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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1981

TICD INTRODUCES REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS TO HONG KONG

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A REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF MAKING MOULDS, SPOTTED IN GERMANY AT THE HANOVER FAIR BY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, MAJOR C.G. BERNARD OF THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, IS NOW BE ING USED BY A HON ONG COMPANY.

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR PETER TSAO, WAS SHOWN THE SYSTEM IN OPERATION TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN HE VISITED THE KWAI CHUNG FACTORY OF PRECISION PLASTICS LTD., A SISTER COMPANY OF EAST ASIA CONTACT BUREAU, WHICH HAS LEASED THE PRODUCTS FROM THE BRITISH COMPANY THAT DEVELOPED THE PROCESS.

UNTIL RECENTLY A COMPANY WISHING TO TEST THE MARKET FOR A NEW PRODUCT DESIGN HAD TO INVEST LARGE SUMS FOR STEEL MOULDS, AND WAIT FOR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, JUST TO SEE THE TRIAL RUN.

NOW BY SPRAYING LOW-MELTING-POINT ALLOYS ON TO A PATTERN, EVEN THE MOST COMPLICATED MOULD CAN BE PRODUCED IN A DAY. PRODUCTION CAN START, WITH SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS.

INJECTION AND BLOW MOULDING, VACUUM FORMING, COLD PRESS AND RESIN INJECTION, POLYURETHANE AND METAL SPRAY MOULDS CAN ALL BE PRODUCED USING THE MCP SPRAYMOULD SYSTEM.

GIVEN A PATTERN OF THE FINAL PRODUCT, A METAL SHELL CAN BE BUILT UP ROUND IT TO ANY DESIRED THICKNESS. THE MOULD IS AN EXACT COPY IN REVERSE NOT ONLY OF EVERY SURFACE DETAIL BUT ALSO OF FORM AND DIMENSIONS, WITH NO SHRINKAGE OR DISTORTION DUE TO THERMAL CONTRACTION.

MR TSAO, WHO WAS CONDUCTED AROUND PRECISION PLASTICS LTD. BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR ERIC FAN, COMMENTED: +WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN INTRODUCING THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HONG KONG người

MR THOMAS BOVET, A DIRECTOR OF EAST ASIA CONTACT BUREAU TOLD MR TSAO THAT THE COMPANY WAS INITIALLY ACCEPTING ORDERS FOR SMALL BATCH PRODUCTION, BUT PLANNED TO ACCEPT ORDERS FOR THE COMPLETE SYSTEM FROM HONG KONG COMPANIES, AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TRAINING FOR THE IR STAFF.

EARLIER MR TSAO HAD VISITED THE JAPANESE-OWNED KWAI CHUNG FACTORY OF ASAHI OPTICAL (INTERNATIONAL) LTD. WHICH, FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS HAS BEEN ASSEMBLING AND TESTING +PENTAX+ CAMERAS.

MR T. MIYAKAWA, MANAGING MANAGER, TOLD MR TSAO THAT THE COMPANY NOW EMPLOYS 330 PEOPLE IN THE 2 400-SQUARE METRE FACTORY AND APART FROM SELLING ITS PRODUCTS LOCALLY, ALSO EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA,