Manufacturing Industry
Michael Day aims to boost capacity by '07.(News; Michael Day Enterprises )
Plastics News, March, 2004 by Esposito, Frank
Byline: Frank Esposito In spite of profit pressures, compounder Michael Day Enterprises plans to increase its capacity almost 50 percent by the end of 2007. Michael Day, the firm's founder and chief executive officer, said MDE will make mechanical improvements to extrusion lines, rather than purchase new equipment.
For example, a larger gearbox will increase productivity on a twin-screw line later this year. "There are more economical ways of doing things that allow you to almost double your throughput,'' Day said in a March 11 interview at his firm's headquarters in Wadsworth. "We've also done a lot internally in areas like bulk blending. There are steps where you can take labor out of the equation.'' MDE currently has annual capacity of about 40...
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