http://www.martinauto.com Copyright 2000-2013 Martin Automatic, Inc. en-us http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=78 Central de Empaques SA (CEMSA), part of Grupo Industrial EEC founded in Guatemala City in 1981, has installed an OMET VaryFlex 2 line at CEMSPACK, its new paper cup production facility near Mexico City. The 670mm wide OMET press, which has five UV-flexo printing units, a single rotary die-cutting station, and a delivery conveyor, has been specified with a Martin Automatic MBX butt splicer to allow continuous running. April 24, 2013 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=77 Label Technology, Merced, CA, has installed a Martin butt splicer on a new MPS EXL660 flexible packaging press. The MBSF splicer matches the high productivity specifications of the 10-unit, 26-inch digital servo drive press, unwinding and splicing paper and unsupported films, including 48g PET, at speeds to 750 fpm. March 14, 2013 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=76 With the addition of a new Martin MBSF butt splicer on a new 13" Nilpeter SG3300 press, El Paso, Texas-based General Labels increased their production throughput by nearly 40%. December 15, 2012 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=75 GEWA Etiketten GmbH, one of the leading German wine and spirit label printers, based in Bingen, has come up with a new way of attracting investment support from the German government by demonstrating its capability to reduce energy consumption. The scheme, which was instigated at GEWA by Production Director, Uwe Refflinghaus, and monitored by Klaus Wilhelm Bohr (Dipl.-Ing), involved the independent Ingenieurüro Kautz from Darmstadt. December 02, 2012 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=74 Rockford, IL - USA Martin Automatic will again participate at Labelexpo India 2012. Located in booth E17, the company will showcase the MBSC butt splicer, its newest non-stop unwind for narrow web label printers. August 31, 2012 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=73 (Rockford IL) Martin Automatic premiered a splice sample closet on their stand at Drupa 2012 . Visitors to the stand were able to see an impressive range of substrates that the company has handled in its unwinding, rewinding and tension control equipment. "Today people want equipment that can run soup to nuts, as we say in America. They want to know that their equipment can handle not only what they are running today, but also what they might run several years from today," reports Gavin Rittmeyer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Martin Automatic. Samples included taped butt and overlap splices on paper and film substrates, heatseal butt and overlap splices on nonwoven webs, and even hotmelt adhesive splices on fiberglass. The wide spectrum of materials and splices clearly surprised several attendees. June 20, 2012 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=72 Samsung Gumbak Card Line Co., Ltd. was founded 40 years ago by Mr. Han Jae-Guk. The Seoul printing company began with hot stamping on name cards and expanded its' business field to printing wedding invitations, Christmas cards & New Year's cards. The company has grown to its present size of 180 employees, and its printing and decorating facility operates around the clock, 6 days a week. Sales revenue grew by more than 12% in 2011, and near double-digit growth is projected for 2012, to more than USD$ 35 million. June 07, 2012 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=70 (ROCKFORD, IL - USA) - Underlining its continued support for technical training in the printing and converting industries, Martin Automatic is providing a new butt splicing unwind and automatic transfer rewind to French association 5i Conseil. May 20, 2012 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=71 Martin Automatic gave the growing pressure-sensitive label market its first reliable, cost-effective unwind for non-stop production in 1985 with the transformative MB butt splicer. More than 25 years later, Martin continues to introduce more 'firsts' for the global label and package printing community. May 20, 2012 http://www.martinautomatic.com/news.php?id=69 After installation of the latest automatic unwind splicer at custom adhesive coater Acucote, the company's vice president of manufacturing, Paul Sanborn, discusses the role of non-stop automation and the importance of addressing technical questions with equipment suppliers. May 14, 2012