NEWS
Absolute Haitian adds large new US facility
Haitian International’s sales and service partner, Abso- lute Haitian, has opened a new facility at Moncks Corner, near Charleston in South Carolina. The 116,000 sq ft facility
provides additional capacity and capabilities to support Haitian International’s product lines for injection moulders in the US and Canada. The new facility complements other facilities for the US and Canada in Worcester, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; and Batavia, Illinois; plus warehousing in southern California.
About 100,000 sq ft feet
of the new Moncks Corner facility is dedicated to manufacturing, warehouse and demonstration space with the capacity to assem- ble and test large tonnage machines and store stock machines and aftermarket parts. High ceilings, three
Absolute Haitian’s new facility, near Charleston in South Carolina
cranes, multi-level docks and reinforced concrete flooring all help support assembly of high tonnage machines. The facility’s office space houses a training centre, applications engineering offices and sales functions. Glenn Frohring, co-owner
of Absolute Haitian, said most large tonnage ma- chines sold in the US are delivered to customers in the southeastern US, the upper Midwest states of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, and Canada; the deep- water port of Charleston
enhances Absolute Haitian’s capabilities for fast delivery to customers. n Haitian International has started construction of a 92,000m² facility in Acatlan de Juarez, Guadalajara, Mexico. The location offers fast access to the industrial zones in Central Mexico, as well as efficient transport means to the rest of the country, said the company. The site aims to manufac-
ture 1,000 injection mould- ing machines a year, within a period of five to ten years. �
www.absolutehaitian.com �
www.haitian.com/en
New Wacker
silicone line
Wacker has opened a new line for silicone elastomers at its site at Zhangjiagang, in China’s Jiangsu province. This is said to have a capacity of “several thousand” tonnes per year and will supply high consistency silicone rubber (HCR) in China – the world’s largest market for silicone elastomers – and the wider Asia-Pacific region. HCR is cross-linked at
temperatures over 100°C to give a silicone elasto- mer with high-tempera- ture resistance and a high degree of elasticity. Grades of HCR are used in the automotive, medical, electrical and electronics industries, among others. The new production line will enable shorter lead times for customers, said Wacker. �
www.wacker.com
Motan opens Austria innovation centre
Material handling machinery group Motan Colortronic of Germany has inaugurated its new 8,000m² LIT open innova- tion centre and factory in Linz, Austria. The company said that the aim of the centre “is to bring
research, business and industry closer together”. It is a member of a consortium which will jointly promote process engineering innovations in the field of plastics technology and digitalisation. The factory, meanwhile, will be a centre for education and
training, as well as a showroom and testing centre for basic research. Features there include a Motan drying, conveying and gravimetric dosing system to supply two Engel injection moulding machines, and other parts for drying, conveying, controls, dosing and mixing. �
www.motan-colortronic.de
6 INJECTION WORLD | July/August 2019
Above: The opening was attended by executives from Motan and its partner Engel
www.injectionworld.com
PHOTO: ABSOLUTE HAITIAN
PHOTO: MOTAN
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