# Ube Machinery and MHIPT merge to form U-MHI Platech

Ube Machinery Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., Ltd. have agreed to merge their injection molding businesses through a share transfer, forming U-MHI Platech Co., Ltd.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-01-12
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: injection molding machines, plastic injection molding equipment
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Ube Machinery Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/16603.md)
- [Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology](https://endata.com/companies/16604.md) (partner)
- [U-MHI Platech](https://endata.com/companies/16605.md) (target)

## Sources

- [smart-molding.com](https://smart-molding.com/news/518), 2017-01-12: "Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd. of Ube Industries group, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., Ltd. of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries group (MHI), started discussing this integration project last summer."

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