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K-Tron Completes Purchase of
Chinese Business
 Pitman,
NJ -- K-Tron International, Inc. reported that is has closed
its previously announced agreement to acquire certain assets
of Wuxi Chenghao Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Wuxi Chenghao”), a
privately-owned company in the People’s Republic of China.
The purchased assets were transferred from the seller to a
newly-created Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise established by
K-Tron which will conduct business under the name Wuxi
K-Tron Colormax Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Wuxi K-Tron
Colormax”).
The
total cost of the transaction over a five-year period,
including the purchase price and payments under related
employment and other arrangements with Wuxi Chenghao’s
owner, could be as much as approximately $3.5 million.
Wuxi
K-Tron Colormax will be located in Luoshe Key Open
Industrial Park, Wuxi City, in the Huishan district of
Jiangsu province, approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai.
The company will initially employ approximately 65 people
and will design, manufacture, market and service volumetric
and gravimetric single and twin screw feeders and controls,
vibratory trays, pelletizers and pneumatic screen changers
for use in plastics compounding and injection molding
processes.
Wuxi
K-Tron Colormax will become the newest member of K-Tron’s
Process Group, a leading global supplier of feeding and
pneumatic conveying equipment to companies in the process
industries. Sales and operations of the WFOE will be the
responsibility of Mr. Wang Hongliang, the seller’s owner.
Commenting on the acquisition, K-Tron Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer Edward B. Cloues, II said, “The domestic
Chinese feeder market represents a significant growth area
for our Process Group. K-Tron has served the upper-tier PRC
market for many years by selling its feeding equipment
primarily to multinational end users through resellers, such
as engineering firms, in Europe and the United States,
through independent sales representatives in the PRC and by
providing support through a Representative Office in
Shanghai which we opened in 1996."
Cloues continues, "Our
new WFOE, Wuxi K-Tron Colormax, provides us with the
opportunity to sell Chinese designed and manufactured
feeders and related equipment to Chinese customers in local
currency. The establishment of Wuxi K-Tron Colormax is a
major step forward in K-Tron’s strategic plan to expand our
global leadership position in feeding and pneumatic
conveying equipment for difficult to handle materials.”
K-Tron International, Inc. and its subsidiaries design,
produce, market and service material handling equipment and
systems for a wide variety of industrial markets. The
Company has manufacturing facilities in the United States,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of
China, and its equipment is sold throughout the world.
Web site:
http://www.ktron.com/
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Martin Workshop on Improving
Belt Conveyors
 Neponset,
IL -- Martin Engineering, the supplier of systems and
services to improve the handling of bulk solids, will host
one of the Martin Foundations Workshops on improving belt
conveyor operations May 16, 2007.
The
workshop will discuss “Operations and Maintenance of Clean
and Safe Belt Conveyors.” Topics featured will include:
sources for fugitive material, the causes and cures for belt
damage, the ways to correct belt mistracking, the value of
wear liners to improve transfer points sealing, the matching
of belt cleaners to application conditions, and tips on
improving safety, working conditions, and profitability.
Leading the workshop will be Larry Goldbeck, Martin
Engineering’s Manager of Conveyor Technology. Goldbeck has
more than 30 years of “real world” experience in improving
the operation of belt conveyors. For the last ten years he
has presented this workshop to enthusiastic audiences of
operators and managers around the world.
The
May 16 edition of the Martin Foundations Workshop will be
presented from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM at Martin Engineering’s
headquarters in Neponset, Illinois.
The
fee for the workshop is $250, which covers fees and supplies
for up to five representatives per company. To encourage
discussion, each workshop is designed for a minimum of ten
and a maximum of 30 participants.
Martin
Engineering can also arrange the presentation of the Martin
Foundations Workshop at operating production facilities
around the world.
For
additional information or to make a workshop reservation,
send an email to
ginib@martin-eng.com or call 1-800-544-2947.
Founded in 1944, Martin Engineering is the world leader in
making bulk materials handling cleaner, safer, and more
productive. Martin Engineering technologies control dust and
spillage from belt conveyors and promote the movement of
bulk solids from storage and through industrial processes.
Web
site:
http://www.martin-eng.com/
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High Temp Fluidizer for Dry Bulk
Applications
 Minneapolis,
MN -- Solimar Pneumatics, a leader in the dry bulk handling
industry, recently introduced a new high-temperature
fluidizer disk. Used to promote the discharge of dry powders
from storage silos, dust collectors, weigh bins and filters,
this new fluidizer withstands temperatures from -50° to
450°F (-45°to 230°C).
This
severe conditions performance provides piece of mind for
storage and transport of fly ash storage, cement
manufacturing and steel mill applications.
Solimar offers a family of silo fluidizers that enable a
uniform flow of most dry bulk materials through aeration and
hopper wall vibration. The fluidizer disk distributes air
along the bin wall, freeing up product evenly and
efficiently while minimum back pressure ensures energy is
directed within the walls of the silo or storage container.
 Click
image to see Solimar Fluidizer animation!
Gentle
vibration aids in product flow and ensures no compacting or
plugging. The patented silicone rubber disk seals tightly
against the silo wall to prevent airline plugging and will
not tear or pick up moisture. These combined performance
characteristics help prevent bridging, rat holing and
compacting.
Solimar Pneumatics specializes in dry bulk handling products
including silo fluidizers, hopper access doors, disk and
plate fluidizers for trailers and automatic manhole covers
for trailers.
For
more information contact:
Solimar Pneumatics
7256 Commerce Circle
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Telephone: 800-233-7109 or 763-574-1820
Fax: 763-574-1822
Web site:
http://www.solimarpneumatics.com/
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PRIMS Software Installed at PA Bakery
 Brightwaters,
NY - Focus Works Inc. reseller, Allan Ferrin, of
Cornerstone Automation, completed his first install of
PRIMS Software last week at the Stroehmann's Bakery
Plant in Pennsylvania.
PRIMS is recipe software for
PLC controlled ingredient batching systems. It allows
the user to create formulations and production schedules
for the mixers and send them to the ingredient system
PLCs. The batching is automated, scaling deviations and
ingredient usages are recorded.
"The startup went very well,"
said Alan Ferrin. "The great part was not having any
programming to do on the computer software side." The
customer's operators and managers were extremely pleased
with the system, its ease of use and functionality.
"The PRIMS system was one
tenth the work and time to put in and the customer got a
much better system, a more robust system that was easier
to use with a ton more features," Ferrin continued.
Focus Works Inc. provides
unique out-of-the-box software for factory automation.
Our products are designed for the non-technical customer
who needs a straight-forward solution that works. The
purpose of the software products is to provide a short
return on investment for manufacturing in these
industries.
For more information visit:
http://www.focus-works.com/
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K-Tron Completes Purchase of
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Martin Workshop on Improving
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High Temp Fluidizer for Dry
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