WHARTON, New Jersey - April 25th, 2008 – Convertech’s GlideLock™ clutched rollers surpass competitors products by providing an internal slip mechanism to control tensions from .15PLI. Now able to slit widths down to 1/2 inch, Convertech’s differential shaft gives converters a better option for slipped core winding.

The combination of Convertech’s GlideLock™ clutched rollers, and CoreLock™ pads ensures each core is locked firmly, and keeps the correct tension regardless of core width or material gage variation between rolls.

Convertech’s differential shaft also eliminates operator error. Because each GlideLock™ clutched roller reacts automatically to each core’s tension requirements, the tension applied to each material is independent of shaft speed. Even if the operator overspeeds the shaft, the wound roll tightness will still be controlled by the GlideLock™ clutch pressure. This ensures high roll quality and consistent roll hardness despite shaft speed variations.

WHARTON, New Jersey – March 25th, 2007 –Convertech, Inc. has updated its Air Roll Lock Differential design to enable slitting of rolls down to 1/2 inch, making its ability to slit narrow widths superior to Tidland’s D4 Equalizer differential shaft.

With the most recent update, Convertech’s differential shaft can now slit widths down to ½ inch, beating the competition with both performance and features. With the ability to slit such narrow widths, this differential shaft now clearly outperforms competing shafts in all areas.

Available in both standard and clean-room versions, Convertech’s Air Roll Lock Differential shaft features GlideLock™ clutched rollers. GlideLock™ clutched rollers completely eliminate dusting and lock each core firmly. These innovative rollers also enable the shaft to control tensions from .15 PLI on multiple width rolls.

This shaft has specifically been designed to outperform the competition in all applications, from winding multiple width rolls to tension compensation with mixed roll diameters. With it’s greater sensitivity, and ability to compensate for a variety of winding conditions, Convertech’s Air Roll Lock Differential shaft is clearly at the forefront of converting technology and capability.

WHARTON, New Jersey – December 25th, 2007 – Recently, Convertech, Inc. announced the release of its newest differential winding shaft design, which is an upgrade over previous models. The addition of CoreLock™ pads improves friction to ensure every core is gripped firmly once the internal clutch is actuated.

Defects cost time and money, so accurate tension management is a must. Convertech’s new differential winding shaft is designed to manage tension across multiple width cores and materials. GlideLock™ clutched rollers use an internal clutching to manage tensions as low as .15 PLI. The rollers allow easy loading and unloading of cores yet lock firmly when actuated.

Efficiency is also a high priority for converters. Convertech’s GlideLock™ clutched rollers allow multiple width cores and materials on the same shaft. Using a bi-directional, internal clutching mechanism these differential winding shafts are able to efficiently manage a wide variety of core types, sizes, and materials simultaneously.

Ease of use means Convertech’s differential winding shaft creates fewer issues for operators. Loading and unloading is easy, and tension control is automatic. To load, the operator simply slides cores into place. Once actuated and running, the patented internal clutching mechanism automatically adjusts each individual roller to match the tension requirements of the core and material. Unloading is just as easy; finished rolls slide gently off the shaft.

WHARTON, New Jersey - November 25th, 2007 – Core slip and core grip define finished roll quality, and finding the air pressure “sweetspot” takes time and skill. Convertech GripLock™ lugs take the guesswork out of the process, and prevent core damage at the same time.

Convertech Continuous Lug Shafts now feature GripLock™ floating lugs, which simplify the loading process and eliminate core slip. By redesigning a key component, Convertech is able to offer a Continuous Lug Shaft that doesn’t slip, and doesn’t cause core damage.

A small change in the lug design makes a huge impact for converters. Although the shaft design is the same high quality Convertech shaft delivered in just a few weeks, the new GripLock™ floating lug system has been added to enhance the effectiveness of this proven shaft design.

The new GripLock™ floating lug design is intended to accommodate a wide variety of core types, and lug are available in aluminum, steel, and urethane. Lightweight aluminum bodies are also available in face lengths up to 150 inches, and 1.5” to 6” diameters.

WHARTON, New Jersey - October 25th, 2007 – By simplifying designs, and improving production methods, fast shaft delivery is now available for all Convertech customers.

