Milacron Inc., Cincinnati, OH, supplier of plastics-processing technologies and industrial fluids, reported a net loss for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007, of $0.1 million. Sales were $197 million.
CEO Ronald D. Brown said: We continue to achieve positive results from our key sales growth initiatives: expanding our presence in emerging markets, while focusing more attention on aftermarket services in our traditional markets of North America and Western Europe. Milacron’s orders from emerging markets are up 23% over last year and now constitute nearly one-quarter of our total business.  ; And our aftermarket sales have grown another 6% so far this year.”
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Sales and earnings growth in overseas markets continued to offset the ongoing weakness in the …