Originally Published MPMN July/August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

In Brief

MOS Plastics (San Jose, CA; www.mosinc.com) has converted an additional 1000 sq ft to Class 10,000 cleanroom manufacturing… Plastics design and manufacturer Meese Orbitron Dunne Co. (Saddle Brook, NJ; www.meeseinc.com) has launched a new division offering powder coating services. The division offers custom coating of metal parts up to 5 ft long in several colors and three-dimensional textures. Custom color matching is also available… ATP Engineered Rubber and Plastics Group (Radnor, PA; www.appliedtechproducts.com) has completed a major remodeling at its Monticello, IA, manufacturing operation. Equipment upgrades in production, tooling, and quality areas, as well as facilities upgrades in its administrative offices were included in the renovation… McBain Instruments (Chatsworth, CA; www.mcbaininstruments.com) celebrates its 40th anniversary of providing research, inspection, and laboratory microscopy systems to the biomedical and life sciences industry… Makino (Mason, OH; www.makino.com) has opened a tech center in Fountain Valley, CA, to serve as a West Coast regional sales, service, and applications support facility. The center serves medical OEMs in the greater Los Angeles area and is able to support RAM, wire EDM, and high-speed milling requirements in many materials… Phillips Plastics Corp. (Eau Claire, WI; www.phillipsplastics.com) relocated its magnesium molding operations to a 55,000-sq ft facility. The company’s magnesium molding operations can mold parts from 0.045 to 4 lb… PTFE processor Dalau (Bedford, NH; www.dalau.com) celebrates its 50th anniversary. The company specializes in producing extruded rod, molded rod and tube, skived films and sheets, and machined components… Mouser Electronics Inc. (Mansfield, TX; www.mouser.com) and Freescale Semiconductor (Austin, TX; www.freescale.com) have signed an agreement for Mouser to distribute Freescale’s semiconductor products worldwide. Microcontrollers, digital signal processors, and pressure sensors are among the products now available through Mouser.

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