Air shaft delivery in just a few weeks can mean a huge advantage to converters who have become accustomed to sixteen week delivery time from Convertech’s competitors.

In a competitive industry like converting, air shaft delivery time can have an enormous impact on downtime and success in business.   With competitors delivering air shafts in as much as sixteen weeks, Convertech is offering something its competitors can’t: shaft delivery time of just a few weeks, at no extra expense.

Convertech’s fast shaft delivery time is not accomplished at the expense of quality.  By simplifying the shaft designs, and using more commonly found parts, Convertech can deliver easy-to-use and easy-to-repair web shafts faster than competitors.  No special tools are required for repair.  Common hand tools like snap-ring pliers, screwdrivers, and hex wrenches are all that is necessary.

Convertech's product design, by its nature, ensures that shafts are simple, easy to use, durable, and effective.  By designing its products in the most efficient manner, Convertech ensures that its product designs are reliable and simple, yet exceptionally effective. Simplicity in design easily lends itself to speed of manufacture and delivery.

24 hour online access improves client interaction for New Jersey air shaft manufacturer.

WHARTON, New Jersey - September 25th, 2007 – With more and more clients turning to the internet for information and support, Convertech, Inc. announces a new online support system to allow clients 24 hour access to quotes and more.

With clients in multiple time zones, and with busy schedules, the new online support system from Convertech offers clients access to support at their convenience.  Currently, the online support system gives clients access to detailed air shaft quotes, a roll speed calculator, product information, and product support movies.

Soon, Convertech will be adding new features to its online support system.  With the new features, clients will also be able to track order information including production status and shipping status.  The addition of this new feature means clients will be able to  track order progress all the way from quote to shipping, from the convenience of any computer with an internet connection.

With a growing global market share, Convertech, Inc. is investing in online technologies to support its client base and to provide the best and most convenient options for product support.  Delivery time for Convertech shafts and chucks is already the fastest in the industry; usually just a few weeks.  By adding online technologies to streamline the process, Convertech is clearly demonstrating its commitment to client satisfaction.

WHARTON, New Jersey - August 25th, 2007 - The new Air Roll Lock Differential Shaft design from Convertech, Inc., is a significant improvement over competitive differential shaft designs due to the addition of both GlideLock™ Clutched rollers and CoreLock™ Pads.

GlideLock™ clutched rollers feature a bi-directional, internal clutching mechanism which actuates based on the location of each core on the shaft.  When the shaft begins to rotate, the rollers under each core lock independently and apply tension to each core.  As the material is wound on to the cores, the GlideLock™ clutched rollers self-adjust to apply the correct tension to the material.

The newest design of Convertech's GlideLock™ clutched rollers feature CoreLock™ pads, which grip the firmly core on loading.  When multiple width cores are loaded on to the shaft, the pads create individual friction zones to grip each core.  When the rollers engage, the pads ensure that each roller grips the cores firmly, providing the correct tension for each material.

New lug design on Convertech air shafts improves roll quality

WHARTON, New Jersey - July 25th, 2007 - With industry competition high, even small design improvements can make a dramatic difference in performance. Convertech's new GripLock™ lug design has increased core gripping power to improve roll quality and reduce core damage, while still keeping the shaft design efficient and effective.

Small improvements can make a big impact. Because roll quality is a major concern to converters, keeping cores locked firmly in place is a high priority. Air pressure in the air shaft is responsible for locking the lug in place on the core, but excessive air pressure can cause core damage, and too little air pressure will cause core slippage. Finding the optimal point between air pressure and lug grip is essential to creating the best finished rolls.

By changing their basic lug design to accommodate a variety of working environments, Convertech has taken the guesswork out of the process. Convertech GripLock™ lugs are designed to grip cores firmly, without causing core damage. All Convertech lug shafts and adapters feature GripLock™ lugs to ensure the best roll quality in a wide range of working environments.

WHARTON, New Jersey - June 25th, 2007 - With the converting industry demanding more efficiency and better roll quality, Convertech, Inc has consistently delivered newer, more efficient air shaft designs. Convertech's most recent upgrade to its highly successful air-roll-lock differential shaft design again improves overall performance and reliability.

