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Uniloy Inc. wants to expand its blow molding footprint to Southeast Asia and Latin America, as the company continues to look for new opportunities under incoming CEO Gary Riley.

Gary Riley, the principal owner of Decatur Plastic Products Inc. and Ningbo Global LLC, is the new CEO of Tecumseh, Mich.-based Uniloy Inc.

The deal apparently ends a tumultuous period for Amsler Equipment, which shut down last year as a result of the liquidation of Niigon Machines Ltd.

The Pawcatuck-based manufacturer this week announced Giovanni Spitale, formerly of Boeing Global Services, as its new CEO.

With the experience of handling the $4 billion portfolio of Boeing Global Services under his belt, Giovanni Spitale says he's ready to take charge of Pawcatuck, Conn.-based Davis-Standard.

Giovanni Spitale, a former executive at Boeing Global Services and machine builder Milacron, has been named CEO of Pawcatuck, Conn.-based Davis-Standard LCC, a manufacturer of extrusion and converting equipment.

Century Die manufactures blow mold tooling for the plastics packaging industry, particularly bottles and contains for household goods, health, beauty, cleaning and automotive products.

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Plastics executives offer 22 takes on NPE2021 Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., at the start of NPE 2015. Plastics industry movers, shakers and makers have been waiting almost three years to meet again in Orlando, Fla., and fill the Orange County Convention Center with the newest machines for processing a myriad of materials. Put on by the Washington-based Plastics Industry Association, NPE, initially called the National Plastics Exhibition, dates back to 1946. The last event �...