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Mold-Masters opens plant in India

GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO (March 17, 7:15 p.m. ET) — Mold-Masters Ltd. has opened a hot runner production facility in Coimbatore, India, where the company has had an engineering office since December 2006. The facility is designed to manufacture local hot runner systems, mold bases, and temperature controllers. March 17, 2010

Superb vision brings Ohio molder success despite the recession

SUGARCREEK, OHIO (March 12, 2:40 p.m. ET) — Located at the edge of Ohio’s Amish country, management at Superb Industries Inc. thinks it’s found the keys to progressive manufacturing in small-town values and global vision. Check out a video of Superb's operations. March 12, 2010

DME and P.E.T.S. form hot-runner alliance

MADISON HEIGHTS, MICH. (March 10, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- Tooling component supplier DME Co. has created a strategic alliance with hot-runner firm Plastic Engineering & Technical Services Inc. to provide a complete package to improve processing. The alliance will begin by focusing on molders in the medical and high-volume consumer markets with new hot runner nozzles, sequence controllers and temperature controllers. March 10, 2010

Calif. molder Tenacore moves into larger plant

SANTA ANA, CALIF. (March 5, 10:45 a.m. ET) -- Injection molder Tenacore Holdings Inc. is more than doubling space in moving about one mile in Santa Ana, to occupy a facility that it acquired for $4 million in mid-December. March 5, 2010

Hodge promoted to president of R&B Holdings

SALINE, MICH. (Feb. 25, 11:40 a.m. ET) -- Al Hodge has been promoted from vice president of sales blow molding and extrusion equipment maker R&B Plastics Machinery LLC to president of R&B Holdings LLC, effective Feb. 17. February 25, 2010

Mulville opens tool transfer firm

BIDDEFORD, MAINE (Feb. 25, 11:10 a.m. ET) -- One-time mold maker Paul Mulville has launched a new consulting group to help original equipment manufacturers coordinate the transfer of business and tools and launch production at new facilities. February 25, 2010

Sunningdale reports profit thanks to geographical diversity

SINGAPORE (Feb. 24, 9:50 a.m. ET) -- Sunningdale Tech Ltd. has returned to profit last year, saying its markets in Japan, Europe and South Korea had offset the drop in sales from the North American automotive industry. February 24, 2010

Investments indicate healthy business

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Feb. 24, 9:50 a.m. ET) — An increasing number of medical industry investments — some large, some small — are yet another sign that firms serving the segment see strong opportunities ahead despite economic uncertainty. February 24, 2010

Mitsubishi-Bayer-Kyowa alliance targets polycarbonate auto glazing

LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY (Feb. 23, 12:05 p.m. ET) -- With its eyes set on the huge potential for polycarbonate glazing to penetrate the Japanese automotive industry, Bayer MaterialScience AG has announced a regional technical cooperation agreement with molding machinery maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co. Ltd. and mold maker Kyowa Industrial Co. Ltd. February 23, 2010

Penn. college plans thermoforming center

WILLIAMSPORT, PA. (Feb. 23, 10:15 a.m. ET) -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport will unveil its new thermoforming center and expanded plastics wing during an April 7 grand opening. The technology college also will hold its first National Hands-On Thermoforming Seminar April 8-9. February 23, 2010

Marland's sales growing broader as closures becoming thinner

PITTSFIELD, MASS. (Feb. 19, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- Lighter, thinner caps and closures are opening new opportunities for mold maker Marland Mold Inc. Work is up significantly since May 2008 for the firm, a worldwide mold supplier for most large water and carbonated drink companies. February 19, 2010

US mold shops see China factory as way into local market

GUANGZHOU, CHINA (Feb. 16, 12:50 p.m. ET) -- Like many foreign-invested mold making shops in China, Cosmos Tooling Solutions Ltd. began business by exporting lower cost tools to North America and elsewhere. But increasingly, the company is looking to China’s expanding domestic market for growth. February 16, 2010

Synventive and Husky in long legal battle over valve-gate actuator

BURLINGTON, VT. (Feb. 16, 12:45 p.m. ET) -- Two hot runner manufacturers, Synventive Molding Solutions Inc. and Husky Injection Molding Systems Inc., are locked in a prolonged patent infringement battle over valve gate actuators. The case has been marked by more than a year of motions and legal debate over the production of “confidential documents” and “highly confidential documents,” charges of copying technical documents and arguments over communication between the two companies. February 16, 2010

California's JK Molds shuts down, sells assets to Mag Instrument

UPLAND, CALIF. (Feb. 12, 10:20 a.m. ET) -- Jack Kelley has closed JK Molds Inc. in Upland, Calif., and sold its assets to Mag Instrument Inc. of Ontario, Calif. Terms were not disclosed. “It is a tough business,” Kelley said in a telephone interview. “I have hundreds of [past] customers in my Rolodex, and most are missing or gone.” February 12, 2010

MedTech opens second plant in Costa Rica

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Feb. 10, 4:55 p.m. ET) -- MedTech Group Inc. has opened a second plant in Heredia, Costa Rica, that will more than double the company’s capacity to manufacture medical devices in that country. The company is winning business in part thanks to its tooling and design capabilities. February 10, 2010

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