In the early 1980's a privately owned injection molding company based in
Tamworth, England, started the development of a new plastics processing
technology that would, over the next 20 years, revolutionise the way
plastic injection molded parts were designed and manufactured.

The process involved injecting a "controlled" quantity of an inert gas
(Nitrogen) under pressure, directly into a plastic melt, to form
continuous "hollow" channels throughout the part. The process known as
"Controlled Internal Pressure” moldings became the acronym for the
company name "CINPRES".

Commercial production of plastic moldings using the new Cinpres
technology started in 1984 and one year later the company Cinpres
Limited was formed to commercially develop and license the technology on
a global basis.

In 1992, Gas Injection Limited was formed, with the express intention of
making the technology more user-friendly, from both a technological and
commercial viewpoint.

Over the next nine years both companies continued to develop specific
areas of the technology with Cinpres concentrating on application
development activities in Europe and the USA, and GIL specialising in the
development and manufacture of a new generation of world-leading gas
injection equipment.

In 2001 both companies were brought together in a merger following
acquisition of GIL by Cinpres' parent company BI Group to utilise the
"synergy" of both organisations and create the world's market leading
company in Gas Assisted Molding (GAM) technology.

The new company, led by Managing Director Jon Butler, has brought
together a team of plastics professionals with over 100 years of
experience in plastic processing, and with the stated aim of
continuously developing both equipment and process technologies to
ensure that Cinpres Gas Injection Limited offers its customers the best
equipment, service and design engineering support in the industry.

The company has the widest product range in the market and is the
longest established brand in the assisted injection molding industry.

Cinpres world leading gas controllers are supported by an extensive
range of nitrogen gas generation systems. All Cinpres products are
designed and manufactured with quality, reliability and precision as
standard. Customers with just one machine or up to 40
machines involved in gas molding are being supplied with high-pressure
nitrogen.

Cinpres offers customers a continuing before and after sales service,
including training in the design of gas moldings, operation of the
equipment, and in applying the process correctly. Cinpres aims to ensure
that all of their customers have the necessary "hands on" initial
training and support to ensure that the technology can be "seamlessly
integrated" into a customers' manufacturing process with the shortest of
learning curves.
GAM Ancillaries - Cinpres offers a full range of ancillaries for gas molding, including in-mold and in-nozzle gas injectors.

Cinpres has established a worldwide network of Distributors and Agents
and has established a leading position in Europe, South East Asia, North
America and Pacific Rim countries. Distributors employ engineers trained by
Cinpres to provide a local technical service.

In Germany, Cinpres' associate, Stieler Kunststoff Service based in
Goslar, offers comprehensive services to the extensive German molding
industry. SKS works in partnership with Cinpres to bring new
technologies to the marketplace which offer substantial benefits for their customers. Cinpres continually adds new versions of GAM and other injection molding processes.

Cinpres UK headquarters, and the base for all equipment manufactured, is at Prosperity Court, Prosperity Way, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 0GD, United Kingdom.