KTI launches Modular Converting Systems

Keene Technology Incorporated, a global leader in splicing and turret rewinding for nonstop production in the printing, packaging, and converting industries will unveil its new Modular Converting Systems line at Labelexpo Americas.

Features include full rotary and semi rotary die cutting, flexographic print/coating stations, laminating stations, hot foil/cold foil, ink jet print, folding carton die cut, pharmaceutical inspection and error detection.

To compliment KTI’s core product line of various butt splicing and turret rewinding product, it will now manufacture and sell a complete series of modular converting products to address many applications in the label and tag, folding carton, ECL/booklets, digital finishing and non wovens segments of the industry. KTI says this will allow it to offer a truly turnkey option to any offline converting applications that face converters today.

Available in web widths of 10 inches to 32 inches, the modular capability also allows KTI to offer a machine that fills its client’s needs for efficient and lean work flow, optimal performance and thru put and marginal waste. Along with its well known unwinds and rewinds, KTI can now supply a converter a virtual nonstop production system all from one single source manufacturer. The system is built from the operators point of view making it much more user friendly and consequently a more productive profit generator within its environment by reducing wasted setup and make ready time. The equipment is claimed to make the operator more efficient. 

The KTI product line also offers equipment that can be reconfigured or added to, as the need of the work changes, with the simple addition of the needed modules to perform the task.  

‘The new path for KTI has been driven by our large customer base and their need to source a turnkey solution from one manufacturer that can control the entire process from the beginning to the end. The requirements by the industries were serve have driven us to become more technically advanced, resulting in high efficiency production capabilities with less down time and substantially more production at the end of every shift for our customers’ said Andre’ Beaudoin, KTI.