Elevating Packaging Excellence: The Art of Pleat Wrapping

23 Dec.,2024

 

Elevating Packaging Excellence: The Art of Pleat Wrapping

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What is Pleat Wrapping?

Pleat wrapping is a meticulous packaging technique that involves precisely folding paper or fabric around an object, resulting in a controlled swirl of neat pleats. Originating from Japanese gift-wrapping traditions, pleat wrapping has become a globally admired practice known for its elegance and versatility. With the ability to create a beautiful pleated finish, this technique is particularly well-suited for wrapping spherical and semi-spherical products like cheeses, cakes, Christmas puddings, bath bombs, and especially soaps.

Why Pleat Wrap?

The allure of pleat wrapping lies in its ability to elevate the presentation of products to new heights. By adding a layer of sophistication and attention to detail, pleat wrapping enhances the overall aesthetic appeal of the item, making it more enticing to customers. The controlled folds not only secure the product but also create a sense of anticipation and delight when unwrapping, adding an extra element of joy to the consumer experience.

Pleat Wrap or Bunch Wrapping?

When it comes to packaging, the choice between pleat wrapping and bunch wrapping depends on the desired aesthetic and presentation. Pleat wrapping offers a more uniform and elegant finish, with neatly controlled folds that exude luxury and sophistication. In contrast, bunch wrapping tends to be less uniform and structured, often lending a more casual and rustic charm. For products where a luxurious feel and precise presentation are desired, pleat wrapping is the preferred choice.

Automatic or Semi-automatic?

Advancements in technology have made pleat wrapping more efficient and accessible than ever before. Automatic pleat wrapping machines, like the CP Pleat Soap Wrapping Machine, offer high-speed production with speeds of up to 40-50 products per minute. These machines are fully automated, utilizing a variety of wrapping materials and sealing pleats with adhesive labels for a flawless finish. On the other hand, semi-automatic machines like the Pleat Wrapper Semi-Auto provide artisans with greater control and flexibility, allowing for customization to suit specific product sizes and designs.

Specializing in Soap

For soap manufacturers seeking to enhance the presentation of their products, pleat wrapping offers a compelling solution. The SWSA Soap Wrapping Machine specializes in creating a luxury feel with uniform and neat folds, elevating the visual appeal of each bar. Unlike bunch wrapping, which may result in less uniformity, pleat wrapping ensures a consistent and elegant finish that captivates customers and enhances the perceived value of the product.

In conclusion, pleat wrapping is more than just a packaging technique; it's an art form that transforms ordinary items into extraordinary gifts. Whether it's for soaps, confectioneries, or other spherical products, pleat wrapping adds a touch of elegance and sophistication that delights both the giver and the recipient.

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JCEM GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

Industrie Allmend 27

CH- Fulenbach / Switzerland,

: + 41 62 926 44 80

JCEM Inc.

River Green Circle

Louisville, KY

Toll-Free: +1-866-866-

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Website: www.jcem.ch

Contact Person: Chris Lyons

JCEM GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

Industrie Allmend 27

CH- Fulenbach / Switzerland, : + 41 62 926 44 80

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Contact Person: Jannis Christakos

TAG GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

An den Ritterhufen 5

D- Teltow / Germany

: + 49 21 ' + 49 0

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Contact Person: Martin Hilpert

JCEM Group, which includes JCEM GmbH (Switzerland), TAG GmbH (Germany) and JCEM INC (USA), is the global leader for all types of pleating equipment, offering the world's most innovative, efficient, and robust pleating systems available anywhere in the globe. Our equipment lineup consists of the latest generation P7 model which offers world-record pleating speeds, Turnkey Blade & Mini Pleat systems, Cabin Air lines, Custom requirements, and much more.

