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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedApplied Tech Products Acquires Plastic Products OEM Manufacturer
Autoparts Report, Oct 2, 2000
Applied Tech Products said that it has the acquisition of WEK Industries, Inc., a Jefferson, Ohio blow molder of plastic products and systems, engineered specially for the automotivemarket. According to Raymond Langton CEO of Applied Tech Products, "the addition of WEK's blow molding technology, low-cost manufacturing and key customer relationships brings Applied Tech Products' Automotive Group significant strategic and manufacturing benefits." WEK Industries joins Michigan Rubber Products ("MRP") of Cadillac, Michigan as a member of the Applied Tech Products Automotive Group.
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According to Dennis Brovont, President of MRP, "With MRP and WEK together, we now have the capability to design, test and manufacture complete rubber and blow molded plastic sub-systems, reinforcing our efforts to supply the automotive industry with more complete systems and a leaner supply base."
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