Best Manufacturing Practices: Report of Survey Conducted at Cincinnati Milacron, Inc., Cincinnati, OH

Background In 1884, Cincinnati Milacron, Inc. began as a small shop, known as the Cincinnati Screw and Tap Company, which served local industry. Five years later, the company saw the future in milling machines, and changed its name to the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company to reflect its new direction. Over the years, the company grew and expanded its product line e.g., precision grinding machines, numerical controls, machine tools, plastics injection molding machines and, in 1970, adopted its present name. Today, Cincinnati Milacron is a global leader in industrial processes, products, and services including plastics processing machinery, moidmaking equipment, composites processing systems, flexible manufacturing cells, metalworking fluids, carbide wear parts, and industrial magnets.