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Vetaphone boosts its support for American customers
As part of its strategic plan to expand business in the US, the inventor and leading manufacturer of corona surface treatment – Vetaphone – has moved to boost after-sales support to its rapidly growing list of printers, laminators, converters, and extruders. The investment in a new spare parts facility and supply service in Richardson, TX is designed to offer Vetaphone users quick access to routine parts for its surface treatment systems with a promise of next day delivery.
Vetaphone initially opened its parts supply service for American customers back in 2017, but the business has grown so fast in the past five years that the need for a larger and more streamlined facility became urgent. Speaking for Vetaphone, Wisconsin-based Support Technician Eric Hopfensperger stated: “Our original spare parts supply was opened to counter accusations that as a European manufacturer we couldn’t support our customers as quickly as a US company. It soon proved to be a great asset with business ramping up once customers saw how quickly we could respond, and it’s just gotten a whole lot better since.”
The new spare parts warehouse, which has its own dedicated team to offer rapid support and quick turnaround time, is being hosted by The Harman Company, which represents Vetaphone in the southern USA, including Texas and the surrounding states. It is well-situated close by the major hub of DFW airport, making next day delivery to most of North America an easy task. “We estimate to have up to 90% of all routine parts in stock for our corona systems, and all sizes of electrodes up to 60 inches.” Hopfensperger added.
With no significant time zone difference or language issues to contend with that might delay order processing, Vetaphone’s American customers are now assured of the best quality back-up available in the market. In the three months since it opened, the new spare parts operation has made almost 200 shipments.
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Hubbub and Starbucks launch £1m Bring It Back Fund to boost reuse
A £1 million Bring It Back Fund launched today by Hubbub in partnership with Starbucks aims to increase reuse and remove barriers to reusable packaging in the food and beverage industry. The fund aims to enable innovative new ideas for systems that make it easier for customers to use alternatives to single-use packaging.
The Bring It Back Fund will support pilot projects that help shift people’s habits through behaviour change, incentives, research projects, new technology, innovative applications of existing technology, expansion of existing successful reuse systems, or developing entirely new service models. Up to five projects will each receive grants of between £150,000-£300,000 for a year. Applications close at 17:00 on 24 June 2022.
Development of the Bring It Back Fund has been informed by Starbucks and Hubbub’s ongoing initiatives to drive the uptake of reuse, including the Cup, Cup and Away campaign at Gatwick Airport, with further insights coming from new polling of UK adults to identify some of the most common barriers to reuse. The fund will seek to address these barriers, which include misconceptions that it might not be clean or hygienic (38%), might cost more (31%) or is inconvenient to carry or store (28%). According to a 2019 UK study by environmental charity Hubbub, over a third (36%) of people don’t use a reusable cup every time they buy a hot drink because they simply forget their cup. Reuse and refill has also been set back by the Covid-19 pandemic, with 1 in 5 people worried about catching Covid from reusable items like cups and cutlery.
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Markus Lehmann appointed area sales manager
Davis-Standard has appointed Markus Lehman as area sales manager, representing Davis-Standard’s German subsidiary ER-WE-PA GmbH. In his new role, Mr Lehmann will be responsible for capital equipment and converting machinery sales in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, as well as the Benelux, Middle Eastern and Scandinavian regions. Mr Lehmann brings more than 28 years of experience to this position, having worked at
Reinhardt Technik, Atlas Converting, Kampf, Nordson, Stepah Technology and EMG Automation, among others. He has extensive technical knowledge in supporting customers with solutions- based technology that promotes efficiency, high outputs, and sustainability goals. Mr Lehman has a degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from the University of applied science in Cologne, Germany.
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CON-JUL20-ACCUDYNE:CON-JUL20-ACCUDYNE 07/08/2020 15:05 Page 1 ACCU DYNE TEST ™Marker Pens
• Fast, accurate on-line measurement of surface wetting and treat level by printers, coaters, laminators, and metallizers
• 22 Standard levels, from 30 through 72 dynes/cm
• Formulated from 100% reagent grade constituents, per ISO 8296 Made in the U.S.A. Available directly in Europe and the U.K. from these authorized agents:
Dyne Testing Ltd., Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK, (44) 1543 411460;
www.dynetesting.com (private labeled) Vetaphone A/S, Kolding, Denmark, (45) 76 300-333;
www.vetaphone.com (private labeled) Jarp Benelux, Almere, Nederland, (31) 36 260 00 16;
www.jarp.nl
Drukservice Sp.z.o.o., Brzoza, Poland, (48) 52 3201818;
biuro@drukservice.com.pl Diversified Enterprises, Claremont, NH 03743 U.S.A.
www.accudynetest.com
6 June 2022
www.convertermag.com
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