Saskatoon-based ag equipment maker Morris Industries expects to “substantially” boost its capacity for building and finishing air carts by building a new paint system at its Yorkton, Sask. plant.
The $2.2 million system is expected to be operational in early 2010. Annadale Finishings Systems, a Toronto-area company specializing in “custom-engineered fluid handling applications,” will manage the project, Morris said in a release last week.
The new “state-of-the-art” system is to include a blast system, wash booth, two paint booths, oven and an automated conveyor system, Morris said.
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“This project will allow us to manage the painting of our large Eight Series XL air carts and other large component frames,” Don Henry, Morris’ chief operating officer, said in the release.
“When completed, we believe the new facility will also improve the management and delivery of our Eight Series XL air carts to our customers.”
Citing a “growing demand” for Morris air carts and air seeders, particularly in the western Canadian market, an expansion of the paint line is expected to help the company meet that demand, Henry said.
Morris, which makes air drills, air carts, tillage and hay hauling equipment for worldwide distribution, was owned by the Morris family until 2007 when the 80-year-old company was sold to its former CEO, lawyer Casey Davis.
