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Publication: Plastics News
Publication Date: 15-OCT-07 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: News Briefs.(Briefs)(Solexis SpA will plan to open plant)(Watchdog Patrols Inc. acquires VIP Plastic Packaging Pty. Ltd.)(Press-Seal Gasket Corp closes facilites)

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Press-Seal merging ventures into 1 site

FORT WAYNE, IND. - Press-Seal Gasket Corp. is consolidating its injection molding capabilities at its main facility in Fort Wayne as it prepares to turn out proprietary products for the rail and tunnel industries.

"We have a lot of space, so we are consolidating operations into this space,'' said President Jim Skinner. "It is for efficiency and the fact is we have a tool and die shop here in Fort Wayne. Having both plastics and rubber [in one place] is much more efficient.''

The company is closing its Nashua, N.H., operation, cutting three jobs. Skinner said the consolidation will add five jobs at the 131,000-square-foot Fort Wayne factory.

The firm designs and makes sealing products for underground collections systems. Skinner said he is not ready to reveal too much about the patent-pending products the company is developing.

He did say the slowdown in the housing market has the company looking at other plans.

"As it has slowed, we've turned our engineering and development over on to rail and tunnel. They've come up with some ideas that will create a labor savings,'' he said.

Skinner said his firm is moving some equipment from Nashua and...

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