Milacron marks another milestone in India

Milacron Holdings Corp. has achieved another significant milestone in in India-based operations with the manufacture, sale and delivery of the 12,501st injection molding machine from the Ahmedabad, India manufacturing facility.

On March 22 amid a celebration, Milacron’s India manufacturing team presented the Milacron Magna Toggle 450 ton 2K machine to Mr. Vagish Dixit, Managing Director of  Alpla India Company. Milacron CEO Tom Goeke stated that 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,” he stressed.

During the celebration at the Ahmedabad facility, Mr. Dixit stated that“Milacron is a progressive organization with innovation in engineering design and manufacturing, and that Alpha India is pleased with its partnership with Milacron in India that spans 17 years when Alpha India bought its first injection molding machine from Milacron. Milacron India’s Managing Director, Shirish Divigi, thanked Alpla India for their business and loyalty over the almost two-decade partnership.

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.