Ensinger Acquires Poly-Tech Industrial
Acquisition expands the company’s ‘value proposition of providing customers pellet-to-parts solutions’.
Ensinger PolyTech, Inc., a subsidiary of high-performance injection molder Ensinger Precision Components, Inc., Washington, Penn., has purchased the assets of Poly-Tech Industrial, Inc., Huntersvile, N.C. Founded in 2001 by Dan Cedrone, Poly-Tech Industrial has become known for its technically oriented solutions, combining high-performance material knowledge with practical application experience. Cedrone will join Ensinger as technical sales & applications development director. Ensinger’s John Tremblay, who will lead the new entity as v.p. & general manager, noted, “The addition of Poly-Tech’s engineering and manufacturing capabilities in high-performance materials truly compliment Ensinger Precision Component’s value proposition of providing our customers pellet to part solutions.”
Ensinger Precision Components specializes in injection molding high performance thermoplastic parts and near-net shapes, as well as PEEK tubes and the Plastock line of mechanical drive components. Bringing these capabilities together with Poly-Tech Industrial’s innovative design and manufacturing acumen will enable users to seamlessly take their application ideas from infancy to commercial maturity.
Poly-Tech is a master stocking distributor of both engineering and high performance solid polymer shapes for manufacturers such as Ensinger, I.L. Norplex, and Pennfibre. They stock a wide variety of sheet, rod, tubing and films of many commonly used thermoplastic and composite materials. Their in house 5-axis CNC machining capabilities including milling and turning for all types of materials including plastics, aluminum and hardened steel.
Germany’s family-owned Ensinger Group is engaged in the global development, manufacture and sale of compounds, semi-finished materials, composites, technical parts and profiles made of engineering and high-performance plastics. To process these thermoplastic polymers, Ensinger uses a wide range of production techniques such as extrusion, machining, injection molding, compression molding, casting, sintering and additive manufacturing. In early 2022, the company acquired the StyLight thermoplastic composite business from Ineos Styrolution; an acquisition that added an exclusive SAN-based product range to Ensinger’s comprehensive thermoplastic composite portfolio.
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