Arlington, VT-based Mack Molding Co. has reshuffled responsibilities and added new staff to its senior management team, it was announced by Jeff Somple, president, Northern Operations. Set in motion by the retirement of a long-term employee – Bruce Bixler, who served the company for 36 years – the reorganization tapped internal talent that collectively brings 80 years of plastics industry expertise to the table.
Marc Colety, formerly Cavendish, Vt., plant manager, has taken over the purchasing helm from Bixler, while Gene Birmingham moves up the ladder into Colety’s former role. Bryan Campbell has been promoted to plant manager, Headquarters facility, and Carl Bickford has taken on the new position of quality manager-contract manufacturing.
The custom molder and contract manufacturer has also recently added three new electric injection molding machines from Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd. All three are 110-ton, 3.4 oz. high-precision machines from Toshiba’s EC Servo Electric Series, and will be housed at the company’s headquarters to serve the medical market.
Mack chose electric presses for energy-efficiency and precise process control. “We anticipate about 60 percent less energy consumption from these machines over their equivalent hydraulic counterparts,” says Marc Colety, plant manager (Cavendish, Vt.).
This purchase takes Mack’s press total to 123 machines, which range from 28 to 4000 tons of clamp force with barrel sizes from .6 to 800 ounces.
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and contract manufacturer specializing in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 10 facilities throughout the world.
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