Fu Chun Shin pursuing high-end molders

Injection molding machine manufacturer Fu Chun Shin (FCS; Tainan, Taiwan) has worked with Japan’s RKC Instrument Inc. to develop a new control for molding machinery for FCS’s hybrid (hydraulic/electric) AF series of injection molding machines. FCS, RKC, and Tai Yu, RKC’s Taiwanese agent, signed a strategic alignment contract recently whereby FCS will adopt the newly developed controller for its AF Series this year. According the machinery OEM, the new controls should help it market its machines for higher-end molding applications.

To cut its costs, FCS has manufacturing facilities in China at Ningbo and Donguan. With the new controls, the firm hopes to attract processors willing to look beyond low price.

FCS previously worked with FujiSeiki to develop the Light Guide Plate molding technique. The firm is one of the few publicly listed manufacturers of molding machinery. FCS has a sales network spread in more than 40 countries.

FCS has long sought out development partners. In 2004 Italian injection machine maker Italtech entered into an eight-year contract with FCS, whereby FCS manufactures Italtech''s full range of injection presses on an OEM basis in China. Italtech ceased production of standard machines in Italy, where it was manufacturing 200 per year. In 2003 FCS signed an agreement with Graham Machinery Group (York, PA) to manufacture that firm’s accumulator head blowmolding machinery for the Asian market. At last year’s Taipeiplas show, FCS was one of six injection machine suppliers announcing its involvement in a Taiwanese government-funded effort to develop all-electric machines based wholly on local components and technology.