Converters who seek to improve efficiency by winding multiple width rolls on the same shaft have typically approached differential winding with optimism, but have not always seen good results due to poor shaft design. Convertech's revolutionary air-roll-lock differential design changed the industry's perspective on differential winding and allowed converters to improve efficiency, and roll quality, with an easy-to-use and effective design.

Because differential winding can be a sensitive and delicate operation, it's vitally important that an air roll lock differential shaft operate at maximum efficiency with minimal effort. Convertech's most recent upgrade to their differential shaft design has improved the GlideLock™ clutched rollers by improving core grip while reducing the number of moving parts. This both improves efficiency and reduces the potential for repair.

The new improvements only enhance the differential shaft's ability to allow rolls to slide easily on and off the shaft. When disengaged, the GlideLock™ clutched rollers move freely, allowing operators to easily move cores and rolls along the shaft. Once engaged, the rollers lock independently in place and are able to control tensions from under .25 PLI on each individual core, regardless of each core's width.

WHARTON, New Jersey - May 25th, 2007 - Keeping to their high standard of customer service and the converting industry's fastest delivery time, Convertech, Inc. has added an online quote service to give 24 hour access to air shaft quotes and more.

In an industry which suffers from extended shaft delivery times of as much as sixteen weeks, Convertech's fast delivery time has earned it a place amongst the industry's top shaft and chuck manufacturers. With the addition of Convertech's online quote system, customers can now expect more efficient quote processing. Quotes will be posted in real-time and turned around very quickly, with fewer errors due to misprints and bad faxes.

The new 24 hour online quote system is exceptionally easy to use, and customers will find it easy to access at any time of day. Once posted, quotes are instantly available to Convertech's staff for review. Customers can track and print quotes at any time without time-consuming phone calls or faxes. Additionally, there is a roll-speed calculator and product documentation available once logged in.

As the system is further developed more items will be added for customer use. Specialized converting calculators and real-time order tracking are just a few of the upcoming additions to the new system.

WHARTON, New Jersey - April 20, 2007 - When other, prominent web shaft manufacturers are having difficulty delivering their products, Convertech, Inc. is delivering its shafts fast, when customers need them most. In just a few weeks, customers who order custom wide and narrow web shafts from Convertech can expect to be up and running smoothly with a reliable and easy-to-use shaft designed to their specifications.

Having recently streamlined his production process, Convertech's President, Larry Taitel noted, "We've been able to consistently beat the competition's lead time by a wide margin while still delivering the highest quality product available, and at no extra cost to the customer. By creating a new line of web shafts with more commonly found parts, we are able to quickly manufacture and ship custom web shafts in a fraction of the time it takes our competitors to do the same."

By simplifying the shaft designs, and using more commonly found parts, Convertech is also able to deliver easy-to-use and easy-to-repair web shafts. No special tools are required for repair. Common hand tools like snap-ring pliers, screwdrivers, and hex wrenches are all that is necessary. In addition to the ease of repair, some of Convertech's web shafts also feature convenient QuickChange™ bladder cartridges which can reduce repair time to as little as ten minutes.

In the wide and narrow web shaft industry, shaft delivery time can make an enormous impact on customer downtime and their ongoing success in business. Convertech's competitors, although established and reputable companies, simply cannot give their customers what Convertech can offer at no extra expense; a promise to delivery the industry's highest quality web shaft in the shortest amount of time.

WHARTON, New Jersey - February 20, 2007 - With industry lead times as much as sixteen weeks, Convertech, Inc. is beating the competition with wide and narrow web shaft delivery in just a few weeks. Better still, Convertech's shafts are more reliable and cost-competitive than others due to a streamlined production process and an innovative, simplified design.

End users and OEM's will both appreciate Convertech's fast shaft delivery time and product reliability. End users, in particular, need to ensure maximum uptime to keep their businesses running smoothly and customers happy. When a shaft fails, it's vital that a reliable replacement be shipped quickly. Convertech's efficient, simplified shaft designs mean shafts can produced effectively and quickly, ensuring fast delivery to the end user.

Convertech's simplified wide and narrow web shaft designs also mean fewer and easier repairs, reducing downtime and the need for complex repair tools. In as little as ten minutes, an operator can repair a Convertech shaft with a QuickChange™ bladder repair cartridge. There's also no need for specialized or complex tools when repairing a Convertech shaft; common hand tools are all that's required.

