It is a great pleasure to announce that Ammeraal Beltech and Megadyne, leaders in lightweight conveying and power transmission belting, are opening a new joint company located at Nagoya, Japan. The legal entity name of this new company is AMMEGA JAPAN Co. Ltd.

This office opening in Japan is an important step in our strategy to increase market coverage in the APAC region and to better serve customers in this major global economy.

In view of their well-established reputations in their respective markets and their different channel-to-market strategies, which will remain unchanged, our two strong brand names – Ammeraal Beltech and Megadyne – will remain the main commercial facing entities towards customers.

We make strenuous efforts to meet customers’ requests and are taking the liberty of expressing our gratitude for your continued support through this letter.

Ryuichi Sekine
Managing Director Ammeraal Beltech and Megadyne Japan

Kebao Yang
President, APAC region

Address/ Funairi Bldg. 7F, 5-21-8 Meieki, Nakamura-ku Nagoya 452-0002 JAPAN
Tel 052-433-7401 / Fax 052-743-7402

Date of Establishment (on book publically) / August 28, 2019

AMMEGA and its Global Divisions − Ammeraal Beltech, Megadyne and Jason Industrial are pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Doring as its new President of the Americas. In his new role, Tom will oversee the activities of each division in North, Central and South America.

Tom will succeed Philip Cohenca who served as President of the Americas for AMMEGA since the merger of Ammeraal Beltech, Megadyne and Jason in September of 2018. Philip, who recently retired, will remain as a consultant to the AMMEGA Group.

Tom joins AMMEGA after having served most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Southwire Company. Prior to this, Tom was President of the Americas for Vacon − an industrial technology company where he grew the business 15% per year for eight consecutive years, leading to the sale of Vacon to Danfoss. As the Head of Danfoss Drives, Tom led the Commercial integration program globally. Prior to this, Tom worked at Eaton where he served in several managerial roles.

With his broad range of experiences and energetic leadership style, Tom brings the right mix of entrepreneurial and continuous improvement mindset to the AMMEGA Americas organisation.

Energy Saving and longer belt life 

An innovative, energy saving, and sustainable conveyor belting solution for today’s challenging and demanding airports and logistics industries, AMMdurance, is appropriately being launched by global belting manufacturer Ammeraal Beltech on Stand 1570 B5 at Inter Airport Europe.

AMMdurance belts bring ground-breaking new engineered functionalities for energy savings, high performance and endurance.

A trio of prime benefits
AMMdurance brings a trio of valuable new elements to the conveyor belting process of today.

• First and foremost, its specially-developed dry fabric coating drastically reduces friction, resulting in consistent energy savings.
• Secondly, unlike silicone, its dry fabric coating protects the underside of the belt from contamination, and from pollution and subsequent shrinkage which minimises maintenance and downtime.
• Thirdly, AMMdurance belts will resultantly reward users with lower total costs – and higher profitability.

More energy savings, same industry-favourite low-noise performance
With airports and logistic companies facing growing pressure to reduce energy consumption and emissions, AMMdurance belting represents a unique sustainability solution that does not in any way compromise performance or profitability. Importantly, it does not compromise the low-noise performance of Ammeraal Beltech belting that has been recognised and valued by airports and logistics companies around the world for many years.

Ammeraal Beltech’s extensive global ‘One-Stop Belt Shop’ portfolio will also feature on the company’s stand at Inter Airport Europe, where the Ammeraal Beltech technical team will be looking forward to discussing visitors’ task-specific needs.
 

Energy-Efficient Belting

Process and conveyor belting solutions must meet the highest performance standards in the complex, extended, and necessarily secure environment that is an airport – so Ammeraal Beltech’s up-to-the-minute, global range of solutions for the industry are the proven partners.

The Ammeraal Beltech team will be ready on Stand 1570, Hall B5 in Munich to advise visitors about the best belting solutions for their specific conveying challenges — be it for baggage check-in, scanning, transportation, sorting or loading – and, importantly, to introduce new thinking on energy-efficient solutions.

The show will be the location for the launch of major new developments in this sphere for Ammeraal Beltech, bringing ground breaking energy-saving products to a range that already includes some of the most trusted and used belts in the industry. 

The range of established products in Ammeraal Beltech’s ‘One-Stop Belt Shop’ portfolio are already extensively used in major airports around the world, and the company’s stand at Inter Airport Europe 2019 is designed to provide both a reference source and a source of ideas for visitors’ task-specific design solutions for airport belting.

Ammeraal Beltech are showing their extensive range of conveyor belting solutions for the textile and garment technology industry at ITMA in Barcelona, 20-26 June, on Stand A104 in Hall 7. Their globally-available products are recognised enablers for all the different processes involved in handling textiles — from fibre preparation to textile printing, garment fusing, and lamination — and are today to be found in almost every type of machine involved in textile production.

Matching industry innovation
Today’s textile processing industry is focussed very much on innovation in every end-use sector, from anti-bacterial surgical gowns to breathable fabrics for athletes and printed t-shirts. Ammeraal Beltech contribute to uniform, high-output, cost-effective results across the field with up-to-the-minute and wide-ranging belting solutions. Their process and conveyor belts — flat belts, modular belts, endless woven belts, timing belts, as well as specially-engineered belts – are a popular choice in the nonwovens sector in particular, where their smooth, antistatic surfaces and lateral stability properties are much appreciated. For yarn-spinning and finishing applications, the RAPPLON^® tangential belts and spindle tapes contribute high-performance results in terms of maximum output, extended lifetime and uniform yarn quality.

One-Stop Belt Shop
Offering good chemical and ageing resistance for an extended service life, Ammeraal Beltech’s products are available from the company’s One-Stop Belt Shop – which features a network of 25 operating companies around the world, with supporting service centres and distributors in 150 countries.

