Milacron invests in growing Indian market
Milacron Holdings Corp. recently completed another round of expansions to their injection, blow and extrusion moulding machine manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad as well as their hot runner manufacturing facility in Coimbatore, India.
The completed addition to the Ahmedabad facility added an additional 9,304m2 bringing the total footprint to 65,000m2. The additional space will primarily be used for machining and assembly. The ground floor of the facility is air-conditioned and features a state of the art rainwater harvesting and recharging system.
The machine manufacturing facility will enhance manufacturing capabilities and boost Milacron’s production volumes. Milacron’s India machine plant manufactures a large variety of hydraulic, servo and electric injection moulding machines, blow moulding, PET as well as extrusion machines.
Milacron CEO Tom Goeke and Ron Krisanda, COO were on hand for the traditional Indian Pooja inauguration ceremony along with Mahendra Patel, Vice Chairman, Ferromatik India, Shirish Divgi, Managing Director, Ferromatik India and Kannan Venkatraman, Managing Director, Mold-Masters India.
Meanwhile in Coimbatore, India, Milacron’s hot runner brand, Mold-Masters, completed a 10,000 square foot expansion in Q2 2015 and have recently added a large brazed furnace, allowing the India operations to manufacture Mold-Masters proprietary iFLOW manifold technology.
