Dynacast to realign capacity.Dynacast International, Charlotte, N.C., announced capacity realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. to support customer migration to low cost countries. Dynacast is adding 40,000 sq. ft. to its existing facility in Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. , China, in the plant's second expansion. When the expansion is complete, it will have a total of 150,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space. To support customer growth in Mexico, Dynacast is constructing a 20,000 sq. ft. expansion of its facility in Cuaultitlan, Mexico, this year. Much of the business for Shanghai and Mexico has come from the customer base in the U.S. This has lead to overcapacity o·ver·ca·pac·i·ty n. Too great a capacity for production of commodities or delivery of services in relation to actual need: the problem of overcapacity in many large industries. at factories in the U.S. Consequently, on May 18, 2006, Dynacast announced that it will be transferring business from its Spartanburg, S.C., factory to other facilities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . When the transfer is complete, Dynacast will close the Spartanburg facility. |
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