Pleating Systems & Equipment, LLC

132 Citizens Boulevard

Simpsonville, KY

: 1-502-722-

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Website: www.pseusa.com

Contact Person: Chris Pierce

As a leading supplier of high quality manufacturing equipment, Pleating Systems & Equipment offers a wide range of filter manufacturing solutions. Our product lines include: Precision CNC servo driven blade pleaters, high speed rotary pleaters, mini-pleat systems for glass and synthetics, cabin air production lines and much more. When it comes to cost effective high-end automated production lines, we are proven to be North America's choice from the top brands in filter manufacturing. PSE continuously runs multiple high-end contract pleating lines to accommodate customer's overflow pleating requirements & interim machine sale pleating. Our capabilities include 3-300mm pleat heights including glue bead application, complex multi-layer configurations of up to 10+ layers, inline slitting, and more.

Roth Composite Machinery GmbH

Forststrasse 3

Burgwald Germany

: + 49 (0) 152 015

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Website: https://www.roth-compositemachinery.com/EN/

Contact Person: Winfried Schaefer, Senior Sales Manager

Your Performance - Made by Roth Roth Composite Machinery GmbH are ranging the tailor-made solutions being offered for your technical requirements. We offer a worldwide extensive, high-performance machine program for your pleating production procedures. Every working widths and pleat heights can be realized. We develop a specific mechanical solution for you resulting in the decisive advantage in the market competition.

PLEATING: Superior Felt & Filtration

Ridgeview Drive

McHenry, IL

Toll-Free: 1-800-255- ' Fax: 1-815-759-

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Website: www.superiorfelt.com

Contact Persons: Dennis Cook (CEO), Mark Rath (Filtration Product Manager) and Ping Hao (Technical Nonwoven Product Manager). Superior Felt & Filtration, LLC is a global leader in the technical nonwovens industry. We provide injection molding, pleating, ultrasonic lamination, and finished goods contract manufacturing solutions for the medical, retail, and personal care markets. Offering a large inventory of spunbond, meltblown, spunlace and needlepunch roll goods. We also offer value-added adhesive coating, slitting, laminating, and dry fabricated sub-components. Our nonwoven market base solutions include cosmetic pads, medical wipes, wound care, hygienic, podiatry pads, and filtration for oxygen concentrators, respiratory, anesthesia, and CPAP filtration, as well as micron and sub-micron liquid and air filtration applications.

PLEATING CUSTOM:

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Contact Person: Jannis Christakos

TAG GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

An den Ritterhufen 5

D- Teltow / Germany

: + 49 21 ' + 49 0

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Contact Person: Martin Hilpert

JCEM Group, which includes JCEM GmbH (Switzerland), TAG GmbH (Germany) and JCEM INC (USA), is the global leader for all types of pleating equipment, offering the world's most innovative, efficient, and robust pleating systems available anywhere in the globe. Our equipment lineup consists of the latest generation P7 model which offers world-record pleating speeds, Turnkey Blade & Mini Pleat systems, Cabin Air lines, Custom requirements, and much more.

Pleating Systems & Equipment, LLC

132 Citizens Boulevard

Simpsonville, KY

: 1-502-722-

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Website: www.pseusa.com

Contact Person: Chris Pierce

As a leading supplier of high quality manufacturing equipment, Pleating Systems & Equipment offers a wide range of filter manufacturing solutions. Our product lines include: Precision CNC servo driven blade pleaters, high speed rotary pleaters, mini-pleat systems for glass and synthetics, cabin air production lines and much more. When it comes to cost effective high-end automated production lines, we are proven to be North America's choice from the top brands in filter manufacturing. PSE continuously runs multiple high-end contract pleating lines to accommodate customer's overflow pleating requirements & interim machine sale pleating. Our capabilities include 3-300mm pleat heights including glue bead application, complex multi-layer configurations of up to 10+ layers, inline slitting, and more!

Solent Technology, Inc.

85 Old Barnwell Road

West Columbia, SC

JCEM Inc.

