Ammeraal Beltech, a member of the AMMEGA Group, announced plans to expand their US Modular manufacturing operations in Reading, PA. This announcement is particularly exciting because it follows last month’s news of the companies plan for a new multi-phased greenfield conveyor belt production plant in Buford, GA.

“This announcement further supports our growth strategy and our ambition to be closer to the markets we serve offering reduced supply chain lead times and outstanding service to our OEM and distributor partners”, according to Steve Facetti, Vice President of Marketing, AMMEGA.

Ammeraal Beltech, a member of the AMMEGA Group and a leading global manufacturer of Lightweight Conveyor Belting, has announced plans for a new multi-phased greenfield production plant in Buford, Georgia.

This manufacturing expansion supports the projected growth of Ammeraal Beltech in the Americas region. The state-of-the-art facility will produce a full range of Synthetic Conveyor Belts.

“We are excited to expand our Americas’ infrastructure to provide a new level of service and response to our distributor and OEM customer base”, according to Niels van den Boogert, Vice President and General Manager of the Ammeraal Beltech Conveying Solutions business.

Currently, Ammeraal Beltech has US operations in Skokie IL, Reading PA, Jefferson PA, and Grand Prairie TX.

Manufacturing in Buford is slated to begin this Fall and hiring for this site is underway.

Manufacturing of RAPPLON^® High Performance Flat Belts is our competence since the late 50s, always located in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland.

RAPPLON^® as a trademark is registered since 1957, when a wide range of Polyamide core belts have been launched.

In 1993 a new production plant was built to apply new technologies and set new quality standards, considering future market demands. The history of QuickSplice items started soon after.

One of our goals in 2021 was to republish our brand for High Performance Flat Belts and promote our pride in it as well as the origin and quality of the products. For this reason, it is with great pride and pleasure that we can now present our new RAPPLON^® logo — trademarked and registered since beginning of January 2021.

For the lettering, rounded letters were used to emphasise the flexibility of our products and their wide application range.

Additionally the logo is colour divided to highlight the wordplay of:

• RAPPerswil (hometown in Switzerland)
• and nyLON (the tensile member material which boosted the flat belt business).
  

Dear Friends,
We would like to wish you 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔!
We would like to share with you some of our favorite things.
We like baking because we have the right recipe for High-Quality Products.
We like the packaging because we can offer a complete package of products in industrial applications.
We like fashion because we are highly specialized in tailor-made solutions.
We like driving innovation in your business.
We like building with you the future in the industrial business.
WE LIKE TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MOVE

It is with great pride that we introduce our strongest belt ever, the new uni AMB.

Since the late 90’s uni(-chains) has been a recognised high quality brand in automotive and heavy duty conveying applications.

With the uni CPB and XLB we have equipped many automotive plants with a large variety of plastic modular belt conveyor solutions, many off which are still being used today.

In 2012 we have introduced our innovative uni CSB belt which was later followed by our uni ACB belt. Both these belts are based on a patented insert technology which allows us to increase wear resistance and guarantee ESD safe conveyor belts without compromising strength or impact resistance. These belts also feature an offset pin position to allow for more wear area underneath the pin.

El uni AMB is our latest development using the patented insert technology and features an impressive 180,000N/m permissible tensile strength and will be available in a choice of standard materials such as regular POM-NL and flame-retardant POX-FR.

With the electrification in the automotive industry moving forward at high speed we recognise challenges for existing and new conveyor systems having to handle the much higher loads of produced electric vehicles.

Our new uni AMB is the answer to this challenge!

With easy retrofit options replacing our own uni XLB or CSB as well as other competitor’s belts we can solve belt overload risks by significantly increasing the conveyor belt capacity.

The uni AMB sprockets, using our standard unique hinge driven concept, have an impressive strength of 15,000N per sprocket which ensures that the drive setup will always match the capacity of the belt.

The uni AMB belt accessories include extremely strong moulded car pushers, wear plate inserts, and electrical conductive-EC-inserts.

Whether you need to transmit power or move a product we will keep your business moving.

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Ammeraal Beltech has just completed the acquisition of BCMS and TRANSITECH, two distribution companies for conveyor belts in France. BCMS and TRANSITECH are located in Castres and Sees, France, and have been servicing the belting industry for over 15 years.

The goal of this acquisition is to increase our penetration in the French market. In addition, the companies’ belt fabrication capabilities will strengthen Ammeraal Beltech’s footprint and customer service levels, particularly in the south and north-west areas of the country.

BCMS and TRANSITECH’s experienced and dedicated teams will be led by Yves Jozefiak (MD of BCMS & TRANSITECH). One of the company’s former owners, Mr. Laurent Severac, will remain in the company for at least 12 months to support the development of businesses and to help the transition of customers to Ammeraal Beltech’s supply chain.

Ammeraal Beltech at ProSweets

Global manufacturers of food-grade conveyor belts Ammeraal Beltech will exhibit their specialist solutions for confectionery and snacks at ProSweets Cologne, on stand H59, Hall 10.1. The span of the products’ capabilities on show is extensive — the result of a long-time focus on the special needs of the food industry. Stand visitors can therefore explore many unique answers to the confectionery industry’s safe and clean conveyor requirements, all the way along the production and packaging chain.

‘Keep confectionery moving’
As Ammeraal Beltech’s Global Food Industry Segment Manager, Giuseppe Allais, comments: ‘We offer a wide choice of application-specific belts that are keeping confectionery safely moving around the world. Good examples are our non-stick, low-friction PTFE, silicone-coated belts which work happily at all temperatures between -70 C° and up to 260 C°; and our soft-lip UltraScraper, which is metal detectable, will keep your belts clean. And then there are our Ropanyl^® cooling tunnel processing belts – ideal for chocolate tempering – and the recently-introduced Soliflex PRO mini — a versatile food belting solution which combines an optimal hygiene level with reduced overall costs of ownership.’

Meet the experts at ProSweets
Giuseppe Allais is looking forward to discussing visitors’ needs and wants on the Ammeraal Beltech stand at ProSweets. ‘As well as providing the standard products from our “One-Stop Belt Shop”, we are happy to design and manufacture custom-made synthetic food-grade belts to cover every specialist requirement,’ he says. ‘They can convey your smallest, lightest chocolates as well as your heaviest trays. Of course, our belting solutions are also designed to meet your HACCP programmes and comply with all the main international food standards.’

Ammeraal Beltech’s participation once again in ProSweets is a commitment to a continuing in-depth focus on food conveyor belting, and an opportunity for confectioners and snack product manufacturers to view the choices offered for their needs.