Hoeganaes appoints agents to serve Pacific Rim

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GASBARRE Products, Inc (DuBois, PA, USA) reports that its acquisition of Best Press Co (Castle Hayne, NC, USA) is complete. The details of the transaction were not disclosed. Best Press, founded in 1979, is known for its range of hydraulic presses, specifitally the CNC closed loop hydraulic press line. Best hydraulic presses are manufactured with capacities from 30 to 750 tons (27-680 tonnes). CNC presses offer control advantages compared to conventional hydraulic presses.The company also offers mechanical presses and press rebuilding facilities. The acquisition allows Gasbarre to extend the range it can offer to include new hydraulic presses and rebuilt and remanufactured presses of all tonnages. Bob

McKotch, president of Gasbarre’s press division, comments that the availability of Best Press’ expertise within the company also opens the possibility for Gasbarre to move into hybrid press manufacture. The Best Press name will be retained but the company will operate as a fully owned subsidiary of Gasbarre Products. The press manufacturing facilities in North Carolinawillremainin operation; however, it is planned to move the manufacture of the largest presses to the Gasbarre Press Division facilities in DuBois. McKotch will manage both operations. Best Press; tel: +l-91 O675-2429; fax: +1-910-6751395. Gasbarre Products; tel: +1-814-371-3015; fax: +I814-371-6387.

Hoeganaes appoints serve Pacific Rim THREE agents, Bisley & Co Pty Ltd in Australia, Komex Carbon Corp in Korea and Sui Sun Trading Co, Ltd in Taiwan (Republic of China), have been appointed by Hoeganaes Corp to handle the marketing, sales and distribution of the company’s powder metallurgy (PM) products to the Pacific Rim. This latest move is part of Hoeganaes’ (Cinnaminson, NJ, USA) continued drive to strengthen its position as a global supplier of ferrous metal powders. Bisley & Co Pty Ltd of Chatswood, NSW, Australia ([email protected]) already represents a range of international producers of metals, alloys and carbons to metallurgical-related industries, as well primary metal and alloy powders to the Australian PM industry. The company also supplies nonferrous metal powders. Paul Sidari will handle Hoeganaes’ accounts. Komex Carbon Corp is located in Kunpo City, Seoul (e-mail: komex@chollian. net) and serves as an agent 4 MPR December

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for several metal powder companies, including US Bronze, AMPAL and Makin Metal Powders The contact person there is C.S. Lee. Sui Sun Trading of Taipei (e-mail: suisun@ ms24.hinet.net) has served the PM industry for more than ten years. It represents several companies, including Kawasaki Steel and Into Alloys. Hoeganaes’ contact is Dennis Huang. William H. Michael, vice president, business and product development says that this augmentation of Hoeganaes’ marketing lineup is just one more step in the company’s continuing effort to extend the supply of its broad ferrous PM product line on a worldwide basis. “These new agents will open many opportunities for Hoeganaes in the Asian and Oceania markets and will provide fabricators in these areas with access to our advanced PM technology”, he adds. Hoeganaes Corp; tel: +l856-829-2220; fax: +I -856786-2574.

Arburg expands manufacturing facilities at Lossburg INJECTION moulding specialist Arburg GmbH has significantly expanded its manufacturing facilities with the opening of a new factory, ARBURG II, at its parent plant in Lossburg, Germany. The company invested DM130 million (c. 4Z66 million) in the new building project, representing its single largest investment to date. Of this total DM30 million alone went into new production equipment. With the additional facility, the area devoted to production has been increased from 36 000 to 125 000 square metres. Space has also been created for potential further extension phases. The new area is devoted to the assembly of the company’s range of injection moulding machines; at this stage in their production all machines are basically the same regardless of whether their final end-use will be for the injection moulding of plastics or powder-based feedstocks. The former assembly area is now used for other operations within the manufacturing process. 150 jobs have also been created as a result of the

expansion, taking the eompany tally to 1800 staff worldwide, 1500 of whom work at Lossburg. According to Michael Grandt, Arburg’s sales and control director, the company expects significant growth in turnover in 2000. For the eight months to August 2000, turnover rose 25% compared to the same period in 1999, to DM376.5 million. The forecast for the whole year was put at DM680 million, or a 20% increase on the previous year, when turnover fell by 2.4%. On the technical side, future focal points will lie in the development of the ‘Multilift’ handling system, the production of larger moulding machines with clamp forces up to 4000 kN, and the adoption of modular drive concepts. The company is working towards the introduction of a hybrid machine with modular hydraulic and electromechanical drive axes and a clamp force of 800 kN by late 2001, according to technical director Herbert Kraibiihler. Arburg GmbH; tel: +497446-330; fax: +49-7446333365.

Arburg’s ultramodern glass factory houses the assembly area for its entire range of injection moulding machines.