Ahmedabad, June 12, 2013 - Leading injection moulding machine manufacturer, Ferromatik Milacron India (FMI), has achieved another greater height by shipping its largest India built Elektron 450-tonne, All Electric Injection Moulding Machine to USA successfully from its Ahmedabad facility. This injection moulding machine is the first and largest all electric machine built by any manufacturer in the country and is a landmark achievement in the Indian plastics machinery industry. This puts India and FMI on the high ground to further serve the Indian and global plastics injection moulding fraternity by providing large tonnage all electric injection moulding machines.

Elektron is a global product out of the Milacron product portfolio, product of Milacron's years of innovation in all electric injection moulding technology, developed by the global engineering team. Elektron is the all electric injection moulding machine manufactured to serve full range of applications, viz., medical, packaging, electrical, electronics and telecommunications (EET), to name a few.

The salient features of Elektron include:

• Fast and reliable
• Energy efficient
• High productivity
• The green machine
• Offers outstanding value
• Environment friendly machine
• Ideal for clean room operations
• Parallel movements for optimal cycle times
• Minimal rejects with maximum repeatability, and
• Ideal for the reliable production of high-precision parts.

"We are very enthralled to ship the largest all electric injection moulding machine - Elektron 450-tonne to USA, which helps us to serve on a larger base to the Indian as well as global injection moulding industry. It gives us a sense of fulfilment and opportunity to grow along with the Indian as well as global plastic industry," says Shirish Divgi, MD, Ferromatik Milacron India.

Ferromatik Milacron India is part of Milacron LLC, USA, a global leader in business areas of plastics processing technologies, metal working fluids and precision machining with group revenue in excess of US$ 750 million supported by manufacturing credentials accrued over 130 years.