Press Release - February, 2011

Automotive supplier’s expansion complete and production underway

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana– Feb 2011 – Serving the automotive industry, TASUS Corporation, a Midwestern plastic injection molder, is no stranger to critical time management and project launching.  TASUS (Tsuchiya Automotive Systems US) recently expanded to allocate 4000 square feet for larger tonnage presses to their existing 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Indiana. Construction started in November and a new 1450 metric ton injection molding press arrived in December. Also installed were two additional machine pads in anticipation of the need for additional large tonnage molding machines to meet customer needs.  A 20 ton crane was also purchased and installed to service the larger tonnage machines. The capital venture was successfully completed, on schedule.

With the added capability, TASUS will be positioned to meet the changing needs of customers in their core market base. The first program to pilot the new 1450T press is a headlight housing for the Toyota Highlander, with production starting in mid-2011.  Soon to follow are Honda and Nissan headlight housings with production to begin in early 2012.  As a result of the growth, TASUS has added five new employees to its workforce.

About TASUS Corporation

TASUS Corporation, a TS16949 and ISO14001 certified manufacturing facility, is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana. Primary capabilities include injection molding (150 ton – 1450 ton), value-added assemblies, various welding applications, IMD (in-mold decorating), and leak testing. TASUS is a Tier One supplier to Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America and a Tier Two supplier to OEM automotive and communication markets. TASUS is among 24 global companies in 32 locations owned by Tsuchiya Co., Ltd.