River Green Circle

Louisville, KY

Toll-Free: +1-866-866-

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Website: www.jcem.ch

Contact Person: Chris Lyons

: 1-803-739- ' Fax: 1-803-739-

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Website: www.solentech.com

Contact Person: Ken Lucas

Manufacturers of Soltech Mini-Pleaters for GLASS media and SYNTHETIC H.E.P.A. Other Pleaters. WE ALSO OFFER A CONTRACT PLEATING SERVICE

PLEATING MACHINERY:

A2Z Filtration Specialities

Private Limited

Design Centre & Manufacturing Facility

D-1, Infocity, Phase-2, Sector-33 Gurgaon-,

National capital region, Delhi, India

: + 91 (124) 478

Fax: + 91 (124) 478

: + 91

Skype ID: a2zfiltration

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Website: www.a2zfiltration.com

A2Z Filtration manufactures the widest range of Pleaters in the world. Blade Pleaters from the top of the line Intelligent Pleater to Cam driven Automatic and Economy model Pleaters. Servo & Conventional Rotary Pleaters, Star Gear Pleaters, A2Z Intelligent Servo Pusher Bar Pleaters. Each offers excellent value in various segments and for various applications in the Filter Industry. The Intelligent Blade Pleater which is Servo driven allows a wide variety of pleating styles like the 'W' Pleat, Step Pleat, Taper Pleat. All equipment presents an excellent value proposition.

JCEM Inc.

River Green Circle

Louisville, KY

Toll-Free: +1-866-866-

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Website: www.jcem.ch

Contact Person: Chris Lyons

JCEM GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

Industrie Allmend 27

CH- Fulenbach / Switzerland, : + 41 62 926 44 80

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Contact Person: Jannis Christakos

TAG GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

An den Ritterhufen 5

D- Teltow / Germany

: + 49 21 ' + 49 0

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Contact Person: Martin Hilpert

JCEM Group, which includes JCEM GmbH (Switzerland), TAG GmbH (Germany) and JCEM INC (USA), is the global leader for all types of pleating equipment, offering the world's most innovative, efficient, and robust pleating systems available anywhere in the globe. Our equipment lineup consists of the latest generation P7 model which offers world-record pleating speeds, Turnkey Blade & Mini Pleat systems, Cabin Air lines, Custom requirements, and much more.

Pleating Systems & Equipment, LLC

132 Citizens Boulevard

Simpsonville, KY

: 1-502-722-

:

Website: www.pseusa.com

Contact Person: Chris Pierce

As a leading supplier of high quality manufacturing equipment, Pleating Systems & Equipment offers a wide range of filter manufacturing solutions. Our product lines include: Precision CNC servo driven blade pleaters, high speed rotary pleaters, mini-pleat systems for glass and synthetics, cabin air production lines and much more. When it comes to cost effective high-end automated production lines, we are proven to be North America's choice from the top brands in filter manufacturing. PSE continuously runs multiple high-end contract pleating lines to accommodate customer's overflow pleating requirements & interim machine sale pleating. Our capabilities include 3-300mm pleat heights including glue bead application, complex multi-layer configurations of up to 10+ layers, inline slitting, and more!

Roth Composite Machinery GmbH

Forststrasse 3

Burgwald Germany

: + 49 (0) 152 015

:

Website: https://www.roth-compositemachinery.com/EN/

Contact Person: Winfried Schaefer, Senior Sales Manager

Your Performance - Made by Roth Roth Composite Machinery GmbH are ranging the tailor-made solutions being offered for your technical requirements. We offer a worldwide extensive, high-performance machine program for your pleating production procedures. Every working widths and pleat heights can be realized. We develop a specific mechanical solution for you resulting in the decisive advantage in the market competition.

Solent Technology, Inc.

85 Old Barnwell Road

West Columbia, SC

: 1-803-739- ' Fax: 1-803-739-

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Website: www.solentech.com

Contact Person: Ken Lucas

Manufacturers of Soltech Mini-Pleaters for GLASS media and SYNTHETIC H.E.P.A. Other Pleaters. WE ALSO OFFER A CONTRACT PLEATING SERVICE.

