About O.A. Newton
Over 100 years of bulk material handling expertise serving customers throughout the world.
O.A. Newton has over 100 years experience in bulk material handling systems for the wood-plastic composite, flexible and rigid PVC and Carbon Black markets. The company engineers, fabricates, and installs complete systems for the unloading, storage, conveying, and blending of process ingredients, including controls and ancillary equipment.
O.A. Newton has been a single-source provider of turnkey material handling systems for customers throughout the world. The company serves the plastics, tire, and other industries, including those processing dry bulk solids and hard-to-handle materials. In plastics, it has extensive experience in providing systems for processors of rigid and flexible PVC and wood-plastic composites.
Our 100+ year history has a rich background because of the strong entrepreneurial spirit of our founders. That entrepreneurial drive is still in place with the current management and ownership, which is fourth generation. We have a history of investing heavily in the business to keep it relevant for future generations.
Maguire Family of Companies
Steve Maguire founded Maguire Products in 1977. He has since established ownership positions in other plastics businesses including O.A. Newton, and holds an ownership position in Novatec.
"The investment in O.A. Newton broadens our offering to the plastics industry and allows us to serve markets that we would otherwise never reach with our current product line. We can now refer inquiries for bulk material handling directly to O.A. Newton and can work together with them as projects require." — Steve Maguire, Maguire Products
"Our affiliation with the Maguire family of companies provides us with access to a sales organization that has a global reach. This relationship will greatly improve our ability to grow our customer base. The synergies between all the companies will have a compounding effect on all of us." — Rob Rider, CEO, O.A. Newton
Our History
Founded in 1916
O. A. Newton and Son Company began as a feed and chick business. After difficulties securing parts and service, we began serving the local area. We built our own feed mill and in the early 1950's began to build complete feed mills and grain handling facilities for others.
A Global Material Handling Business
Our history in feed and grain handling has evolved into a global Material Handling Business. O. A. Newton engineers, fabricates, and installs Engineered Material Handling Systems, operating primarily in profile extrusion—handling PVC powders, wood flour, and other powdered ingredients.
Complete System Capabilities
Railcar Unloading, Storage Silos, Pneumatic and Mechanical Conveying, Mixing and Blending (including Weighing Systems), Pelletizing and Drying, Extrusion Feed Systems, and complete plant engineering including Control Systems. Projects completed throughout North America, Mexico, France, Greece, Czech Republic, Japan, China, Columbia, and Brazil.
Our Patents
The Micro Ingredient Controller, on which we hold patents, is one of our innovations and has received universal acceptance throughout the industry. Additionally, we have a patented Heated Screw Conveyor which is a mainstay in the Carbon Black Handling Industry through our brand, TKC Technologies.
Test Lab and Pilot Plant
O. A. Newton is adding a turnkey test lab and pilot plant for Pelletizing and Extrusion. This enables testing and development with our equipment, while also running product trials for customers—especially those in the development phase for wood plastic composites who need trials without interrupting current production.
The lab is located in our 165,000 SF manufacturing facility and includes laboratory sieve analysis equipment, laboratory oven, equipment to determine plastic properties and melt flow index, and an Instron tensile strength tester.
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