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Article: Processor News.(briefs)
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- February 26, 2007
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Crane Plastics gets five extrusion lines
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Crane Plastics Manufacturing Ltd. has replaced five of its extrusion lines with five new ones - a move company officials said is part of the custom profile extruder's efforts to become leaner and more efficient.
The Columbus-based unit of Crane Plastic Co. is cleaning out the closet, so to speak, said CPM President Tim Tait in a Feb. 16 telephone interview.
The entire company - made up of CPG, Crane Fencing Solutions, TimberTech Ltd. and Crane Performance Siding - is moving toward leaner manufacturing, Tait said.
"One of the principles of lean is to not have a closet full of a ...