Maruka Opens Florida Technical Center
Features an all-electric Toyo molding cell.
Maruka USA, Pine Brook, N.J., the exclusive North American distributor of injection machines from Toyo of Japan and FCS of Taiwan, recently opened its newest technical center in Largo, Fla. The center is located at 5 Nines Automation, a Florida-based plastics manufacturers’ representative agency founded in 2012, which specializes in robotics, automation, injection molding, extrusion, and materials handling. The center features a molding cell based on a Toyo all-electric press and Yushin robot with indexing conveyor.
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