, KMT Robotic Solutions. "Our partnership with Branson, the leader in ultrasonic technology, will help us serve customers that we were unable to help in the past."
www.kmtgroup.com/robotic
www.bransonultrasonics.com
Wittmann names Anplast as Quebec and Maritmes rep
Wittmann Canada has announced the appointment of Léonce and Stefan Tremblay of Anplast Inc. (Anjou, Que.) as exclusive representatives for the complete line of Wittmann products, including blenders, dryers, material handling, granulators, robots and automation, and water products, in Quebec and the Maritimes. Anplast represented Mould-Tek in Quebec for more than 20 years and, with the purchase of Mould-Tek's assets by Wittmann Canada, will now offer customers the complete range of automation and auxiliary equipment package along with the other products it represents.
"We are very excited that Anplast has chosen to represent the entire Wittmann product line and will continue to support their customers by offering the largest, most complete range of innovative automation technology and auxiliary equipment in the plastics industry." says Rob Miller, President, Wittmann Canada. "Already, they have several orders for Wittmann blenders and are now working on several requests for other Wittmann products including dryers, material handling equipment, robots and automation systems."
www.wittmann-canada.com, www.anplast.com
Stefan Tremblay of Anplast Inc.
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Changes
Bruce Catoen is now vice-president, marketing and business development with Mold-Masters Ltd. (Georgetown, Ont.) A 20-year veteran of the machinery and hot-runners business, he will target new and untapped markets as well as manage the marketing and branding strategies of Mold-Masters on a global basis.
www.moldmasters.com
Bruce Catoen
Irving Wintrob has died at the age of 95. As a member of his father's company, M. Wintrob and Sons Ltd., he became one of the true pioneers of injection moulding in Canada, having entered the business in 1936. This family firm later purchased Toronto moulder French Ivory Products, changing its name to Plasti-Pak Ltd.
Irv Wintrob pictured in 1999.
Spaltech International has moved to 305 Armstrong Ave., Unit 6A, Halton Hills, Ont., L7G 4X6. Tel: 905-877-2771. Among other products, the company sells its own Spaltemp oil/water temperature control units, and the Vacu-Bin self-emptying resin handling bin.
www.spaltech.com
France's Ermo Group has established a technical collaboration with mould builder Exacad Fabrication de Moules Inc. (Boisbriand, Que.) by which Exacad will act as an authorised technical centre for Ermo's tools in North and Latin America. At times, Exacad may also make some moulds for Ermo.
www.ermo-group.com
Sealed Air Corp. (Elmwood Park, NJ) has entered into an agreement under which it will acquire certain assets of Dow Chemical Co.'s Ethafoam and related polyethylene foam product line. The assets include a licence to process technology, customer contracts, trademarks, and certain production and process equipment sold under the Ethafoam, Synergy, Equifoam, and Envision trademarks. In addition, Sealed Air will acquire the rights to the Lamdex trademark. Ethafoam is a PE foam packaging and specialty material used in a wide variety of applications, such as transportation, military/defence, automotive, and sports and leisure.
www.sealedair.com
Lanxess AG is combining its rubber and plastics products into a new performance polymers division. This follows a decision to sell its Lustran ABS business to the Ineos Group. As of October, the new business unit will comprise the company's synthetic rubber activities as well as its remaining plastics business, which is mainly in nylons.
www.lanxess.com
Plasticolors, Inc. (Ashtabula, Ohio), a manufacturer of custom colourant and chemical dispersions for the thermoset plastics and paint and coatings industries, has appointed Scott T. Becker president of the company. He held the position of chief operating officer prior to the new appointment. Prior to joining Plasticolors, Becker was president and CEO of Elementis Specialties' Colorants and Additives business.
www.plasticolors.com
Resins consultancy Resin Technology Inc. (Fort Worth) has announced changes in its business model in response to record growth over the past 24 months. The company has hired three new employees and promoted three to better align itself into strategic business units focused on PE, PP, PET, and engineering resins PVS/PS.
