Wentworth Technologies Injection Mould Group Comes To Europe
Automotive Manufacturing Solutions, April 2002

Accurate Mould, part of the Wentworth Technologies Injection Mould Group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been joined by two new European mold-making facilities. In December 2001, Wentworth Tech Central Sp.zoo. in Bydgoszcz, Poland became part of the group to enhance the need for low-cost manufacturing. This facility employs 40 people and will continue to build molds up to 5 tons for packaging, electronics, automotive and plumbing. The plant is ISO9001 registered and has onsite testing facilities up to 500 ton presses. With a highly trained workforce and low-cost manufacturing rates, Wentworth Tech. Central quickly became a major focal point for the injection mold groups' response to Asian competition. They use European skill and technology and the ability to communicate in English, French, German, Spanish, Polish and other languages, combined with a Canadian/American business style.

As part of a strategy to enter the European market and provide high technology molds for the North American market, a very important step was made by adding AMTEC Advanced Mold Technologies GmbH of Hohenwestedt, Germany to the injection mold group. With more than 100 employees in an ultra high technology environment, this facility has been producing ultra high precision molds for half a century. The facility was acquired in January 2002. Walter Kuskowski, CEO of Wentworth Tech-nologies spoke with great optimism with respect to the plastics industry and the role AMTEC will play in its future. New mold business will be developed to complement the current diversification into automotive instrument panel components and electronic parts, to include packaging application, caps and closures and medical parts. Services that will be highlighted include multiple material molding and stack mold technology. These services represent key strengths for the Wentworth Technologies Injection Mould Group.