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News Release from: Arrk PDG
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 04 October 2001
French prototyping company joins
expanding group
Arrk has purchased a majority shareholding in French prototyping company, LCO-Protomoule, which offers Stereolithography, Selective Laser Sintering, Fused Deposition Modelling and more
European Rapid Product Development Specialist, Arrk is pleased to announce that it has purchased a majority shareholding in French prototyping company, LCO-Protomoule, based just outside Annecy, near the Swiss border Arrk is one of the world's leading rapid product development (RPD) specialists, helping many leading companies from the Automotive, Telecommunications, Aerospace and Household Appliance industries to develop their new products in exceptionally short timescales using some of the latest technologies and processes known to the industry
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The purchase, which has just been completed for an undisclosed sum, sees the Arrk Group investing even further into the French market having already purchased another major shareholding in Paris-based prototyping company Larher, earlier this year.
Peter Rawson, Managing Director for Arrk PDG in Europe, is delighted to have secured one of the leading prototyping businesses in the country and considers this to be a major step forward in Arrk's continued growth across Europe.
Employing just over 35 people, LCO-Protomoule services the needs of a variety of businesses from Medical, Telecommunications, Automotive and Aerospace industries, by providing an alternative range of prototyping solutions, which will complement not only Arrk's existing operations in France but also the Group's sites globally.
French LCO Company Directors, Serge Briee and Christian Duchoud, will continue to drive the company forward, as it develops the business in France, Italy and Switzerland.
LCO provides a range of prototyping solutions from Stereolithography, Selective Laser Sintering, Fused Deposition Modelling, using the latest 'Maxum' machine, which is ideal for building large parts, through to injection moulding and tooling.
Both LCO Company Directors, commented that they were excited to be part of the Arrk team and that they looked forward to significantly growing the business.
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