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Japan's Ube Machinery (North American operation in Ann Arbor, Mich.) has bought the injection molding machine division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).  The move was spurred by the worldwide growth in large injection molding machines sales for automotive, where both machine builders are significant players, UBE said in a press release,

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U-MHI Platech will remain in Itasca, Ill., where it will furnish service and parts for the former Mitsubishi Injection Molding Machines.

UBE  will continue to provide 24/7 parts and service for all UBE presses in the U.S. and Canada. UBE Machinery Inc. has been assembling machinery in Ann Arbor 1996.