The company’s focussed textile industry technical team will be on hand at ITMA to discuss stand visitors’ needs and wants, and to demonstrate their products in action.

Ammeraal Beltech, world-leading conveyor belt suppliers, are exhibiting at the international trade show for woodworking and wood processing plant, machinery, and tools — LIGNA, 27 – 31 May 2019, in Hanover.

Moving the product
One of the major concerns of wood processing industries is moving the product around during production processes or readying for shipment – and conveyor belts are key enablers in this respect. The work environment also requires belts that are durable, reliable and easy to clean and service. Ammeraal Beltech’s wide range of solutions and reputation for high-quality belts that deliver precision performance over a long lifetime, along with its global service network, have made them the choice for reliable and safe processing performance.

ZipLink^® : innovative results with wood panels
The combination of wood fibers and resins, together with high temperatures and often high pressure applications, presents serious challenges for the conveyor belts used by panel board manufacturers. The innovative high-performance ZipLink^® belting range optimises production time for, eg, MDF, HDF, particle board, OSB, and plywood. Easy to install, the belts’ construction has been formulated for optimal operative quality and reduced maintenance and downtime. It also eliminates splice failures and possible damage — both to transported products, and to machine parts such as drums and slider beds. ZipLink^® belts are already proven partners for such tasks as grinding, sanding, polishing, sawing, painting and pre-compressing.

‘One-Stop Belt Shop’
Visitors to LIGNA will also be able to explore the wide range of options in Ammeraal Beltech’s established and well-recognised ‘One-Stop Belt Shop’, serving a multiplicity of tasks and industries, and the technical team look forward to discussing visitors’ needs and wants on Stand B78 in Hall 26 at LIGNA in Hanover.

Ammeraal Beltech announces that Ammeraal Beltech and Linarand, a longstanding and loyal
distribution partner, have decided on a further integration of their business interests. Linarand covers all Mexico, and has been servicing the belting industry for over 32 years.

This increased collaboration will help strengthen Ammeraal Beltech’s position in the Mexican market and Linarand’s customers will benefit from a wider product portfolio. As well, our common goal is to improve our service offering even more and to increase our attention into key focus Industries with our Industry Segment Management strategy.

This increased collaboration will result in the creation of a new entity, Linarand Beltech, S.A. de
C.V, which will be part of AMMEGA Americas.

Please join us in warmly welcoming Linarand Beltech, S.A. de C.V, into the AMMEGA family.

Seafood Expo Global 2019 is hosting, in the Seafood Processing halls, Ammeraal Beltech — leading global supplier of specialist conveyor belting solutions with a long history of supporting the food industry in all its aspects. The company is showing a number of innovative products — on stand 5802 in Hall 4 — which bring new dimensions of efficiency and hygiene to the business of handling fish products.

Hygiene a core focus
At the heart of Ammeraal Beltech’s stand will be the company’s unique Soliflex homogeneous belts, which are focussed on delivering the highest levels of hygiene for fish handling. Easy to clean (they can even be cleaned in motion), and with maintenance-free tracking and customisable lug positioning; international food-safety legislation compliant; and offering optimal production throughput and reduced operational costs. A good example of these belts is the positive-drive Soliflex PRO mini belt, suitable for smaller pulley diameters for the processing of smaller, more delicate products.

Key engineering innovation
Also featured at the show is the uni MPB Modular 22% open belt, offering the highest tensile strength, and featuring a single link (so fewer link edges), and an easy-to-lock-and-remove smart pin. It is fitted with the company’s latest innovative contribution to efficient production: the new UltraClean Two-Part Sprocket^® which, with unique hygienic design features, has proved a major improvement on food safety and is now a feature of the company’s advanced range of modular belting products for the food industry.

As a member of the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG), Ammeraal Beltech offers an extensive range of seafood industry appropriate belting solutions, including synthetic belts with antimicrobial covers – all of which are part of the company’s globally-accessible ‘One-Stop Belt Shop’.

‘Your catch is safe with us’
Industry Segment Manager Sander Bakker and the Ammeraal Beltech specialist seafood industry team are keen to demonstrate that ‘your catch is safe with us’ on stand 5802 in Hall 4 in Brussels, and to ‘demonstrate our specialism in this very demanding market at a time when a hygiene and food safety focus has never been more important’.

The world’s leading trade fair for the meat industry is this year hosting a leading global supplier of specialist conveyor belting solutions for meat and poultry: Ammeraal Beltech. With a long history of supporting the food industry as a whole, the company has a number of innovative products on show on stand E68 in Hall 9.1 which, according to Meat Industry Segment Manager Sander Bakker, ‘bring a new era of hygiene, high performance, and cost efficiency to the meat processing business’.

Innovative solutions
On show at IFFA will be the company’s latest innovative contribution to efficient production: the new UltraClean Two-Part Sprocket® which, with its unique hygienic design features, has proved a major improvement on food safety working in partnership with the company’s advanced range of modular belting series for the food industry. Also featured at IFFA are the company’s unique Soliflex homogeneous belts, focussed on delivering the highest levels of hygiene for meat handling; international food-safety legislation compliant; and offering optimal production throughput and reduced operational costs.

As a member of the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG), Ammeraal Beltech offers an extensive range of meat industry appropriate solutions, including synthetic belts, antimicrobial covers, meat separator belts, and modular belting options – all of which are part of the company’s globally-accessible ‘One-Stop Belt Shop’.

‘Demonstrating our specialism’
‘This is a perfect opportunity to demonstrate our specialism in the very demanding and broad meat market at a time when a hygiene and food safety focus has never been more important’, says Sander Bakker who, with the full food-industry specialist team, looks forward to meeting visitors and discussing their specific needs at IFFA on stand E68 in Hall 9.1.