Conair sells pelletizer product line

25 May 2006

Conair has sold to its line of strand and waterslide pelletizers to Reduction Engineering, Inc., Kent, Ohio, USA. The companies say that a licensing arrangement allows Reduction Engineering to use the Conair name in association with the pelletizing products for five years. Reduction Engineering will take over all inventories and will handle all future sales, although Conair remains responsible for all products sold prior to the signing of the agreement.

Since 2000, Reduction Engineering has manufactured new pelletizer rotors for Conair, assembled smaller pelletizers under contract, and has handled service and rotor resharpening through its Accu-Grind regional facilities. In 2002, Reduction Engineering took over all manufacturing and began marketing and selling Conair pelletizers jointly with the Pittsburgh equipment supplier. During the same period, Reduction Engineering sourced material handling and other auxiliary equipment exclusively from Conair for sale with the pulverizing equipment it designs and manufactures.