Plastics Machinery

What Plastics Machinery does

Plastics Machinery, LLC is a privately held, full-service industrial equipment sales organization headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. The firm represents a portfolio of roughly ten leading OEMs in the plastics processing sector — including Shibaura Machine (injection molding), Graham Engineering (extrusion systems), Xaloy (screws and barrels), Advantage Engineering (chillers and temperature control), Rapid Granulator (size reduction), Novatec (resin drying and conveying), Sepro Group (molding robots), DynaCon (modular conveyors), Bay Plastics Machinery (pelletizers and downstream equipment), and H-P Products (vacuum conveying components) — and sells complete integrated systems rather than individual machines. Its territory covers six southeastern US states: Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, served by named regional sales representatives in each state plus an inside-sales team at headquarters.

Beyond pure equipment distribution, the company operates a value-add Xaloy-based screw and barrel rebuilding service offering 7-14 day turnaround with Lean manufacturing workflow, and publishes branded engineer-facing technical guidelines covering water/chiller sizing, drying and conveying design, and screw/barrel wear clearance tables. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales (capex transactions) supplemented by professional-service rebuild revenue at disclosed example pricing of $3,642 for a 4.5-inch barrier screw rebuild with Colmonoy 56 hard surfacing. Pricing is entirely quote-based with no public list prices. The customer base is horizontal — any plastics processor engaged in extrusion, blow molding, or injection molding — and the company does not disclose customer logos, contract values, or customer concentration.

The business is operationally active (current phone numbers, sales team postings, and product line card on the corporate website) but is a small private LLC with no disclosed headcount, revenue, founding date, ownership structure, parent company, funding history, or M&A activity. Public digital footprint is limited to the corporate website (pm-llc.net); no mobile app, public API, or social media presence is referenced.

Name

Plastics Machinery

Legal name

Plastics Machinery, LLC

Website

https://pm-llc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Plastics Machinery, LLC is a regional industrial equipment sales organization representing multiple plastics-processing OEMs across six southeastern US states, providing complete system sales and installation for extrusion, blow molding, and injection molding operations along with aftermarket screw and barrel rebuilding services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Plastics Processing Equipment Sales: Sales of complete plastics processing equipment systems including extrusion, blow molding, and injection molding equipment. Revenue is generated through direct equipment sales with installation services.
2. Screw and Barrel Rebuilding Services: Rebuilding services for extrusion screws and barrels, with typical turnaround of 2 weeks and cost examples such as $3,642 for a 4.5 inch barrier screw rebuild.
3. Aftermarket Parts and Components: Sales of spare parts, rotor sharpening, rebuild and repair services for equipment from partner brands including Shibaura Machine, Graham Engineering, Xaloy, and others.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Plastics Machinery, LLC is a full-service equipment sales organization that sells, installs, and services plastics processing equipment systems for extrusion, blow molding, and injection molding operations. The company represents multiple equipment manufacturers and also offers rebuilding, repair, and aftermarket parts services such as screw and barrel rebuilding.