Both end users and OEM's can benefit greatly from Convertech's web shaft design quality and fast delivery. Reliable and easy to repair, Convertech's wide and narrow web shafts have come to represent an industry standard which implies ease-of-use, long-lasting durability, and reduced downtime.

WHARTON, New Jersey – December 20, 2006 – With rising production costs, converters are looking to expanding shaft manufacturers who can deliver replacement shafts faster to avoid costly downtime. Convertech, Inc. provides what all other expanding shaft manufacturers cannot; shaft delivery in just a few weeks.

By re-engineering many traditional shaft and chuck designs Convertech, Inc. has simplified production and created an easy-to-use line of products which can be produced faster than its competitors. By ensuring a streamlined production facility, Convertech is always guaranteed to have the fastest delivery time and most reliable products in the industry.

No quality has been lost with the reduction of delivery time. All shaft and chuck products are meticulously engineered and produced to each customers exacting custom specifications. Each shaft and chuck is also produced with only the highest quality steel to ensure long-lasting reliabilty. While some manufacturers have reduced product quality, Convertech has instead streamlined production and simplified design to ensure the fastest delivery time.

Although larger and more time-consuming to produce, Convertech ships its wide web shafts just as fast as a simple chuck. Whether you’re a manufacturer of paper, textiles, or nonwovens, Convertech provides a full line of products for your specific industry in wide web lengths up to 150 inches.

For over thirty years Convertech has been the leader in exceptionally fast lead time with superior engineering and quality built into every expanding shaft and chuck. With its competitors extended delivery time of as much as sixteen weeks Convertech, Inc.’s faster delivery time will always keep you up and running.

WHARTON, New Jersey – January 20, 2007 – When uptime is your bottom line fast delivery makes all the difference. With industry competition averaging sixteen weeks or more for delivery, Convertech’s delivery time of just a few weeks puts it at the forefront of the expanding shaft industry.

With 29 years of proven engineering experience Convertech, Inc. has remained a prominent industry leader with its focus on reliability through simplicity of design. By reducing the overall number of moving parts and creating simple and innovative solutions to common issues, Convertech has created a full line of superior products which significantly reduce downtime and often outprice the competition.

Fast delivery time does not happen at the sacrifice of quality. Convertech’s innovative engineering has maximized product quality while easing shaft operation and repair. Having spent the last 29 years refining their production process, and using only the highest quality materials, Convertech has ensured the highest quality product of all manufacturers in the industry. From easy-to-use bladder repair systems to effective Air Roll Lock Differential shafts, Convertech products are easier to use and exponentially more reliable than the competition while being delivered faster than anyone else.

Convertech expanding shafts are available in a wide variety of sizes and configurations to accomodate a multitude of industry applications. From narrow web converting applications to wide web applications, Convertech shafts are available in several diameters and face lengths up to 150 inches.

For 29 years Convertech has been the leader in exceptionally fast lead time with superior engineering and quality built into every expanding shaft and chuck. With its competitors extended delivery time of as much as sixteen weeks Convertech, Inc.’s faster delivery time will always keep you up and running.

WHARTON, New Jersey - September 20, 2005 - Superior and easy to use Convertech's core chuck and adapter system reduces the number of costly and heavy chucks required for many operations. At 25% of the cost and weight of a chuck each adapter can expand the usability of your current chucks without a time-consuming changeover.

Convertech's core chuck and adapter combination provides a "system's" approach which saves time and money. Convertech's adapters are available for practically any Convertech chuck configuration. Using a chuck as the system base, each adapter is custom designed to your specifications. Adapters fit securely over your chuck to expand its core size capacity. Chuck adapters offer quick resets and a less expensive solution with superior flexibility.

High-quality aluminum or steel lugs provide perfectly uniform expansion and a firm yet non-damaging grip on the core. By reducing core damage and easing loading and unloading, Convertech's adapters ensure more uptime and less damage to cores and rolls. Adapters are available in diameters up to 16” in a variety of styles.

