HPM opens new Division in Tennessee.

HPM Div. of Taylor's Industrial Services in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, has opened a new office in Cleveland, Tenn., to focus on a new "continuous vacuum forming" (CVF) system. CVF is an adaptation of a process for extruding corrugated pipe with two looped chains of vacuum molds that form the corrugations. HPM intends to use CVF to make a continuous chain of discrete parts from an extruded tube. CVF is said to be a lower cost, higher output alternative to blow molding or injection for some applications.

HPM hired Chris Turner and Hal Minderman to head its new CVF Systems operation. Turner, who is product manager, says potential uses for CVF include bottles and containers automotive under-hood components, toys, and medical parts. Turner came to HPM from Cullom Machine Tool & Die (now part of Modern Machine Corp.), also in Cleveland, Tenn., where development started on non-pipe uses of CVF. Minderman, project engineer for HPM CVF Systems, held the same position at Cullom, where he designed a new line of CVF machinery. Tel: [phone], www.taylorsind.com