Hot runner makers add capacity

摘要

The two largest hot runner manufacturers,Mold-Masters and Husky,both recently completed extensive expansions.Bolton,ON-based Husky late last year opened a hot runner manufacturing operation at its Brazil Technical Center(Sao Paulo),after selling 135 hot runner systems there in 2004.The company anticipates sizable opportunities in Brazil in packaging,closures,and technical applications.Husky in November officially opened its hot runner manufacturing capacity in Shenzhen,its second hot runner operation in China;it opened one in Shanghai in late 2004.