Mike Burns has been promoted from managing partner to global business director of the polyethylene strategic business unit. Greg Smith now heads the engineering resins SBU as global business director. Gus Garrett has accepted a new role as director of business knowledge.
The newest member of RTi's staff is Michael Dewsbury, global business director, PET, who was most recently vice-president of PET resins for Wellman. Kevin Mitchell has been hired as director of marketing. And lastly, Ella Benton has also joined the marketing team as marketing services manager.
www.resinpros.com
Gneuss Inc., Matthews, NC, the North American subsidiary of German machinery manufacturer Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH, has added new staff to meet the needs of its expanding business in North America. Chuck Szoke has joined the company as an additional sales engineer for screen changers and polymer filtration equipment, and Don Johnston has joined the sales staff as sales engineer – measurement technology. He will be responsible for all pressure transducers, temperature sensors and instrumentation sales. Johnston was previously employed by GP:50 and has more than 10 years of experience in industrial transducers sales.
www.gneuss.com
L.K. Machinery, Inc. (Holland, Mich.) has appointed Kevin Brady as sales director for its plastic injection moulding machinery division. He has been involved in the industry for 23 years, holding various sales and sales management positions with machinery manufacturers such as Krauss Maffei, Autojectors, Cincinnati Milacron and Epco. He has also been actively involved in the Alliance of Plastics Processors Division of SPI for the past four years.
www.LKadvantage.com
Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of the Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.), is adding 130 million lb or approximately 59 kilotons per annum (KTA) of specialty mix polyols capability at its manufacturing facility in Freeport, Tex. Scheduled to come on stream in early 2009, the additional capability will support growing demand for end-use polyurethanes products and polyurethane systems formulations in North America.
www.dow.com
Plastics.com, LLC. (Fitchburg, Mass.) has announced its intention to sell its top level domain name polymers.com. Plastics.com LLC will continue to operate and serve the plastics community through its main website, www.plastics.com. Company officials stress that this sale does not affect the plastics.com website, which is a thriving, global industry portal representing all segments of the plastics industry.
www.plastics.com
KraussMaffei has appointed Hans Stadler as the new head of its injection moulding division sales. Stadler has held management posts in various technology companies, including Psion Teklogix and Siemens Nixdorf.
www.kraussmaffei.com
Hans Stadler
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October 15-18: Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show. At the Direct Energy Centre, Toronto. (Contact: Ken Tomihiro, 416-848-1665 or ktomihiro@sme.org).
October 18: Yearly Canadian meeting of CPIA's Composites Council at Composites 2007 in Tampa, Fla. (Contact Duncan Cross at 902-464-2742 or dcross@cpia.ca).
October 8-10: Automotive TPO Global Conference 2007, organised by the Society of Plastics Engineers. At the Best Western Sterling Inn, Sterling Heights, Mich. (Contact: Pat Levine at 248-244-8993 or p.levine@yahoo.com)
October 18: Ontario section of SPE, plant tour of Umbra Inc., Scarborough, Ont. (Contact: Pam Robb at 905-790-8255 or pamrobb@yahoo.ca).
October 24-31: K 2007, Germany's international plastics super-show, at Dusseldorf Trade Fairgrounds. Nearly 3,000 exhibitors showing the latest plastics technology. (Contact: Stefan Egge at 416-598-1524 or messeduesseldorf@germanchamber.ca)
November 29: First Quebec Forum on Lean Plastics & Composites. At Hôtel des Seigneurs, St-Hyacinthe, Que. Organised by Quebec region, CPIA. (Contact: Maryse Lavigne at 450-641-5923 or mlavigne@acipquebec.ca)
December 5-8: Euromold is the world's largest mould, tool and die event, held at the Exhibition Centre, Frankfurt, Germany. (For exhibiting, contact Sally Damstra at sdamstra@cpia.ca or 905-678-7748, ext. 280. Visitor info at www.euromold.com/english).
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