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Article: Feintool's metal fabrication meshes with plastic molding.
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- April 15, 2002
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Feintool Plastic/Metal Components recently combined metal fabrication and plastic overmolding in a facility in Antioch, Tenn. The plant also does joining, assembly and testing.
The operation employs six and extends the reach of a Biberist, Switzerland, plant that employs 320, said Gabriel Venzin, Cincinnati-based vice president of operations for Feintool Plastic/Metal Components. Plastics processing makes use of glass- and mineral-reinforced engineering resins.
Parent Feintool International Holding of Lyss, Switzerland, acquired fabricated parts maker M?hlemann AG of Biberist in 1999 and began expanding plastics processing and metal ...