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excerpt from Demand for rubber machinery goes east by David Shaw, ERJ Staff March 2004 There are, however, some early signs that the recession is coming to an end. One person who was prepared to offer an opinion was Mike Dyer of JM Machinery, a company which mainly refurbishes equipment. He said sales are up since a number of his competitors went out of business, and 2004 looks better than any of the previous three years. He said, for example, that the final quarter of 2003 had been better than the previous two quarters combined and that he had quoted on more business in January 2004, than in the first quarter of 2003. Dyer said he was expecting to see a number of rubber processors having summer maintenance shut-downs this year. In the last three years, he said, they have not had a summer shutdown, because there was no money to carry our scheduled maintenance, or even to buy bearings. He said orders had been so thin among his customers that they had equipment lying idle, and they could cannibalize those machines to get spare parts, and keep one or two machines running, without paying for maintenance. In 2003, for example, Dyer said he sold three replacement rolls. In a typical year, he said, he expects to sell 15 to 20. "No-one was repairing equipment. I think they were still breaking them, but they were not replacing them. They just went on without repair or maintenance." Dyer said the last three years have been the most difficult in the machinery business since he began in the 1960s. "This far exceeds the 81/83 recession. This was some very very hard times. I don't think that, half way through, any of us had any idea how long and how deep this was going to cut." Dyer said he has only been able to keep afloat since 2001 thanks to his international business, and he was only able to get that by keeping quality levels high. KTM rebuilt mixer line aimed at compounders By Brad Dawson Rubber & Plastics News - Sept. 27, 1999 KTM Machinery Incorporated, the joint venture of rubber equipment makers JM Machinery and Industrias Noramex S.A. de C.V., has introduced a new line of 20-liter to 270-liter rebuilt mixers for specialty or custom compounders. The KTM, or Kinetic Thermal Mixing, steel-fabricated machines offer a variety of options for each customer in addition to size, including capacity, speed, bearings and package scope, said JM President Michael Dyer. "Our machines can address various levels of need," Dyer said. "We can provide a basic control package for a start-up company or help one of the big players who want it all. "Because we have the option of interchanging parts, we can give the customer what they want instead of telling them what they need." Machinery is a global business by Liz White, ERJ staff March 1999 JM/KTM Rubber Machinery Incorporated plans to purchase/upgrade machine tools; expand internal mixing dept; introduce KTM tilt-dump mixer; expand extruder rebuild dept. -Rubber Machinery Listing 1997 JM/KTM Rubber Machinery, Incorporated Total 1996 sales; $6.5m ($1.7m) Internal mixers, rebuilt (Farrel) and new, 21 to 75 l (11). Rebuilt mills 12-84", new mills to 30" (15). Rebuilt calenders, 12-72", new ones to 36" (5).

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