# MGS Technical Plastics invests £400,000 in Sumitomo Demag injection moulding machines and robots

MGS Technical Plastics installed two Sumitomo Systec Servo injection moulding machines and four robots from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, with a total investment of £400,000. The company also plans to complete an extension to its Blackburn facility by April 2017.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-03-13
- Where: Blackburn, United Kingdom
- Value: $490K (400K GBP)
- Status: completed
- Products: injection moulding machines, robots
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [MGS Technical Plastics](https://endata.com/companies/16893.md)
- [Sumitomo (SHI) Demag](https://endata.com/companies/16894.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [interplasinsights.com](https://interplasinsights.com/plastics-machinery/lancashire-moulder-grows-domestic-production-with-new-sumito/), 2017-03-13: "MGS Technical Plastics, a Blackburn-based moulding firm, has installed two Sumitomo Systec Servo models, with a 210ton machine to increase capacity for lower tonnage work, and a 460ton, to undertake customers' mid-range projects."

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