Released on January 11, 2010

Dynacast, Charlotte, N.C., recently announced it will permanently close its Montreal zinc diecasting plant over the next four to six months.

According to a press release issued by the company, the closing is intended to alter Dynacast’s global manufacturing footprint to meet worldwide customer demand. The company indicated it reevaluated its plant capacities on a global basis and determined the Montreal plant, a 101,000-sq.-ft. facility opened in 1990, should be shut down.

“From a company perspective, we simply have too much capacity in North America,” said Simon Newman, chief executive officer. “We had to make some difficult decisions to match our production capabilities and the utilization of our facilities with our worldwide customer demand.”

Dynacast said in the press release it recently opened a more than 64,500-sq.-ft. plant in Dongguan, China.

“Our Dongguan plant will focus on producing aluminum and conventional zinc parts for customers in the top three industrial markets in the area—automotive, consumer electronics and telecommunications,” Newman said.

Dynacast maintains facilities in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The company supplies products to the automotive, healthcare, telecommunications and consumer electronics markets, among others.