Milacron Marks Another Milestone in India

20.04.2017

Milacron Holdings Corp., a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing industry, is proud to announce the completion of another significant milestone in our India based operations - the manufacture, sale and delivery of the 12,501st injection molding machine from the Ahmedabad, India manufacturing facility.

On March 22nd, Milacron’s India manufacturing team presented its 12,501st India manufactured machine. The Milacron Magna Toggle 450 ton 2K machine was handed over with great celebration to Mr. Vagish Dixit – Managing Director, Alpla India Company.

Milacron CEO Tom Goeke stated, “India is a vital market for Milacron and it continues to impress. Milacron places great importance in the Indian market and we’re uniquely positioned to serve it in ways our competition simply cannot with our ability to deliver the entire spectrum of services to the plastics industry.”

During the celebration at the Ahmedabad facility, Vagish Dixit stated, “Milacron is a progressive organization with innovation in engineering design and manufacturing. We’re extremely pleased with our partnership with Milacron in India.” Dixit added, “Milacron has fostered our relationship over the last 17 years, when we bought our first injection molding machine. The enthusiasm towards their work and commitment towards customers are the key strengths behind the consistent success of Milacron. The technologies Milacron provides us increase our productivity and the competitiveness of our products.”

During the celebration, Milacron India’s Managing Director, Shirish Divigi, thanked Alpla India for their business and loyalty over the almost two-decade partnership. “As India’s plastics industry continues to grow, Milacron’s Indian operations will continue to excel and offer the industry’s most complete plastics offering.” Divigi added, “The entire Milacron organization is focused on a customer first mentality. We continue to add new value added products and services to better serve our customers in India and across the world. Our customers feel fully supported and connected with our team.”

Milacron India’s Ahmedabad facility completed its most recent expansion in 2016. The expansion allowed Milacron to increase its annual output of 1,500 injection and blow molding machines to 2,100 machines per annum, a 40% increase.