Downtime is reduced significantly by using a Convertech chuck and adapter system. Typical chuck changes can reduce productivity and expose operators to workplace injuries. A Convertech chuck and adapter system is much more versatile. Using a single chuck as the "center" of an adapter system, an operator can change the adapter in less than half the time it would normally take to change a traditional chuck. Because adapters are lighter than their chuck counterparts operators can lift and manipulate adapters with less risk of workplace injury.

WHARTON, New Jersey - August 20, 2005 - Precision, on-the-fly roll adjustments improve roll quality on printing presses, inspection machines, and collators. Designed to support light loads Convertech's Lateral motion shaft is best suited to webs under 20 inches.

An easy-to-use adjustment mechanism makes this Lateral motion shaft both effective and reliable. Using a standard expanding air shaft Convertech adds a simple mechanical crank which controls the lateral movement of the shaft during winding and unwinding. By precisely controlling the lateral movement of the air shaft operators can ensure correct alignment without an expensive web guide.

Precision control of roll alignment can also dramatically reduce waste materials created by unwanted lateral web movement. In situations where portable unwinds or laminating towers are used a Convertech Lateral motion shaft can provide an additional level of control over web alignment when a web guide is not present or necessary.

WHARTON, New Jersey - July 20, 2005 - Simplicity of core chuck design and rugged, all-metal construction means reliability and ease of use. Precision machined parts ensure positive, instant core chuck lock up and release reducing damage to cores and reduction of workplace injuries.

Because all parts are meticulously manufactured and tested Convertech's core chucks provide expansion and retraction to a firm and consistent diameter every time. Convertech core chucks provide a firm grip with wide-footprint lugs. These chucks can provide high-torque pressure without damaging the inside of the core or the core ends. While eliminating excessive core damage Convertech's core chucks can dramatically reduce operating costs and substantially increase production with repeated use of cores.

These core chucks reduce workplace injuries with easy unloading. Easy roll removal is maintained with consistent and firm retraction of chuck lugs, keeping the lugs from sticking in the core. Instead of your operators forcing rolls off the chucks these core chucks release the core easily and allow rolls to be unloaded with minimal effort.

A streamlined production process and simplified design for these core chucks can mean sizable savings for OEMs. Built like a high quality expanding shaft Convertech's core chucks can last up to five times longer than the competition and provide the best torque capacity for the lowest cost.

WHARTON, New Jersey - June 20, 2005 - Superior and easy to use Convertech's Trapper leaf air shaft ensures precise concentricity and a firm grip on web material with minimal loading and unloading effort from the shaft.

Convertech's Trapper leaf air shaft successfully demonstrates a simplified and reliable design which tightly grips the leading edge of web material firmly for easy air shaft startup and winding. An automatic release mechanism permits easier removal of finished rolls and trouble-free unloading from the air shaft. Convertech's Trapper leaf air shaft has one fixed gripper leaf which ensures roll concentricity and is available with either lift-out or flanged mountings.

High-quality anodized aluminum leaves provide uniform air shaft expansion and a firm yet non-damaging grip. Exceptionally easy to use the Convertech Trapper leaf air shaft grips the leading edge of the web material between the underside of the shaft's raised trapper leaf section and the gripper bar underneath. To release the finished roll simply deflate the air shaft for easy removal of the finished coreless roll.

Downtime is dramatically reduced with Convertech's air shaft production lead time. Simplified product design and a streamlined manufacturing process will ensure the delivery of a new Convertech continuous lug air shaft in about two weeks. This dramatically reduced lead time prevents increased production losses from air shaft replacement.

The reduced weight of Convertech's lightweight continuous lug air shaft eases loading and unloading which can reduce workplace air shaft injuries. Design simplification and lightweight product materials keep the Convertech continuous lug air shaft lightweight yet durable.

Durable and heat-resistant expanding core chucks set industry standard for reliability

WHARTON, New Jersey - April 20, 2005 - High-tech integration of materials and superior design quality makes Convertech Core Chucks the industry leader in maximum grip, high-speed control, and reduction of core damage.

Converters can dramatically improve splice reliability, increase operating speeds, and save time and money with Convertech Core Chucks. Convertech Core Chucks provide consistent grip with wide-footprint lugs and high-torque pressure without damaging the inside of the core or the core ends. By eliminating core damage, Convertech's Core Chucks reduce operating costs and increase production with repeated use of cores.

