On this episode of the Machinery Minutes podcast:

• As the national conversation on manufacturing expansion and reshoring continues, we want to know: Do you have excess capacity available to take on new business right away?
• Learn about the advantages of joining the PLASTICS Committee on Equipment Statistics.
• Dri-Air has added two new models to the low-throughput MD dryer series that debuted at NPE2024.

In this episode of the Machinery Minutes podcast:

1. Hoffer Plastics and Rocheleau Tool & Die, both third-generation family-owned plastics businesses, are thriving and remain committed to staying independent and honoring their heritage.
2. The historic HPM brand, known for injection molding machines, has been officially retired by Yizumi, the Chinese firm that acquired its assets in 2011.
3. Blow molding machinery maker Bekum America Corp. has nine new apprentices in its four-year training program — the largest class since the program began in 1994.

What you'll learn in this PMM Insight podcast, with Editor Ron Shinn and Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna:  

• Merger and acquisition activity in the plastics industry is slow, but private equity companies are still buying.

• The first step in selling a business might not be the one you expect.

• A buyer's commitment to employees frequently plays a big part in a seller’s decision.