Southfield, MI - A new three-story building, located in Walworth Wisconsin, houses the cell manufacturing for much of the company’s fluid reservoir and engine cover business. There are 11 injection-molding machines installed in the new plant, with capacity ranging from to 500 to 1100 ton. The new facility has the space for 30 machines and is equipped to handle presses up to 2,200 tons. This project coupled with the new tooling facility, which opened in 2001, gives MPC added capacity and expertise. The expansion plans began in early 2001 when a building was purchased along with the adjacent land, in the Walworth Industrial Park. The renovated build is now home to the tooling company and research and development department.

In 1974, the original MPC building located in Walworth Industrial Park was 7,000 square feet. The company’s total square footages in the same industrial park is currently 212,500 square feet.

MPC’s original product focus was check valves for by pass systems to delay the vacuum advance in the automotive engines, to meet federal regulations. Today, MPC in addition to check valves is manufacturing shields, covers, reservoirs, air ducts, PCV valves, connectors, oil caps, tubular components and service ports. MPC has clearly gone from miniature to mega.

MPC is a leading automotive original equipment manufacturer of molded and extruded thermoplastic components and assemblies for the major manufacturers. Headquartered in Walworth, Wisconsin, the company has sales of $131 million with an average annual growth rate of 15% since 1992. MPC a privately held, since 1972, employs 1500 people, in six manufacturing locations, located in the USA and Mexico. Sales offices are located in Southfield, MI, Walworth, WI, and Japan.