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Scotia Plastics 1

In this multimedia case, Bruce Phinney, President of Scotia Plastics Inc. located in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia faces an important issue. His company makes plastic bottles for the dairy and water industry and they make drainage pipe mainly for the agricultural and construction industries. The issue is whether or not purchase a new 2 L bottle machine. They are in this position because they have a new customer that is using almost 100% their existing machine capacity and the possibility exists to purchase a machine that is faster.

Interviewee

Bruce Phinney

Company

Industry

Business Activity

Scotia Plastics Inc. 

Plastic Products

Manufacturing

Headquarters

Shubenacadie, Canada

Size

Medium

Employees

25 to 500

$1 million to $25 million

Yearly Revenue

Private Company

Type of Entity

Subject

Operations

Level of Difficulty

Difficult

Teaching Objectives

Learn about plastic products industry

Keywords

Equipment Renewal

Teaching Note

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