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Milacron Marks Another Milestone in India – Milacron delivers

the 12,501st Indian Made Injection Molding Machine

(CINNCINATI, OH – April 18, 2017) During the celebration, Milacron Extrusion launched theTC Conical Twin
– Milacron Holdings Corp. (NYSE: India’s Managing Director, Shirish Divgi Screw extrusion system in the Indian
MCRN), a leading industrial technology thanked Alpla India for their business market. The TC’s customized screw
company serving the plastics processing and loyalty over the almost two- designs are matched specifically to
industry is proud to announce the decade partnership. “As India’s plastics the customer process requirements
completion ofanother significant industry continues to grow, Milacron’s for optimal performance. The TC uses
milestone in our India based operations Indian operations will continue to excel advanced materials of construction,
- the manufacture, sale and delivery and offer the industry’s most complete including tungsten coated screws and
of the 12,501st injection molding plastics offering”. Divgi added, “The tungsten clad barrels for maximum
machine from the Ahmedabad, India entire Milacron organization is focused wear protection and the lowest possible
manufacturing facility. on a customer first mentality. We life cycle costs. Milacron’s breadth of
continue to add new value added extrusion offerings is all encompassing,
On March 22nd, Milacron’s India
manufacturing team presented its products and services to better serve from extruders, to new and rebuilt
12,501st India manufactured machine. our customers in India and across extrusion barrels and screws, to
The Milacron Magna Toggle 450 ton the world. Our customers feel fully pipe heads, dies and downstream
2K machine was handed over with supported and connected with our equipment, providing powerful,
great celebration to Mr. Vagish Dixit – team.” reliable solutions that meet customers’
Managing Director, Alpla India Company. Milacron India’s Ahmedabad facility unique needs. Milacron’s extrusion
completed its most recent expansion in solutions are highly customizable
Milacron CEOTom Goeke stated, “India and increase productivity, output and
is a vital market for Milacron and it 2016. The expansion allowed Milacron accuracy, while reducing costs
continues to impress.Milacron places to increase its annual output of 1,500
great importance in the Indian market injection and blow molding machines Milacron continues to push the
and we’re uniquely positioned to serve to 2,100 machines per annum, a 40% boundaries of possibilities in plastics
it in ways our competition simply increase. with breakthrough products from
cannot with our ability to deliver the More Milacron India News leading brands including Milacron,
entire spectrum of services to the Mold-Masters, DME, Ferromatik, Uniloy
plastics industry.” Milacron’s Mold-Masters product and CIMCOOL.
brand recently celebrated its 10th
During the celebration at the anniversary. Mold-Masters started Link to high res photos: https://www.
Ahmedabad facility, Vagish Dixitstated, its Indian operations in 2007 as an dropbox.com/s/fo6m3zpaxejwo3u/
“Milacron is a progressive organization engineering center along with a IMG_0088.jpg?dl=0
with innovation in engineering design dedicated sales and service team to About Milacron
and manufacturing. We’re extremely provide better support to domestic Milacron is a global leader in the
pleased with our partnership with market. The India hot runner manufacture, distribution and service
Milacron in India. Dixit added, “Milacron operations expanded in 2010 adding of highly engineered and customized
has fostered our relationship over the a manufacturing plant to become the systems within the plastic technology
last 17 years, when we bought our first global hot runner brand to do so in and processing industry. Milacron is the
first injection molding machine. The India.In recent years the Coimbatore, only global company with a full-line
enthusiasm towards their work and India facility has undergone a number product portfolio that includes hot
commitment towards customers are of expansions to better serve the runner systems, injection molding,
the key strengths behind the consistent rapidly growing market demands in blow molding extrusion equipment,
success of Milacron. The technologies India and grown over 350 employees. mold technologies, industrial supplies
Milacron provides us increase our The anniversary was celebrated with plus a wide market range of advanced
productivity and the competitiveness a special customer event. fluid technologies. Visit Milacron at
of our products.”
At Plastivision 2017 in January Milacron www.milacron.com

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