molding systems ltd type private founded 1953 headquarters bolton canada area served worldwide beverage packaging closures medical automotive consumer electronics thinwall packaging key people john galt president and ceo products injection molding machines hot runners molds aftermarket services owner berkshire partners llc and omers private equity inc. website husky.co husky injection molding systems ltd. is a supplier of machinery for injection molding of plastics . the company was founded in 1953 by robert schad a german immigrant to canada . husky was initially a small machine shop with no ties to the plastics industry . 1 husky now manufactures a wide range of injection molding machines injection molds hot runners robots and auxiliary systems used in plastics manufacturing . husky s head office and primary manufacturing site is located in bolton ontario canada . husky also has manufacturing facilities in the united states austria luxembourg brazil 2 and china . sales parts and technical support centers are located across the globe . 3 husky currently employs more than 4 000 people worldwide . husky is specializing in pet for beverage packaging products . husky controls more than 50 % of the global market for pet processing systems . 4 husky injection molding systems ltd. was a publicly traded company from 1998 to 2007 . owning 44 % of the company s stock robert schad was the controlling shareholder . the company s common shares were listed on the toronto stock exchange . on december 13 2007 the canadian private equity investment firm onex corporation completed a friendly buy out of husky . the deal was worth c 960 million . 5 onex announced on november 17 2009 that it planned to sell its stake in husky in a new initial public offering though it did not sell during that time . 6 on december 17 2010 it was reported that onex had started talks to sell husky to rival buyout firms intending to fetch c 2 billion . 7 berkshire partners llc the boston based private equity firm and omers private equity inc. the private equity arm of the omers worldwide group of companies announced on june 30 2011 the successful closing of their previously announced acquisition of husky international ltd. 8 references edit http www.husky.co en us newdynamic.aspx id 33 http www.husky.ca release.aspx id 184 http www.husky.co en us locations.aspx id 4323 http www.docstoc.com docs 16073730 husky injection molding systems ltd http www.lexpert.ca magazine deal.aspx id 3901 http plasticsnews.com headlines2.html id 17146 http www.bloomberg.com news 2010 12 16 onex said to seek sale of husky injection unit that may fetch 2 billion.html http www.husky.ca release.aspx id 4299 external links edit husky website this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title husky injection molding systems & oldid 739915036 categories manufacturing companies of canadacompanies based in caledon ontarioomerscanadian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 september 2016 at 22 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view