Automotive supplier Matcor-Matsu invests in a transfer-system upgrade to breathe new life into an aging big-bed press. The flexibility and expanded motion profile of the transfer system has opened the door to new business, including customer-takeover tools. When a used 1500-ton transfer press arrived, in 1989, at an automotive-stamping and assembly facility in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, the press' mechanical transfer system proved more than adequate for handling the work being handed down from the company's OEM and Tier One customers. Fast forward to today, and the plant now is one of seven production facilities owned and operated by Tier One supplier Matcor-Matsu-two in Canada and one each in Ohio, Michigan, Alabama and Saltillo, Mexico. By the time Matcor-Matsu took over the Barrie plant in 2014, the above-mentioned press (an Aida mechanical model with 5500 by 2300-mm bed) had been idle for some time, according to Kevin Moore, the company's technical support services manager.
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