FEATURE Slitting & Rewinding Mexico’s vote of confidence in
Titan slitter rewinder technology It was a fitting tribute to Titan in its 50th Anniversary year that sales of its range of slitter rewinders far exceeded expectations for Atlas Converting Equipment – none more so than in North America
Last year, Atlas Converting Equipment celebrated 50 years of supplying its range of Titan slitting and rewinding products. To mark the occasion, special '50th Anniversary' Open House events were held at the Atlas site in Bedford, UK, where the latest Titan slitter rewinder technology
was demonstrated.
The company is also celebrating hugely positive sales figures of the Titan range, with an exceeding amount in North America. In addition to USA and Canada, many of Mexico’s leading converters have recently installed various Titan slitter rewinders, which reflects the continuing expansion and development of the flexible packaging sector in Mexico. The converting industry there maintains a very high standard of quality in all processes – from film production through to coating, laminating, metallising, printing, and slitting and rewinding. Mexico has always been a very important export market for both Atlas and Titan slitter rewinders. Many of the country’s producers of plastic film have installed Atlas primary film slitters on their
film production lines over the decades, since Atlas was established in 1976. However, it is Mexico’s many leading converters of flexible packaging materials who have benefitted from the advanced reliability of Titan’s high performance slitting and rewinding solutions. “Titan commissioned several machines in Mexico during 2014, including the compact ER610 duplex model, the latest SR9-DT Dual Turret rewinder, and also the SR8 duplex slitter rewinder,” explains Thierry Fontolliet, general manager of Atlas Converting North America (based in Charlotte, North Carolina), who is responsible for all sales, service and customer support in North America, including Mexico. “The Titan customer portfolio in Mexico includes many of the country’s key players in converting flexible materials.”
Supporting the market In its 50 year history, a significant number of Titan slitter rewinders have been commissioned in Mexico and, together with the larger Atlas slitter rewinders, there are now more than 100 installations across the country. Many of the older machines have
also been upgraded to improve productivity. Atlas and Titan customers are well supported with a locally based Mexican Service Engineer and Spanish language staff available for all spare parts requirements at Atlas Converting North America. The recently launched Atlas and Titan website is also now available in Spanish as well as English and French to further support the company’s global customer base.
Meeting industry demands The Titan SR9 Series, launched in 2012, provides solutions for both duplex and dual turret rewinding and has been designed to meet the high volume and high productivity levels that the flexible packaging sector demands. It is available in 1,650mm and 2,250mm machine widths and many new features provide high performance, high productivity and high quality rewind reels at running speeds of up to 1,000m/min. The Titan ER610 slitter rewinder is also available in two widths – 1,350 and 1,650mm – with slit widths as narrow as 25mm at speeds up to 450m/min, with a 550m/min option also available. Its ‘one-piece’ design enables rapid installation and commissioning and more than 150 machines of this model are now in operation world-wide, with many now in Mexico and the USA. The Titan range of slitter rewinders can
process a wide spectrum of flexible materials including plain, printed, coated or metallised films from 20 to 200 micron, a wide range of flexible packaging, laminates, label materials and also paper from 30 to 200 gsm. The Titan range of slitter rewinders were first built in London in 1964; since then it won the Queen's Award for Export Achievement in 1985. Today, Titan develops sustainable solutions with reduced power consumption, no hydraulics for oil-free, hygienic operation and un-lubricated compressed air for zero oil and air emissions.
The Titan SR9-DT Dual Turret rewinder was sold to an important converter from Mexico 12
May 2015
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