PLEATING SCORING:

JCEM Inc.

River Green Circle

Glory Tang Machinery supply professional and honest service.

Louisville, KY

Toll-Free: +1-866-866-

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Website: www.jcem.ch

Contact Person: Chris Lyons

JCEM GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

Industrie Allmend 27

CH- Fulenbach / Switzerland, : + 41 62 926 44 80

:

Contact Person: Jannis Christakos

TAG GmbH

Engineering Manufacturing

An den Ritterhufen 5

D- Teltow / Germany

: + 49 21 ' + 49 0

:

Contact Person: Martin Hilpert

JCEM Group, which includes JCEM GmbH (Switzerland), TAG GmbH (Germany) and JCEM INC (USA), is the global leader for all types of pleating equipment, offering the world's most innovative, efficient, and robust pleating systems available anywhere in the globe. Our equipment lineup consists of the latest generation P7 model which offers world-record pleating speeds, Turnkey Blade & Mini Pleat systems, Cabin Air lines, Custom requirements, and much more.

Pleating Systems & Equipment, LLC

132 Citizens Boulevard

Simpsonville, KY

: 1-502-722-

:

Website: www.pseusa.com

Contact Person: Chris Pierce

As a leading supplier of high quality manufacturing equipment, Pleating Systems & Equipment offers a wide range of filter manufacturing solutions. Our product lines include: Precision CNC servo driven blade pleaters, high speed rotary pleaters, mini-pleat systems for glass and synthetics, cabin air production lines and much more. When it comes to cost effective high-end automated production lines, we are proven to be North America's choice from the top brands in filter manufacturing. PSE continuously runs multiple high-end contract pleating lines to accommodate customer's overflow pleating requirements & interim machine sale pleating. Our capabilities include 3-300mm pleat heights including glue bead application, complex multi-layer configurations of up to 10+ layers, inline slitting, and more!

Roth Composite Machinery GmbH

Forststrasse 3

Burgwald Germany

: + 49 (0) 152 015

:

Website: https://www.roth-compositemachinery.com/EN/

Contact Person: Winfried Schaefer, Senior Sales Manager

Your Performance - Made by Roth

Your Performance - Made by Roth Roth Composite Machinery GmbH are ranging the tailor-made solutions being offered for your technical requirements. We offer a worldwide extensive, high-performance machine program for your pleating production procedures. Every working widths and pleat heights can be realized. We develop a specific mechanical solution for you resulting in the decisive advantage in the market competition.

SCREENS:

Federal Screen Products, Inc

Bath Road

Mississauga, ON L4T 1L2

: 1-905-677- ' Fax: 1-905-677-

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Website: www.federalscreen.com

Contact Person: Greg Colman

Federal Screen is your trusted custom manufacturer and fabricator of Wedge Wire Screen. Lower operational costs with our superior wedge wire screens, surpassing traditional wire mesh and perforated metal filters. Wedge Wire Screen offers increased strength, higher flow rates, and reduced pressure loss, ensuring clog-free filtration. Delivering exceptional customer service, prompt responses, and fast turnaround times, our team at Federal Screen can keep your project moving forward and on track.

SEALANTS FOR FILTER APPLICATIONS: Polyset

65 Hudson Avenue ' PO Box 111

Mechanicville, NY

: 1-518-664- ' Fax: 1-518-664-

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Website: www.polyset.com

Contact Person: Niladri Ghoshal

For more than 40 years, Polyset has been a leading custom formulator of two-component polyurethane adhesive, elastomer, and foam systems for commercial and industrial filtration applications. These polyurethane systems meet many different requirements including low-outgassing for HEPA filters, excellent chemical/temperature resistance for Oil/Gas filter applications, chlorine and mildew/mold growth resistance for Pool/Spa filters, and exceptional hydrolysis resistance for Reverse Osmosis/Ultrafiltration applications. Our polyurethane products also feature soft to rigid durometers, high tear strength, flame retardancy, super adhesion, ultra-low viscosity to thixotropic, and are FDA and NSF compliant.

