Manufacturing Industry
VIBRATION WELDING SHAKES MANIFOLD MAKERS.
Plastics News, March, 1999 by Pryweller, Joseph
Several European automotive suppliers are riding a wave of interest among U.S. automakers for welded plastic air-intake manifolds. After a long wait, an emerging technology for a key engine component has sparked a burst of activity. In Montreal, supplier Mark IV Automotive of Solvesborg, Sweden, plans to open its first North American manifold-producing plant by August.
The company will invest $53.5 million by the year 2003 in the 176,400- square-foot facility. At its Frankfort, Ky., plant, German supplier Montaplast of North America Inc. has added three injection molding/vibration welding lines. The company, collaborating with Troy, Mich.-based DuPont Automotive, produced the first welded manifold for a North American vehicle last year. The story is...
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