Packaging
Atlas looks set to celebrate its 40th Anniversary and a bumper year at the K Show
Thursday 06. October 2016 - Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd. (UK) will present its range of Primary & secondary slitter rewinders at the K Show in Düsseldorf, Germany from 19th - 26th October on Stand 3B91 in Hall 3.
2016 is looking to be another bumper year for Atlas Converting Equipment with orders significantly ahead of the previous year and with the scheduled delivery of three 10.5m primary slitter rewinders in 2016!
Established in 1976, the Atlas Converting brand was the pioneer of the slitting and rewinding and today, 40 years later remains one of the premium brands in the industry.
Specialising in the design and manufacture of primary and secondary slitter rewinders for a wide range of flexible materials including plain and metallized plastic film, labelstock, paper & board.
Being one of the first companies to develop slitting and rewinding machines to handle unwind widths of over 5m Atlas quickly became the Industry leader in primary slitting and rewinding.
By continuing to push the boundaries of engineering and process control, modern Atlas slitter rewinders can accommodate 10.6m wide unwind rolls and process them at a staggering speeds, up to 1500 m/min (5000ft/min).
With its brands of Atlas & Titan, Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd. is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of primary and secondary slitter rewinders for plastic films, label stock, laminates and other flexible materials. The company has to date installed more than 2.600 secondary Titan and 1000 Atlas primary slitter rewinders worldwide, with over 250 film slitters exceeding 6 metres (236 ins) in width.
Titan secondary slitters comprise of the small footprint ER610, the highly flexible SR800 and two models of the high productivity SR9 series, one a duplex slitter rewinder, the other a duplex turret machine allowing operators to get the machine up and running again in typically 30seconds from stop to start.
Stan Braycotton, Sales Director for Atlas Converting commented, “For 40 years we have developed equipment that meets the needs of our customers and supports their ever increasing business demands. This hard work and customer focus has paid great dividends with 2016 looking to be another great year for us, we have significantly grown our order book and will be delivering three 10.5m primary plus several secondary Slitter Rewinders this year”
Stan also commented, “We will be using the K-Show to celebrate our 40 years of slitting & rewinding innovation and welcome customers old and new as well as anyone else to join us in celebrating our anniversary and discussing any slitting and rewinding challenges they are facing.”