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Q7. What percentage of your 2008 capital equipment related to plastics processing expenditures will be invested in each of the listed categories of machinery/equipment?

  2008   %Total Investment
Primary Processing
(See Primary Processing pie chart)
$2,258.3 mil Total   47.9
New $1,499.5
Used $494.6
Rebuilt $264.2
Injection Molding $1,490.5   66.0
    Horizontal
$1,262.5
 
84.7
           All electric   24.9  
           Hybrid (electric/hydraulic)           12.0  
           Hydraulic   53.0  
           Multi material/color   10.1  
     Vertical
$228
 
15.3
           All electric   26.5  
           Hybrid (electric/hydraulic)           3.0  
           Hydraulic   60.0  
           Multi material/color   10.5  
Extrusion/compounding $189.7   8.4
    Pipe/profile/tubing   33.7  
    Compounding   15.4  
    Sheet   17.6  
    Cast/Blown film   33.3  
Blow Molding $126.5   5.6
Thermoforming $167.1   7.4
Other $284.5   12.6
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT/COMPONENTS
(See Auxiliary pie chart)
$1,678.4 mil Total   35.6
  New $1,114.5
Used $367.6
Rebuilt $196.3
Additive feeders     3.9
Blenders (gravimeter & volumetric)     4.6
Chillers and cooling towers     7.4
Dryers(dehumidifier and hot air)     5.5
Extrusion dies     6.6
Extrusion downstream equipment     10.4
Gear pumps     1.0
Granulators     5.4
Machine/mold temperature controls     6.3
Material handling equipment     10.0
Parts conveyors   4.8
Resin testing equipment   2.8
Robots     8.8
Screen changers     1.4
Screws/barrels     8.9
Shredders     1.1
Software     2.6
Welding/assembly     3.8
Other     4.7
MOLDS/TOOLING $778 mil Total     16.5
Molds     85.8
Hot runners     7.1
Other mold components (ie. mold bases, ejector pins, etc.)     7.1
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