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US machinery shipments up 11% in fi rst quarter
US shipments of plastics machinery recorded another quarter of solid growth in the fi rst three months of 2014, up by near 11% on the same period in 2013 to reach $300.5m, according to data from the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI). The data, which is compiled by the SPI’s Committee on Equipment Statisitics, showed shipment value for injection moulding machines was up by 9%, single screw extruders by 4%, twin screw extruders by
15% and blow moulding machines up by 60%. SPI also collates data on ancillary equipment sales, which were up by 6% over the fi rst quarter of the year to reach a total value of $98.6m. The growth corresponds with the gains recorded in two of the major recent US data series: Figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis put industrial equipment investment for Q1 up by 5%; Census Bureau industrial ship- ment value is up by 29%.
“The trend in total invest- ment in industrial machinery in the US - the category that includes plastics machinery - has risen sharply in recent quarters,” said Bill Wood, the economist who analyses the plastics machinery market sector for the SPI. “We are entering the sweet spot of the capital expenditure cycle, and this bodes well for suppliers of plastics machinery, as well as the whole manufac- turing sector,” he said.
www.plasticsindustry.org
Roctool sets up centre in Germany
French heat-cool mould technology company Roctool has reached a partnership deal with Germany-based injection moulding specialist SLG Kunststoff giving it a demon- stration and technical support centre local to the German market. Roctool will share a new
technical centre, which is located at Heitersheim close to Freiburg in the Black Forest and includes six moulding
Alexandre Guichard
technical specialists. “Germany is a priority
machines ranging from 100 to 1,000 tonnes, with SLG. It will have its own offi ces within the centre and will recruit local
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market for us in Europe. We did not have our own resources in this area, however, there is a great interest in our technologies,” said Roctool CEO Alexandre Guichard. “Our new centre is larger and well equipped, which should allow us to gain market share in this strategic territory within the key automotive sector.”
www.roctool.com
Inotech teams up with Metz
German injection moulding companies Metz-Werke and Inotech Kunststofftechnik have announced a coopera- tion partnership designed to extend the range of services each can offer to customers. Both companies are
established players in single and multi-compo- nent moulding and can offer a wide range of support services, including printing, decorating, welding and assembly. Inotech operates
single-component equip- ment up to 1,000 tonnes and multi-component machines up to 400 tonnes at its plants in Nabburg in Germany and Tachov in the Czech Republic. The company is currently building a plant at Kostin- brod in Bulgaria. Metz operates larger injection moulding machines to 2,700 tonnes at its plant at Zirndorf in Germany.
www.inotech.de
www.metz.de
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