Product overview

Plastics Machinery, LLC is a full service equipment sales organization providing complete systems to the plastics industry. Their portfolio consists of multiple equipment brands they represent: Shibaura Machine (injection molding machines), Graham Engineering (extruders and extrusion systems), Xaloy (screws and barrels), Advantage Engineering (chillers and temperature control), Rapid Granulator (granulators), Novatec (resin dryers and conveying systems), DynaCon (conveyor systems), Sepro Group (robots), Bay Plastics Machinery (pelletizers and water baths), and H-P Products (vacuum conveying components). Alongside equipment sales, they offer value-added services including screw and barrel rebuilding/repair, drying and conveying equipment guidance, and water sizing technical support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Shibaura Machine (Injection Molding Equipment) High precision electric molding machines from 30 to 2,750 tons and servo hydraulic molding machines from 110 to 3,850 tons, sold with full North America support for sales, service, parts, mold trials, and customer training. Targeted at plastics injection molding processors.
• Graham Engineering (Extrusion Systems) Stand-alone extruders, co-extruders and complete extrusion systems for profile extrusion, medical and industrial tubing, pipe, wire and cable, film and coating, fiber/non-woven, rubber/silicone, compounding, and reclaim extrusion. Targeted at plastics extrusion processors.
• Xaloy (Screws, Barrels, and Front-End Components) Screws, barrels and front-end components for extrusion, injection, and blow-molding applications, including designs for optimizing user processes. Targeted at plastics processors needing wear, replacement, or optimization components.
• Advantage Engineering (Chillers and Temperature Control) U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial heat transfer products including water chillers, temperature control units, evaporative cooling towers, and central chilling systems. Targeted at plastics processors requiring process cooling auxiliaries.
• Rapid Granulator (Size Reduction Equipment) High-quality granulators for plastic recycling and size reduction, producing regrind for injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, thermoforming, and recycling operations. Targeted at plastics processors needing in-house scrap reclamation.
• Novatec (Resin Dryers and Conveying Systems) Largest U.S.-based manufacturer of resin dryers for the plastics industry, combining drying, conveying and blending with downstream extrusion products to design and install complete Central Plastics Drying and Conveying Systems. Targeted at plastics processors needing material handling solutions.
• DynaCon (Modular Conveyor Systems) Flexible modular conveyor systems for manufacturing with configurable length, width, inclines, declines, lateral turns, and belt styles, including options for radius turns, metal detection, clean room, water tanks, cooling fans, box filling, split belt, and ergonomic tilt. Targeted at plastics processors needing flexible parts conveyance.
• Sepro Group (Injection Molding Robots) 3-axis, 5-axis and 6-axis articulated robots for injection molding with a native control platform compatible with all injection molding machine brands and sizes. Targeted at injection molders automating part removal and downstream operations.
• Bay Plastics Machinery (Pelletizers, Conveyors, and Water Baths) Strand pelletizers, conveyors, water baths, air knives/strand dewatering units, spare parts, rotor sharpening, rebuild and repair services, and technical support and testing. Targeted at plastics extrusion operations needing downstream pellet handling.
• H-P Products (Vacuum Conveying Tubing and Fittings) Tubing, bends, and fittings for vacuum conveying, including complete conveying system components. Targeted at plastics processors building or maintaining vacuum conveying systems.
• Screw and Barrel Rebuilding Service Rebuilding service for extrusion screws and barrels using Xaloy's screw rebuilding cell, featuring 7-14 day turnaround, Lean manufacturing processes, and Colmonoy 56 hard surfacing. Targeted at plastics processors with worn extrusion screws and barrels (e.g., 4.5-inch barrier screw rebuild at $3,642 with 3.89-day documented ROI payback).
• Drying and Conveying Equipment Resin drying equipment and material conveying equipment, including Novatec dryers, SVP Silencer Series Positive Displacement Pumps, and VRX Series Vacuum Receivers for plastics processing. Targeted at plastics processors needing material preparation and handling systems.
• Water Sizing Equipment and Engineering Guidelines Chiller and cooling tower sizing equipment and engineering guidelines for plastics processing, covering molding, profile extrusion, blow molding, extruder cooling, and water pipe sizing. Targeted at plastics processors needing correctly sized process cooling systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Typical ROI payback of 3.89 days for screw rebuild ($3,642 cost vs $936/day penalty savings)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Shibaura MachinecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorShibaura Machine (formerly Toshiba) is a leading global supplier of high precision electric molding machines from 30 to 2,750 tons and servo hydraulic molding machines from 110 to 3,850 tons. Plastics Machinery represents Shibaura for the southeastern US market, providing sales, service, parts, mold trials, and customer training support.
