Press Release
Interplex Soprec Acquires Assets of IMTEC Stamping
Besançon, France – July 20, 2009. Interplex Soprec, SAS, a custom metal stamping and insert molding company and a division of Interplex Industries, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the assets of IMTEC Besançon, a France-based custom precision metal stamping company.
IMTEC Besançon specializes in precision stamped and drawn metal components, utilizing stamping presses ranging from 30 to 200 tons in size. The company provides its services to the automotive, aerospace and construction industries.
“We are pleased to have the IMTEC Besançon team join Interplex,” said Christian Millet, Interplex Soprec’s President. “The company has nearly seventy-five years of history producing sophisticated precision metal components and complements Interplex’s current manufacturing capability. The acquisition also allows Interplex Soprec to further diversify our customer base and the markets we support”
Interplex Soprec will integrate IMTEC Besançon’s employees and equipment into its current manufacturing facility located in Dannemarie sur Crete close to Besançon. The integration is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009 in order to increase operational efficiency.
Founded in 1958 Interplex Industries, Inc. is headquartered in College Point, NY. The company continues to expand its technology and capabilities in the areas of product design and application development services, metal etching, prototyping, tool design and build, precision metal stamping, die casting, precision machining, plating and finishing, insert and injection molding, assembly and full scale automation services around the world. Interplex currently provides its services to the communications, electronics, industrial, medical and automotive markets and has facilities in the United States, Mexico, China, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Korea, Scotland, France, Germany and Hungary.