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We're Sharp Bay Plastics Machinery designs the best plastics machinery and pelletizer technology by listening to the experts: The people who use it.
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Hands On With Bay Plastics Machinery, you can buy our plastics machinery and pelletizer technology with confidence, and expect performance. You have our word.
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Cutting Edge At Bay Plastics Machinery, we value your time and money. We provide pelletizer products and services that keep you up and running.
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Welcome to Bay Plastics Machinery
Complete PelletizER
Sales and Service
Located in Bay City, Michigan, Bay Plastics Machinery offers a complete line of pelletizers, and plastics industry machinery products and services. From strand pelletizers, conveyors and water baths, to air knives/strand dewatering units and spare parts, we build it all. We also offer rotor sharpening, rebuild/repair, technical support and testing.
Bay Plastics History
- 1946
- 1961-1974
- 1974
- 1997
- 1998
- 2008
- 2011
Bay Plastics 1946
Bay Plastics Machinery Company's rich history began over 65 years ago, in 1946, when its founder, Tony Forgash, Sr., formed JETRO Inc. in Bay City, Mich. He was joined by his son, Tony Forgash, Jr., in 1961.
Bay Plastics 1961-1974
In the process of rebuilding pelletizers for the Dow Chemical Company, young Tony improved the design. They developed a process for stellite welding the cutting edges of the stainless steel rotors. They designed an entirely new pelletizer, which JETRO produced initially for Dow. During the ensuing years, they produced numerous machines for other chemical companies that had heard about their capabilities.
Bay Plastics 1997
Conair moved manufacturing to Pennsylvania. A core group of managers, engineers and manufacturing employees stayed in Bay City to form Bay Plastics Machinery Company.
Bay Plastics 1998
Bay Plastics Machinery entered into a joint venture partnership with C.F. Scheer of Germany, operating as Scheer Bay Company, and produced pelletizers based on both the Bay Plastics and Scheer designs.
Bay Plastics 2008
The ownership interests of C.F. Scheer in the joint venture partnership were purchased. The company continued operation in Bay City under the name Bay Plastics Machinery Company.
Bay Plastics 2011
Jason, Jeff and Jim Forgash, grandsons of the original founder, Tony Forgash, Sr., join the company as shareholders and managers, helping to ensure the long-term continuity and success of Bay Plastics Machinery Company.