• Graham EngineeringcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGraham Engineering provides stand-alone extruders, co-extruders and complete extrusion systems for profile extrusion, medical and industrial tubing, pipe, wire and cable, film and coating, fiber/non-woven, rubber/silicone, compounding, and reclaim extrusion.
• XaloycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorXaloy provides screws, barrels and front-end components for the extrusion, injection, and blow-molding industry. Plastics Machinery offers Xaloy screw rebuilding services with 7-14 day turnaround using Lean manufacturing principles.
• Advantage EngineeringcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdvantage Engineering is a U.S. based manufacturer of industrial heat transfer products including water chillers, temperature control units and evaporative cooling towers.
• Rapid GranulatorcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRapid Granulator produces high-quality granulators for plastic recycling and size reduction. Applications include injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, thermoforming, and recycling operations.
• NovateccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNovatec is the largest U.S. based manufacturer of resin dryers for the plastics industry. Products include resin dryers, conveying systems, blending equipment, and downstream extrusion products. Part of the Maguire family.
• Sepro GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSepro Group designs and integrates 3-axis, 5-axis and 6-axis robots with a unique native control platform to equip injection molding machines of all brands and sizes.
• Bay Plastics MachinerycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBay Plastics Machinery offers strand pelletizers, conveyors, water baths, air knives/strand dewatering units, and spare parts. Also provides rotor sharpening, rebuild/repair, technical support, and testing services.
• H-P ProductscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorH-P Products offers tubing, bends, and fittings for vacuum conveying systems in plastics processing applications.
• DynaConcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDynaCon provides flexible modular conveyor systems for manufacturing with options for radius turns, metal detection, clean room, water tanks, cooling fans, box filling, split belt, and ergonomic tilt configurations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Arburg: Arburg is a German manufacturer of injection molding machines, additive manufacturing systems, and robotic systems. It is a competing principal in the same injection molding category in which Plastics Machinery sells Shibaura machines across the Southeast.
• Davis-Standard: Davis-Standard is a global manufacturer of extrusion systems for film, sheet, coating, pipe, tubing, and other applications. It is a competing principal to Graham Engineering, which Plastics Machinery represents, in extrusion equipment sales.
• Sumitomo (SHI) Demag: Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is a manufacturer of electric and hydraulic injection molding machines with strong US plastics processing market presence. It is a direct competing principal to Shibaura Machine for injection molding equipment sales in the same Southeast territory.
• Wittmann Battenfeld: Wittmann Battenfeld is a global manufacturer of injection molding machines and robots for plastics processing. As one of the larger competing principals (alongside represented brands like Shibaura and Sepro), it competes indirectly with Plastics Machinery's principals for the same end-customer equipment budgets.
• Milacron (Hillenbrand): Milacron, now part of Hillenbrand, is a US-based manufacturer of injection molding and extrusion equipment plus hot runners and mold components. Its direct-sales model competes with Plastics Machinery's rep-driven go-to-market for the same plastics processors.
• Husky Injection Molding Systems: Husky is a global manufacturer of injection molding machines, molds, and hot runners focused on packaging applications (PET preforms, closures, thinwall packaging). It competes for the same injection molding capex budgets in plastics processing end markets.
• Engel Holding: Engel is an Austrian manufacturer of injection molding machines, automation, and integrated plastics processing solutions. It competes with the represented Shibaura line for injection molding equipment sales across US plastics processors.
• Mold-Masters (MHT): Mold-Masters, now part of MHT, is a global manufacturer of hot runner systems, mold components, and injection molding controllers. It supplies tooling and controller technology to the same injection molding customers Plastics Machinery serves with Shibaura machines.
• KraussMaffei: KraussMaffei is a German manufacturer of injection molding, extrusion, and reaction process machinery. It competes with multiple Plastics Machinery principals for injection molding and extrusion capex at plastics processors.

Direct peers

• Plastic Process Equipment, Inc. (PPE): Plastic Process Equipment (PPE) is a US distributor and manufacturer of plastics processing equipment, auxiliary equipment, and supplies—directly overlapping with Plastics Machinery's line card of represented brands and aftermarket services for injection molding and extrusion processors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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