SEPARATORS:

Rosedale Products, Inc.

W. Liberty Road

Ann Arbor, MI

: 1-800-821- ' : 1-734-665-

Fax: 1-734-665-

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Website: www.rosedaleproducts.com

Rosedale Products provides comprehensive solutions for every critical industry filtration need. Its vast array of easy-to-install and ready-to-service bags, baskets, housing elements and replacement parts answer every purification concern.

SINTERED WIRE MESH:

G. Bopp USA Inc.

4 Bill Horton Way

Wappingers Falls, NY

: 1-845-296- ' Fax: 1-845-296-

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Website: www.bopp.com

Contact Person: Mike Millard

G. Bopp USA is one of the world's leading manufacturers of precision woven wire cloth for diverse applications such as aerospace, pharmaceutical, electronics, acoustics and many more. Our meshes are often vital components in highly complex areas. Our decades of experience lead to convincing solutions in many of our customers' processes.

SPIRAL TUBES: Beverlin Specialty Tube

Raleigh Drive SE

Grand Rapids, MI

: 1-616-949- ' Fax: 1-616-949-

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Website: www.beverlinmfg.com

The industry leader for 47 years. We provide perforated filter cores, tubes, strainers, CNC machined components and perform welded assemblies for industries worldwide including: Industrial, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Nuclear, Defense, and more. ISO :

Helix International

950 Hollywood Avenue

Itasca (Chicago), IL

: 1-847-709- ' Fax: 1-847-709-

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Contact Person: Drew Naismith

Helix International has been the world's leading producer of Spiral Filter-Core Machines for almost 40 years. As an industry leader in the production of spiral metal and plastic filter tubes, we can service any of your filtration requirements from one of our North American facilities. Our Machines and Tubes are made with a passion for design, quality, and reliability-all at fair prices. Contact us today!

STAINLESS STEEL VESSELS:

United Filters International

901 S. Grant

Amarillo, TX

: 1-806-373- ' Fax: 1-806-371-

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Website: www.unitedfilters.com

Contact Person: Angie Arriaga

United Filters is a manufacturer/supplier of filter cartridges, vessels, and fluid handling devices used for consumer, commercial/industrial, petro-chemical/gas, and municipal applications. Manufacturing locations in Texas and California are ideally located for domestic and offshore customers' needs. Products are NSF42/61 certified.

STRAINER IN-LINE:

Custom Service & Design, Inc.

Auburn Hills, MI

: 1-248-340-

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Website: www.csdfilters.com

Custom Service & Design, Inc. (CSD) is a leading manufacturer of filter vessels designed for bag, cartridge & strainer separation. CSD's diverse designs & extensive inventory ensure that we have the solution to either advance your existing technologies or to design solutions to meet filtration requirements. CSD products are made in the USA of high quality industrial components, built for quality, safety and ease of use. Our widerange of products make CSD a full service resource for your filtration needs.

Hayward Flow Control

One Hayward Industrial Drive Clemmons, NC USA

Toll-Free: 1-888-429- ' Fax: 1-888-778-

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Website: www.haywardflowcontrol.com

Hayward Flow Control, a division of Hayward Industries, is a leading U.S. based manufacturer of industrial thermoplastic strainers, filters, valves, actuation, corrosion resistant pumps, and other fluid handling products for use in water and wastewater treatment, chemical processing & handling, chemical feed, aquatic life support and other processing systems. Hayward Flow Control is an ISO : certified manufacturer based in Clemmons, North Carolina.

