The common agreement between Athena Automation (Vaughan, Ontario) and Sipa (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), involving injection moulding systems for PET preforms, has come to an end. The two companies began a formal collaboration in late 2012 on equipment based around small and medium-sized injection moulding machines (with clamp forces of 150 and 300 tons) built by Athena and equipped with process and preform moulds built by Sipa. Working together has been an excellent experience for Sipa and Athena and both parties have benefitted from the collaboration.

Sipa will continue to support Athena in the area of PET preform injection moulding. Actual and future customers benefitting from the use of systems built by Athena and Sipa will continue to receive excellent support from both companies. Over the last three years, Sipa has demonstrated its capacity to integrate equipment from Athena with its own moulds and process technology, to provide customers with highly cost-effective and energy efficient production systems.