New Products Provide Molders With Tighter Temperature Control, Enhanced User Friendliness in a more Compact Package, at an Attractive Price

Sterling, VA (September 11, 2001) . . . Gammaflux L.P. has expanded its presence in Asia by hiring a new sales representative firm for China.

Pearly Machineries, Ltd. of Hong Kong will sell and service Gammaflux products throughout China. The company has 37 employees and in addition to their headquarters in Hong Kong, has branch offices in Shanghai, Dong Guan, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Vic Chudoba, Director of Far East Operations and located in Ube, Japan, said that Pearly's experience will be a great benefit for Gammaflux customers. "They have been in business for 20 years, and have a lot of valuable experience in the Chinese plastics industry," he said. "Their geographic coverage of the country is excellent, and we are confident they will provide our customers with excellent service and support."

Gammaflux opened their Far East office in January 2000 to establish a direct presence in Asia. Gammaflux has four direct locations, with additional distributor locations worldwide. In addition to the new Japan location and the company's two locations in the U.S. in Sterling, VA and Rockford, IL, Gammaflux has a direct European office, Gammaflux Europe GmbH in Wiesbaden, Germany, which opened in January 1997.

Based in Sterling, Va. U.S.A., Gammaflux L.P. is a leading supplier of hot runner temperature control systems to the plastics injection molding industry. Long known for innovation in control technology, Gammaflux developed the first products to anticipate temperature changes, sense wiring and heater problems, and react instantly to avoid serious mold damage. Combining digital capabilities with precision analog control, Gammaflux systems enable the user to achieve centralized command of molding systems and retrieve critical data for performance analysis. The company serves the automotive, medical, packaging, electronics, household products, and tool building markets.