Asia machinery company in America's west coast ports disputes - cause for NPE2015 is tricky.
Several executives say they are facing a time of crisis, but still can ready exhibition equipment of NPE. Some companies choose to equipment transported to the east coast ports.
A from Japan's machinery industry sources said that there are at least two Japanese plastic machinery companies in the equipment shipped to the west coast of the United States port problem. Machinery industry calls for Japan NPE organizers "do anything they can do it", to speed up by us customs clearance, or prepare for exhibition equipment delay to arrive at the scene of the exhibition.
Essence of Japan) is one of the company, has confirmed the NPE plan Mired in the west coast of the United States labor disputes. As Japan's largest manufacturer of injection molding machine, the company said it expected to be shipped from Asia to the United States, on the NPE show a device, only in its company warehouse in the United States now pick out the temporary to replace another device.
Day said, the original plan of this device is still in transportation.
Labor disputes resolved but sequela to continue
The west coast of the United States 29 port, dock workers and port joint owner for 9 months of confrontation between the international trade. For the plastics industry, mechanical transportation sluggish.
Dock workers union and port owners have signed a tentative contract, each port has now begun to return to work. But, according to the Asian machinery company executives expect these port need at least a month's time will fully back to normal.
At the same time, NPE2015 will on March 23-27 officially held in Orlando, Florida.
NPE organizers, American society of plastics industry (SPI) marketing and sales director Brad Williams said, the west coast ports shutdown and sabotage the problem did not make NPE sound the alarm for the major.
"Now they have returned to normal, so I believe that everyone to show there will be no problem." He said.
For some Asian machinery company, really like Brad Williams said, the problem is resolved. But chaos in the port has caused tensions or equipment delivery time delay.
"Because of these problems, compared with the usual, we spent more time on logistics," located in Worcester, Massachusetts AbsoluteHaitianCorp. President Glenn Frohring said. The company sold in the United States by the Haitian injection molding machine made in China. "Daily order process has become more unpredictable." "He added.
Haitian has to be prepared for the NPE, Forhring said. "Does have a little effect, but we have our machines, assembled in Ohio. Display equipment, so it can be shipped to Orlando."
Haitian also several exhibition equipment through the strait of panama from China will be shipped to the United States east coast, Frohring and he said, had just 10 days shipping distance now extended to three weeks. "We changed a lot equipment, transport routes to the east coast ports." He said.
By importing machinery, container transport has been discharging from the ship, transferred to the train, he said.
Fortune International inc. President Randall Wan said, port congestion lead to a customer missed a year-end capital investment tax credit. Fortune International in somerset, New Jersey sales taichung precision machines, injection molding machine.
"We have three container, thought last December 16 or so can arrive, but in the end we didn't received on January 20." Wan said.
Fortune has spent more than $2000 to rent a truck to transport equipment. These three container includes a will in the NPE on display at the 130 taichung fine machines, injection molding machine.
Mechanical executives said Asian container price has been rising sharply, but almost impossible to buy.
"A lot of big companies like Toyota are panicking, buy out all the cargo from Japan. So in the end of march, is hard to buy a container." For DJK group global sales Niigata, Japan machinery Peter Gardner said.
Niigata preparation on the NPE exhibiting three of the equipment has arrived in Wood Dale city, Illinois (Wood Dale). "Another comparison of vertical injection molding machine special we transport by Jacksonville, Florida, to completely avoid the west coast." Gardner said. The device on February 26th to arrive. Before the start of the exhibition, the vertical injection molding machine will be directly shipped to Orlando for installation and debugging.
Machinery and equipment from Japan shipment, the customer must face two to three weeks of delivery delay, Gardner added.
