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Mack Molding buys more machines to meet demand
Mack Molding, which claims to be one of the largest US custom moulders of automotive parts, is adding two new 1,300-tonne Wittmann Battenfeld injection moulding presses with 1.7 kg shot sizes at its headquarters site in Arlington, Vermont. One is already in place with the other expected to arrive in early summer. The company will also
add three 1,500, 2,000 and 2,500 US ton Cincinnati Milacrons this autumn at its facility in Inman, South Carolina, with barrel sizes of 362, 540 and also 540 oz respectively.
Novares opens
Mexico site
After a delay due to Covid-19, French automo- tive plastic parts supplier Novares Group has opened a new $1.75m site at Santa Ana in Sonora province, Mexico. The 8,014 m2
plant
employs about 400 people and will produce tubes for emission control applica- tions, moulded parts for oil separators and other under-the-hood parts for multiple OEMs. Features include a CVT extrusion machine for producing electric car battery cooling system parts. �
www.novaresteam.com
6 In all, Mack will spend
more than $5.5m to add the new presses, together with robots and infrastructure. They will mainly supply the
medical, sports utility and recreational vehicle, heavy truck and industrial sectors. “Throughout the pan- demic we have experienced
Left: Mack is spending more than $5.5m on new presses, robots and infrastructure
increased interest from customers, whether it was because they were on the front lines in the fight against Covid or they were trying to get ahead of lockdowns and supply chain issues,” said Mack President Jeff Somple. “That demand did not go down as the pandemic has receded and this infusion of technology will ensure we have the capacity to deliver for our customers.” �
www.mack.com
Logoplaste announces death of founder Marcel de Botton
Portuguese rigid packaging group Logoplaste has announced “with immense grief” the passing of its founder Marcel de Botton. Having owned one of the
largest plastic factories in the greater Lisbon area, de Botton had to hand the company over after the 1974 revolution but started up again in 1976 with a totally new business model of small manufacturing plants inside the client’s factories, sometimes called a “through-the-wall” model. “Logoplaste was born
and, with its wall-to-wall model, that has made us who we are today,” it said in
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plastic converters associa- tion, APIP, in 1990 and of EuPC in 1994, the same year he was named a Command- er of Portuguese industry. In 2017, he was given the SPE’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual confer- ence in Chicago.
Above: Marcel de Botton
the announcement. In 1991, de Botton handed over day-to-day management to his son Filipe and focused on pro bono activities. He was a founder of both the national
“His commitment to the company he founded and its team was absolute, bring- ing out the very best in every person. He had a passion for excellence and his devotion to client satisfaction was exactly the same as his engagement to the environmental causes,” the company said. �
www.logoplaste.com
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IMAGE: LOGOPLASTE
IMAGE: MACK MOLDING
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