C&J Industries Completes Phases I and II of Building Expansion

MEADVILLE, Pa., July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- C&J Industries announced today the completion of Phases I and II of their $6 million plant expansion. With these 2 Phases complete, C&J now has three Class VIII clean rooms that house a total of 25 Injection Molding presses. These presses range in size from 20 Ton, .56 oz shot to 390 Ton, 37.5 oz shot. Twenty-four of the machines are Toshiba all-electric presses.

C&J has also opened a new and expanded QA Lab that is fully equipped to accommodate both new tooling and program development as well as on-going surveillance and monitoring of existing production.

Phase III of the building expansion will include the transfer of 17 presses from the General Molding Room to the soon-to-be-completed 12,000 sqft expansion. The new expansion will be a White Room that will house presses ranging in size from 55 Ton, 2 oz shot size to 720 Ton, 102 oz shot.

Phases IV and V of the building expansion and renovation will include converting the current contract manufacturing room into a White Assembly Room. The final phase of the project will include a Class VIII Medical Device Assembly Room. Updates on these additional phases of the project will be announced in the next 2-3 months.

C&J has positioned itself to rapidly handle any new plastic medical device or project. With the additional capability being brought online, C&J has increased its medical production capability by over 50 percent.

About C&J Industries: C&J Industries (http://www.cjindustries.com/) is a full-service pharmaceutical and medical contract manufacturing firm specializing in plastic product design and development, contract medical device assembly and medical injection molding components. In business for nearly 50 years, it is an industry leader in medical device manufacturing.

SOURCE C&J Industries, Inc.