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By Tom Bezigian, PLC Technologies, PFFC Contributor
Nordmeccanica celebrated its new permanent location in Hauppauge, New York with a grand opening and open house on June 2, 2015. It truly was a grand affair, with 120 attendees from many different countries, technical presentations, a live machine demonstration, and in keeping with Italian style and tradition, food and wine. Nearly two-thirds of the attendees were converters who were very interested in witnessing the lamination of 5 micron (0.00020") aluminum foil, the first time such a feat has been done in North America according to Giancarlo Caimmi, commercial director of Nordmeccanica NA.
For those familiar with Nordmeccanica 's former office on Long Island, the new one is only about three miles away and is now their permanent North American headquarters office, showroom, and warehouse. Shown below is the official ribbon cutting ceremony, performed by Vicki Bakos, office manager; Alfredo Cerciello, financial director-Nordmeccanica Group; Vincenzo Cerciello, president-Nordmeccanica NA; Giancarlo Caimmi, commercial director-Nordmeccanica Group; and Antonio Cerciello, member of the board of Nordmeccanica Group. Suffice it to say, the event was fun, and done in Italian style and grandeur.
In a press release following the event, Nordmeccanica indicated that the 80 or so of the attendees were converters, with the remainder being suppliers, educational, consultants and industry association members representing the following companies: Admiral Packaging; AIMCAL; Ampac; Amerifilm; Ashland; Balcan Plastics; Berry Plastics; Bondex; Cadillac Products; CPP; Coim; Consolidated Packaging; Converting Quarterly; Custom Laminating; Dow Chemical; Emerald Packaging; Enercon Industries Corp.; FilmTech; First Quality; Flexo Transparent; Flexstar Packaging; Flexible Packaging Assn.; Flexographic Technical Assn.; Garlock Printing; Golden Eagle Extrusion; Griff Paper and Film; HBC Packaging; HB Fuller; Henkel Liofol; Hydro; Interflex Group; Inteplast; Kennametal; Jean Landry & Co.; Josh Packaging; LallyPack; LPS Industries; Multifilm; Pentaflex; Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC); Poly Craft; Prolamina; Propal; Pure Pack Technologies; Robbie Mfg.; Ship & Shore; Starflex; Sterling; SunChemical; Ultra Flex; Vonco Products.
Background of the Host
Nordmeccanica claims to be the world's largest manufacturer of coating and laminating machinery with an estimated 70% global market share and more than 2,700 installations worldwide. Their product range covers an extensive number of technologies from the very compact family of Simplex laminators with manual unwinds and winders to the top range of fully-automatic,...