Although Convertech's Core Chucks reduce core slippage and ensure maximum grip their advanced design also eases loading and unloading. Ease of removal is maintained with pneumatic and mechanical retraction of lugs, ensuring that the lugs never stick in the core.

High-torque core chuck grip is essential to increased production. Convertech Core Chucks reduce slippage and waste with extensive design modifications which can accomodate extreme torque and weight requirements. Designed for continuous use in demanding applications, Convertech Core Chucks excel in maximum torque capacities, long-life durability, perfect expansion and retraction, and trouble-free maintenance.

Pneumatic Leaf Shafts provide precise uniform expansion and eliminate core damage

WHARTON, New Jersey - March 20, 2005 - Advanced technological integration of materials in Convertech's Pneumatic Leaf Shafts ensures precise expansion and a firm grip on even the most sensitive of core walls.

Anodized aluminum leaves provide perfectly uniform expansion and a surprisingly strong yet non-damaging grip. A simple interlocking extrusion leaf integrates seamlessly with Convertech's reliable pneumatic shaft design and provides a reliable and strong hold. This results in perfectly uniform expansion and perfect grip.

Precision delivery of expansion pressure makes this Pneumatic Leaf Shaft perfect for use with thin-walled cores. Perfect for paper, fiber or steel cores, Convertech's Pneumatic Leaf Shafts are lightweight and efficient. Light and medium duty narrow web applications, such as printing and rewinding of narrow web products, traverse winding, corrugated products, film winding and packaging products, can all benefit from Convertech Pneumatic Leaf Shafts.

Pneumatic Leaf Shafts are also available in wide web lengths up to 150 inches. Built with the same advantages as its narrow web, Pneumatic Leaf shafts Convertech ships its wide web shafts faster than competitors, usually in about two weeks.

New Differential Rewind Shaft eliminates common winding issues and perfects precision roll control

WHARTON, New Jersey - February 20, 2005 - Based on customer needs, Convertech's Differential Rewind Shaft design eliminates side to side core movement, core slip, and core dust. An advanced internal slip design means cores are locked firmly allowing precision tension control for different size cores on the same Differential Rewind Shaft.

Ease of loading and unloading has increased this shaft's capacity to remain the leader in productivity and uptime. Independent roll locks move freely when the shaft pressure is released and allow cores to slide quickly on and off the shaft. By eliminating cones, spacers, and other time-consuming loading and unloading procedures, this Differential Rewind Shaft is easier to use than other Differential Rewind Shafts.

Convertech's advanced design ensures reduced downtime and increased production. By running multiple width rolls on the same Differential Rewind Shaft you can decrease the number of times a shaft needs to be loaded and unloaded. Using a Convertech Differential Rewind Shaft can also eliminate costly shaft changes and will ensure time-senstive jobs are completed with less effort and in less time.

With a delivery time of about three weeks, Convertech can deliver a Differential Rewind Shaft in less time than competitors. Benefiting from years of research and development, these new Differential Rewind Shafts are capable of advanced tension control which ensures a perfectly concentric roll every time.

A full line of web shafts and chucks priced right and delivered in about two weeks

WHARTON, New Jersey - January 20, 2005 - Because demanding applications require precision engineered shafts and chucks, Convertech offers a full line of products designed and built to your exacting specifications. Priced competitively, yet manufactured from the highest quality materials, Convertech's shafts and chucks are delivered in about two weeks.

With 26 years of proven engineering experience Convertech has remained a prominent industry leader with its focus on reliability through simplicity of design. By reducing the number of moving parts and creating simple and innovative solutions to common issues, Convertech has created a full line of superior products which significantly reduce downtime and often outprice the competition.

Innovative engineering has maximized product quality while easing operation and repair. By streamlining production and using only the highest quality materials, Convertech has ensured the highest quality product of all manufacturers in the industry. From easy-to-use bladder repair systems to effective Air-Roll-Lock Differential shafts, Convertech products work better and last longer than the rest.

Fast delivery time does not happen at the sacrifice of quality. Each shaft and chuck is produced with only the highest quality hardened steel. Every shaft and chuck is custom engineered and produced to each customer's individual specifications. By streamlining production and simplifying design, Convertech ensures its fast delivery time.