STRING-WOUND-FILTERS:

AJR Filtration

Harvester Road

West Chicago, IL

: 1-630-377-

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Website: www.ajrfiltration.com

Contact Person: Sales

Proud USA based manufacturer of liquid and dust filters. Liquid filters include felt and mesh bags, high efficiency microfiber multi-layer bags, compact SBF filters, BOSA bags, and oil absorbing logs and bags. Liquid cartridges include pleated PPO and PPOW liquid cartridges, nominal and deep pleated, string wound and melt blown cartridges, and more, in a wide array of sizes including X100, for OEMs and replacement filters used in industry. Dust filters are manufactured in-house for many makes of industrial dust collector styles, including fabric filter bags, dust cartridges, and dust pleated filter bags. AJR provides replacement filters for the most common baghouse and cartridge-type dust collectors.

TESTING FILTRATION/ LABORATORY:

saster Restoration, Infection Isolation, Laboratory, Manufacturing Equipment, Medical, Off-Road HVAC, Pharmaceutical and Protective Environment Rooms.

TRADE SHOW:

FiltXPO'

P.O. Box

Cary, NC - USA

: 919 459

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Website: https://www.filtxpo.com

Contact Person: Joe Tessari

International Filtration/Separation Exhibition & Technical Conference, Oct. 10-12, , Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA

FiltXPO is the world's largest, most important filtration event and brings together buyers and exhibitors of filtration technology. You can see and compare filtration products and learn about future trends and new markets. The conference attracts hundreds of attendees intent on learning about the latest technical, marketing and research developments in the global filtration industry. The FiltXPO will take place on 3 days from Tuesday, October 10 to Thursday October 12.

TRAVERSE WINDING EQUIPMENT:

Chase Machine & Engineering Inc.

324 Washington Street

West Warwick, RI

: 1-401-821- ' Fax: 1-401-823-

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Website: www.chasemachine.com

Contact Person: Guy Gil

Custom Converting and Assembly Machine Builders for Air, Liquid, and Membrane Filters Specializing in Integrating Technologies such as Ultrasonics, Impulse welding, Hot Air, Band Sealing and Adhesive Dispensing Equipment.

TRUPOR® BEST IN CLASS SUBMICRON FILTRATION: Superior Felt & Filtration

Ridgeview Drive

McHenry, IL

Toll-Free: 1-800-255- ' Fax: 1-815-759-

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Website: www.superiorfelt.com

Contact Persons: Dennis Cook (CEO), Mark Rath (Filtration Product Manager) and Ping Hao (Technical Nonwoven Product Manager).

Superior Felt & Filtration, LLC is a global leader in the technical nonwovens industry. We provide injection molding, pleating, ultrasonic lamination, and finished goods contract manufacturing solutions for the medical, retail, and personal care markets. Offering a large inventory of spunbond, meltblown, spunlace and needlepunch roll goods. We also offer value-added adhesive coating, slitting, laminating, and dry fabricated sub-components. Our nonwoven market base solutions include cosmetic pads, medical wipes, wound care, hygienic, podiatry pads, and filtration for oxygen concentrators, respiratory, anesthesia, and CPAP filtration, as well as micron and sub-micron liquid and air filtration applications.

ULTRASONIC BONDING:

Herrmann Ultrasonics, Inc.

Hardt Circle

Bartlett, IL

: 1-630-626- ' Fax: 1-630-736-

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Website: www.herrmannultrasonics.com

Contact Person: Evan Schott

Herrmann Ultrasonics, Inc. offers applications for continuous production in the fields of bonding, laminating, embossing, perforating, sewing and cutting of nonwoven, foils, paper and filter materials. Superior lab capabilities are available at our facility in Bartlett, IL.

APC Filtration Inc.

10 Abbott Court Building 'C' Unit 303 Brantford, ON N3S 0E7

Toll-Free: 1-888-689- ext 222

Fax: 1-866-491-

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Website: www.apcfilters.com

Contact Person: Russell Kelly

APC Filtration Inc. ISO : certified manufacturer of critical air filters for global OEM's providing over 45 years' experience in filter design, engineering, manufacturing and ISO 6 test lab filter testing. HEPA and ULPA panel filters and radial/cartridge filters are tested and certified to North American and European test standards. Industries served include Aerospace, Air Purification, Biological Equipment, Cabin Air, Di -

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