(PlasticsToday) -- Southwest Venture Plastics Inc. (El Paso, Texas) is adding a third injection molding cell to its full-service, ISO/TS-16949 certified facility. The custom thermoplastic injection molder, which opened its El Paso facility five years ago to serve a growing customer base in the area, stated that the new cell would help it meet the needs of long-term customers, new customers, and expansions within the marketplaces its serve. The company anticipates its new capacity to be fully online during the fourth quarter of 2011.
The El Paso subsidiary of Venture Plastics, which was founded and is headquartered in Ohio, now has injection molding machines ranging in clamp tonnage from 150 to 720 tons, with tooling and prototyping capabilities, in addition to finishing, decorating, and assembly functions, among others.