Originally Published MPMNSeptember 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

IN BRIEF 

Ampac Packaging LLC (Cincinnati; www.ampaconline.com)and Kapak Corp. (Minneapolis; www.kapak.com)have announced a financial partnership agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Kapak will continue to operate independently, but will be armed with a new influx of capital from Ampac. . . 

Specialty Coating Systems, a business unit of Cookson Electronics (Indianapolis,www.scscookson.com) has opened a new 17,000-sq-ft cleanroom in its worldwide headquarters. The cleanroom's design features ISO Class 7 and ISO Class 6 areas, and an ISO Class 5 area for component fixturing and examination. . . 

Xact Wire EDM (Waukesha, WI; www.exactedm.com)celebrates its 20th anniversary this year . . .

Universal Laser Systems Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ; www.ulsinc.com)has announced that one of its distributors, C.E.M., has moved to a larger facility in Santa Ana, CA. The new space is 2000 sq ft, and can accommodate one of Universal's XL series machines. . . 

Nusil Technology (Carpinteria, CA; www.nusilcom)will be expanding its headquarters and adding a new 70,000-sq-ft building to its 185,000-sq-ft research and manufacturing complex. The new building will house the shipping and packaging departments and the company's warehouse . . . 

The near-infrared absorbents used in the Clearweld process from Gentex Corp. (Carbondale, PA;www.gentexcorp.com) have been shown to meet the requirements of USP Class VI testing. ..

The MedTech Group Inc. (South Plainfield, NJ; www.medtech-grp.com)has opened a new 25,000-sq-ft facility in Costa Rica. . .

DSM Desotech Inc. (New Castle, DE; www.dsmdesotech.com)and 3D Systems Corp. (Valencia, CA; www.3dsystems.com)have entered into a worldwide nonexclusive distribution agreement for stereolithography resin. Under the terms of the agreement, 3D Systems will distribute DSM Somos stereolithography resins.

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