We are pleased to announce that Charlie Sears was recently named into the Plastics Hall of Fame. The Plastics Academy just announced the names of six new posthumous members: Charlie Sears as well as Howard Irvin, Ronald Saxton, Walt Schrenk, Bill Stoesser and Dennis Tully. The posthumous members will be inducted at a March 24 dinner at the Fairmont…
Kevin is our new Operations Manager, responsible for scheduling of the production floor, engineering of new projects and running the day to day operations of the plant. He comes to us from Meredith Springfield in Ludlow, MA where he was responsible for managing a three shift blow molding operation. His expertise is a great asset to the flow and output…
Growth will accommodate increased business as well as promote an integrated manufacturing processes Dri-Air Industries is growing. We recently announced a significant addition at our headquarters and manufacturing facility in East Windsor, Connecticut. The new addition increases the company’s manufacturing and warehousing capacity by about 50% as well as improves in-stock components. “This will allow us to stock larger…
Jason Sears has been named president of Dri-Air Industries, replacing Charlie Sears, Dri-Air founder and Jason’s father, who passed away recently. The Board of Directors of Dri-Air made the announcement. Jason has been an employee at Dri-Air for 30 years, beginning after school during his high school years learning such skills as welding, electrical wiring, painting, packing and machine assembly. …
Charles Sears, the president of DRI-AIR Industries passed away on August 5th after a recent battle with cancer. He started Dri-Air Industries, Inc. in 1985 and it quickly became a leading supplier of drying systems for the plastics industry. His expertise and leadership along with his desire to create the very best possible product for his customers resulted in double-digit…
Industry 4.0. Setting the stage for the future of plastics drying, Dri-Air Industries will introduce its new technology, Dri-Air Dryer 4.0, which will be incorporated seamlessly into the rapidly trending Industry 4.0. Dri-Air Dryer 4.0 is designed to work autonomously making changes in operation based on sensors that monitor the changing material throughput. No hands-on equipment operation is required. This…
This past February, working in tandem with the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA), Charlie Sears, President of Dri-Air along with Rebecca Kayfus of Thomaston Savings Bank testified before the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee on two bills—SB 544 and HB 7042—that address rising healthcare costs. They both urged legislators to support the bills, noting that health insurance is one…
