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Plastics News, May, 2006

Canadian, Japanese toolmakers team up Windsor, Ontario - Canadian toolmaker Hallmark Technologies Inc. has teamed with a Japanese counterpart in an alliance that will allow both companies to access new business and new customers. Hallmark's relationship with Yamaguchi Seiki Kogyo of Gifu, Japan, will provide the Japanese firm with a North American partner that can service and repair molds being used in North America by Asian automakers.

The relationship will allow Yamaguchi to bid on more tools that will be used in North America - while Hallmark will have greater access to Yamaguchi's customer base. The alliance is an important step for Windsor-based Hallmark to make contacts with automakers like Toyota Motor Corp., which is growing in North America, said...

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