Nissei Plastics Industrial Co. Ltd. recently opened a second factory in Haiyan County, China.
The Nagano, Japan-based company spent $18 million on the 150,000-square-foot plant in Zhejiang province. Planning started in January 2022, it was completed in December 2023, and the factory started operating in January 2024, according to a company news release.
Nissei makes injection molding machines at sites in Japan, China, Thailand, the United States and Italy to supply each region. At NPE2024 it will be at Booth W2401.
To start, the plant will have capacity to produce 15 presses per month. It will also supply parts to Nissei's other global locations.
"As a global supplier of injection machines, Nissei has a management strategy of producing and delivering ideal machines from the nearest production bases to meet demands in each region," the company said in the release.
"The purpose of the newly established Haiyan Factory is to expand production capacity in China and promote cost reductions through in-house parts machining."
The factory will make NEX-series presses with 30 and 50 tons of clamping force.
Nissei opened its first factory in China, in Taicang City, in 2009. It added a second China factory, in Haiyan County, in January 2022.
The factory will be able to run 24-hour fully automated machining operations, according to the company.
Nissei merged with Negri Bossi SpA in 2019 and opened a large-press factory in San Antonio, Texas, in 2021.