Article: Vision places large Toshiba press order.

Byline: Roger Renstrom

Custom injection molder Vision Plastics Inc. of Wilsonville, Ore., plans to install at least 20 Toshiba Machine Co. electric presses as replacements for hydraulic machines in the next 30 months.

Vision made a $3 million commitment for the electrics at a June 26 meeting with Toshiba at NPE2009 in Chicago, said John Normandin, Vision president.

The order surprised Tom McKevitt, national sales and senior marketing manager with Toshiba in Elk Grove Village, Ill.

"I talked to them two or three times during the show, but I did not understand where we stood with Vision, he said in a telephone interview.

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