COUNTY Down industrial thermoforming company Donite Plastics has entered a partnership with Dundalk based Multihog to manufacture parts for multi-purpose tractors.
Servicing airports, municipalities and contractors, Multihog has a range of global customers and chose Saintfield-based Donite Plastics (www.donite.com) to work on its newly refreshed MX and MXC stage five machines, citing its experience and expertise in the agri-tech sector.
“The products we manufacture for Multihog are closely aligned to the parts we supply our own customers in agri-tech, and it’s our knowledge of this sector that has stood our partnership with Multihog in such good stead,” Donite Plastics’ sales manager Michael Barton said.
“Our team worked closely with Multihog’s engineers during the design, prototype and testing phases which helped to introduce the new machines into the marketplace within a rapid turnaround time.”
Previously, the machines’ panels were made of glass reinforced plastic (GRP), but as part of the new design, Multihog made the move towards thermoformed products, commonly known as vacuum forming, due to the number of advantages presented by the process.
“Thermoformed products come with a wealth of benefits,” Michael added.
“We have been manufacturing thermoformed products for around 20 years and there are many reasons why we believe so highly in this process.”
Sam Hampshire, R&D manager at Multihog, said: “We're delighted to work alongside the innovative and talented team at Donite Plastics for our remodelled MX and MXC machines.
“We strive to provide the best quality products for our customers and to partner with a manufacturing company that also shares this ethos ensured that we not only have great products, but we had support from an excellent team as well.”
“We are confident that the MX and MXC machines will meet, and indeed exceed our customers’ needs and requirements.”
