Ceramic Technologies

STAUNTON, Va.—In an effort to offer a compliment to its premium Endurium slitting blades for the plastic film conversion and extrusion markets, Specialty Blades Inc. agreed to purchase the blade business from Ceramic Technologies. Jeff Epstein, Founder and President of Ceramic technologies stated that, "for the past 15 years, Ceramic Technologies has been dedicated to providing innovative coated industrial razor blades to the plastic film industries. Specialty Blades shares that spirit of innovation. Combining the two companies' product lines will create the most complete offering on the market. Customers will be able to optimize blade selection for each of their applications through one supplier,

Options abound for printers seeking to bring the slitting department up to par with newer presses and other primary equipment. by Susan Friedman When it comes to equipment upgrade priorities, package printers have traditionally pushed slitters toward the back of the line. Technology is now in place to end productivity imbalances caused by using older slitters with more advanced pressroom machinery. "The slitting department has become a bottleneck because slitting equipment made in the 1960s has stayed in use while presses, laminators and other equipment are being updated," observes Randy Wolf, sales manager at Titan Converting Equipment, Cumming, GA. On-par productivity Advanced slitter productivity