Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH

Employee size

1,001-5,000

Organization type

Self-Owned

Headquarters

Cleveland, OH

Founded

1970

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH makes injection moulding machines and automation solutions, with a particular focus on all-electric technology. Formed in 2008 through the merger of Demag Plastics Group and Sumitomo Heavy Industries’ Plastics Machinery Division, the company combines German and Japanese engineering through a worldwide production and service network. Its history reaches back to injection moulding production in Nuremberg in 1950, and it delivered its 80,000th all-electric machine in 2022.

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