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October 1, 2007
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Interlaken Technology Corp. (Chaskat, MN) is building a new hydroforming and warm-forming development and prototyping facility. Included will be a 2000-ton (8.9-kN) hydroforming system, a hot-oil, warm-forming system, and a hot-gas, warm-forming system.

China Array Plastics (Pittsfield, MA) has a new injection-molding facility in the Zhuankou Industrial Park (Wuhan, China). The company specializes in custom molding high-performance thermoplastics such as polysulfone (PSU), polyetherimide (PEI), and polyetheretherketone (PEEK).

Mitsui Seiki USA Inc. (Franklin Lakes, NJ ) has expanded its machine tool manufacturing facility in Saitama, Japan. The new building includes more than 17,000 ft^sup ...

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