Moulder and mould maker MGS Manufacturing Group Inc. has opened its first plant outside North America, a facility in Leixlip, Ireland, making products for a range of customers.
MGS Manufacturing Group is located in a town just west of Dublin, and will eventually have 24 electric injection moulding machines ranging in size from 100 to 350 tons of clamping force. It already has 20 employees and launched production in June, the company announced in a news release.
MGS has manufacturing at its headquarters in Wisconsin, the US, along with plants Chicago and Chihuahua, Mexico. The company recently opened an engineering and sales office in Shenzhen, China.
In Ireland, the company will focus on parts for the computer and electronics market along with healthcare and consumer products. The site eventually will house a Class 8 clean room for moulding and assembly.
The Irish facility also will have an on-site tool shop to support on-site production and preventative maintenance as well as inspect incoming transfer moulds. MGS will also offer mould maintenance service to area original equipment manufacturers.
