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Congratulations to TAPPI on 100 years of service and technological improvements to the paper and converting industries. Marquip, Ward Machinery and United Container Machinery companies have been proud to work alongside TAPPI, providing support and leadership to the industry. Today MarquipWardUnited is the longest continuous supplier of corrugated equipment in the world. Over the past century, MarquipWardUnited has revolutionized the corrugated packaging industry.

Tim Sullivan, Barry‐Wehmiller Group President and ex‐interim President of BW Papersystems is pleased to announce the appointment of Neal McConnellogue as President of BW Papersystems. BW Papersystems is a leading global supplier of sheeting and sheet packaging machinery for the paper converting, manufacturing and packaging industries and the largest Division of Barry‐Wehmiller. Companies within the BW Papersystems group include MarquipWardUnited, Will‐Pemco, Curioni and Kugler‐Womako.

BW Papersystems, established in June 2014 and embracing the brands Will-Pemco, MarquipWardUnited, SHM, Wrapmatic and Kugler-Womako, combined the world’s leading manufacturers of cut-size and folio-size sheeting and packaging machinery to one source for paper mills and converters.

Spot on: the 2015 edition of the new PrintPromotion wall calendar once again fascinates with twelve first-class, lavishly produced pictures that puts printing and paper converting technology of German manufacturers in the spotlight.

The cutting quality of your cut‐size sheeter is the key to the quality of your end products. You can rely on BW Papersystems single‐use knives to provide you with the correct cross cutter knives for your machine at all times, and always at the highest quality. Introducing our new knives with improved lead times, better Performance and longer lifetime!

A new world record of 4,082 consecutive, successful splices was set by Jean Carlo Cerdas of New England Sheets. Jean Carlo Cerdas successfully made every splice he attempted from November 11, 2013 to July 15 2014.

As a worthy successor of the well-known E.C.H. Will 280 series, the fully automatic exercise book machine Alpha RF is well established in the market for over 15 years now. Launched in 1998, with more than 70 machines in production worldwide, the Alpha RF clearly is a reference in the exercise book business.

“I’ve never seen a more kind, generous, compassionate culture in any organization. To be honest, I didn’t believe it existed outside my mind. It’s been a life-changing day for me.”

A very new T.I.P. module for existing cut-size sheeters is available from Will-Pemco: T.I.P. module C 2051 "New sheet metal inlays for collecting box".