Japanese injection molding machine maker Niigata Gear Co. Ltd., which was acquired by Haitian Worldwide in 2023, is transitioning product sales and restore of Niigata machines inside the U.S. and Canada to Absolute Haitian environment friendly March 1, 2025. Absolute Haitian, which represents Haitian inside the U.S. and Canada, depends in Moncks Nook, South Carolina, with locations of labor in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Parma, Ohio.
Primarily based in 2022, Niigata Gear Co. Ltd. acquired the injection molding enterprise of Niigata Machine Techno Co. Ltd. in 2023, with financial backing from Haitian Worldwide. The transition expands Absolute Haitian’s product selections, with the company saying in a launch that prospects will revenue from a unified supplier by getting access to a broader range of horizontal machines and vertical machines, and enhanced purchaser help infrastructure.
Niigata’s eighth-generation all-electric injection molding machine. Provide: Niigata
This transformation coincides with the event of latest Niigata manufacturing providers in Momoyama, Japan. These investments will centralize evaluation, product progress, capabilities, engineering, manufacturing and help with regular Niigata merchandise, along with horizontal and vertical electrical injection molding machines, to be manufactured on the brand new manufacturing facility.
Primarily based in 1895, Niigata expanded out from machine instrument manufacturing in 1963, when the company partnered with German company Stube to supply its first injection molding machine. In 1984, the company launched its first all-electric injection molding machine. Niigata Machine Techno USA was created in 2017 and, in 2019, it restructured and designated Elk Grove Village, Illinois, as its North American headquarters which, until this announcement, handled injection molding machine product sales, service, help, parts and restore all by way of the U.S. and Canada.