Wentworth Technologies Injection Mould Tooling Group, consisting of Wentworth North American mould manufacturing companies Accurate Mould Ltd., Izon Industries Inc., and J.E.G. services, announces the launch of Global Sourcing of off-shore tooling.

"Accurate Mould Ltd. began sourcing tooling from Wentworth divisions located in Poland late last year. Many customers were asking for the option of off-shore tooling pricing without the additional cost of brokering or managing distant tool shops on their own", said Tim McCulley, General Manager of Accurate Mould Ltd. and Group General Manager for the Injection Mould tooling shops in Canada. "What we offer in off-shore tooling is engineering and program management out of the facility in Toronto with manufacture in Poland. Due to lower costs primarily in labor, the cost savings is significant over North American costs, and this saving is passed on directly to the customer. The advantage to how we source off-shore tooling is that it is worry free for the customer. We communicate with our own shop (we currently have three injection mould shops in Poland and one in Germany), and the customer communicates with us. We manage everything and pass on the savings to the customer. Currently we are only building small to medium size tooling overseas and continue to build larger tooling here in Toronto".

As part of the initiative to expand the program from current levels Dave Oxley, formerly Marketing & Sales Manager at Accurate Mould Ltd. has been appointed the new Global Sourcing Manager for the North American Injection Mould Tooling Group. "We wanted to test the off-shore sourcing program to identify the barriers and opportunities before officially launching the program", said Dave Oxley. "Now that we have proven that the program is successful and quality remains with lower costs, we can take it further", Dave continued. "We are confident in sourcing out of our own plants in Europe and will be further expanding our sourcing to China very quickly. The sourcing out of Europe already includes mould components, complete injection moulds and limited part production, to our customers".

Mario Giansante is General Manager of Izon Industries Inc., a division of the Wentworth Technologies Injection Mould tooling Group, "Thin-wall is a specialist type of mould making, but there are opportunities for off-shore programs with this type of tooling as well", Mario continued, "We do not source tooling off-shore without our customers knowledge, and some customers wish to manufacture in North America only, and that’s okay, we still offer the option of North American manufacture, or off-shore, it’s up to the customer. Izon has expanded its capabilities here in Toronto, by expanding to 24-7 operations in most processes, and through the move to a larger facility which affords us the opportunity to service our customers the way they want us to. Our customers’ wishes are our primary concern".

About Accurate Mould Ltd. and Izon Industries: Both Accurate Mould and Izon Industries are members of the Wentworth Technologies Injection Mold Tooling Group, specializing in thin-wall, caps and closures, personal care, and automotive moulds for the plastics industry. Technologies include a number of patents in ejections systems, hot runner systems, two level and four level stack moulds.

For further information please contact:

           Accurate Mould Ltd
           115 Belfield Road Toronto
           Ontario, Canada  M9W 1G7          

Tim McCulley
General Manager
Accurate Mould Ltd
Cell:  416-258-8751
Tel:   416-248-0183 ext. 223
Fax:  416-248-2448
Email:tmcculley@accuratemould.com

Izon Industries Inc
115 Belfield Road Toronto
Ontario, Canada  M9W 1G7

Mario Giansante
General Manager
Izon Industries Inc
Cell:  416-560-2612
Tel:   905-793-7177 ext. 325
Fax:  905-793-7818
Email:mgiansante@izonindustries.com