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Microvast Power Solutions, a US owned company that makes electric vehicle batteries, is establishing a manufacturing facility in Clarksville. The venture is expected to bring over 280 jobs to the area. 

The article by Debby Wu, Vlad Savoy and Takashi Mochizuki for Bloomberg looks at the reason automakers are shutting down assembly operations due to lack of chips, and how this could extent to other industrial sectors. 

Should converting OEMs and equipment manufacturers be concerned

11/2020 | The latest membership milestone in the growth of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) shows that EtherCAT technology is successfully defying the current global crisis: The American sensor manufacturer Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC recently became member number 6,000 of the world's largest fieldbus user organization.

Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC is launching its latest development, the ​WPS 900 sensor​. This sensor provides a sensing range of 35.4 centimeters, making it the widest sensing range in the industry.

The WPS 900 has the same versatility as the rest of the Roll-2-Roll® Sensor product line and could allow converters to use it in multiple applications on their manufacturing line.

Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC was mentioned as one of the companies in the converting industry issuing statements outlining their business continuity plans through the Coronavirus pandemic.

Suppliers and converters are working hard to ensure that the supply of their products and services to customers remain constant and secure while they manage through the global Covid-19 coronavirus situation. 

Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC, developer and manufacturer of intelligent web position sensors and web guides, has partnered with Unilux to represent web guiding products in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States.

Roll-2-Roll Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent web position sensors and web guides for the roll-to-roll and converting industry, has announced its partnership with manufacturing sales representative firm Fairfield Sales for the Midwest region.

Roll-2-Roll Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent web position sensors and web guides for the roll-to-roll and converting industry, has entered into a partnership with manufacturing sales representative firm MetSource, based in St Louis, Missouri.

MetSource, led by John Meyer, represents synergistic lines in the converting industry offering customer specific options bringing value to both customers and principals they represent.

MetSource will be an exclusive sales representative of Roll-2-Roll Technologies’ line of web guides and web positioning sensor products in the region of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Southern Illinois.

Stillwater, OK-based Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC, developer and manufacturer of intelligent web position sensors and web guides for the roll-to-roll and converting industry, announces its partnership with manufacturing distributor firm ESPICE - Especialistas en la Industria de la Conversión y Empaque, Tlalnepantla de Baz, México. ESPICE is a distributor of innovative web tension measurement and control products, and slitting systems in the converting industry.

Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC has unveiled a revamped website and new logo as part of a rebranding campaign designed to portray the company’s vision of simple to use solutions in converting.

Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC, developer and manufacturer of intelligent web position sensors and web guides for the roll-to-roll and converting industry, announces its partnership with manufacturing distributor firm TTS Systems (Total Tension Solutions Ltd), of Wellingborough, UK. TTS Systems is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of web tension measurement and control products in the converting industry worldwide.

AIMCAL presented two 2017 John Matteucci Awards for Technical Excellence and two Honorable Mentions. Aravind Seshadri of Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC, Stillwater, OK, won the 2017 AIMCAL John Matteucci Award for Technical Excellence in Web Coating with his paper, “Predicting and Preventing Issues in R2R Manufacturing Using Data Analysis Techniques.”

Many operations in need of upgrading their current converting line have to deal with replacement of outdated components, such as web guides. Many still run controls and sensors that have been obsolete for years. The mechanical components might still be sound, or they could be rebuilt at a low cost. However, does it make sense to have a web guide with outdated controls and sensors? 

Roll-2-Roll Technologies has announced that long-time industry veteran Ron Schmidt has joined the company as the Director of Sales.

Web-handling systems provider Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC will relocate to a new facility on June 1