Eriez Announces Death of Company’s Former President and CEO Chet Giermak

Erie, PA— Eriez® announces that Chet Giermak, who served as the company’s President and CEO from 1971 to 2003, died on March 16. “Chet was a great man who has left an indelible mark on Eriez’ business, people and culture,” says Eriez President and CEO Tim Shuttleworth. “His legacy lives on at Eriez every day.”

March 16th, 2015|Member News|Comments Off on Eriez Announces Death of Company’s Former President and CEO Chet Giermak

Lorenz Conveying Products Recognized by PROFIT 500 Magazine

Canadian Business Magazine ranked Lorenz Conveying Products # 481 as CANADA’S FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES on the 27th annual PROFIT 500 list. The Canadian Business Magazine ranks Canadian businesses by their revenue growth over five years. This was Lorenz’s second year in a row to make this exclusive list!

February 2nd, 2015|Member News|Comments Off on Lorenz Conveying Products Recognized by PROFIT 500 Magazine

Lorenz Conveying Products recognized as one of Canada’s fastest growing companies

Canadian Business and PROFIT today ranked Lorenz Conveying Products #485 on the 26th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Published in the July issue of Canadian Business and online at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their revenue growth over five years. This is Lorenz’s first time making this exclusive list!

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Lorenz Recognized as one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies 3rd year in a row

Canadian BusinessMagazine rankedLorenz Conveying Products # 476asone ofCANADA’S FASTEST GROWING COMPANIESon the 28thannual PROFIT 500list. The Canadian Business Magazineranks Canadian businesses by their revenue growth over five years. This was our 3rdconsecutive year in a row making the list.

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Industrial Magnetics Acquires Prater-Sterling

Established in 1961, Industrial Magnetics, Inc. is an industry leader in innovative magnetic solutions designed and engineered to meet the specific needs of its customers in applications ranging from particle separation to material handling. Prater-Sterling specializes in developing and manufacturing state-of-the-art equipment in size reduction, separation, metering, compacting, batch weighing as well as control systems for a vast range of applications including food processing, chemical & agriculture, minerals and pharmaceuticals.

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New Spiroflow Systems Company Provides Complete Automation Solutions

Spiroflow Systems, Inc. announces the launch of a new business that providesa broad range of automation solutions. Spiroflow Automation Solutions, Inc. offers automation project services and solutions which includeproject development, control system design,industrial automation integration, control system migration, HMI design,procurement,startup and long term supportacross a wide variety of industries.The company’stotal solutionsofferings includeprocess control, robotics, scales, conveyors, Spiroflow material handling equipmentand more.

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Eriez – PolyMag® Process Enables Simple and Cost Effective Separation and Recovery of Mixed Plastic Materials

Erie, PA---Segregating and recovering dissimilar resins has been an ongoing challenge for the industry. The Eriez® PolyMag® Process provides multi-material processors a low cost, effective and automated solution to recover manufacturing scrap and waste. The PolyMag Process renders the plastic resin magnetic with an additive (high-concentration pellets) in a process similar to adding color concentrate. The additive makes the resin susceptible to the powerful magnetic field produced by the PolyMag Rare Earth Roll Separator. Scrap parts are run through a traditional granulator and the PolyMag Separator can then separate the mixed polymer regrind.

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French Oil Mill Machinery Company Releases Oilseed Extraction Video

French Oil Mill Machinery Company released a new video showing an oil extraction performance trial conducted on a laboratory screw press. The short video was filmed in their Piqua, Ohio Innovation Center development lab where French offers lab testing for customers needing to test various oil bearing materials and extraction processing methods.

January 16th, 2014|Member News|Comments Off on French Oil Mill Machinery Company Releases Oilseed Extraction Video