ICE Awards 2023 – Applications

Over 30 exhibiting companies have applied to us and are now up for election in three categories. The voting period runs from 23 January to 21 February.

To learn more about each entry, please click on the respective photo for the full-length article below!

The happy winners of the ICE Awards 2022.

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Check out the applicants in all three categories below.

Category: Digital Converting Solutions

A.Celli Nonwovens

A.CELLI SMART REEL QUALITY OPTIMIZATION

The automatic quality control systems in any converting production line are limited to measuring the characteristics of the material that must be wound and packaged according to the shipment to the customer.

FilmCylinderCleaner

Baldwin Technology

Baldwin’s automated FilmCylinderCleaner boosts productivity and ensures safety

Our solution is unlike anything on the market today – if you are interested in improving safety and sustainability on your extrusion line, then the FilmCylinderCleaner will meet your needs.

Countroll digital roller management platform

Countroll

Countroll – Digital Roller Management Platform

Countroll is a cloud platform that allows end-customers to have instant digital access to the industrial roller information provided by their roller recoverer (rubber quality, recovering/regrinding history, location, technical documentation, photos).

TEOC Service Packages

DIENES Werke für Maschinenteile GmbH & Co. KG

DIENES Werke für Maschinenteile GmbH & Co. KG – TEOC Service Packages

TEOC ("The End of Coincidences") combines DIENES digitalization activities. Within this framework the recently launched TEOC Service Packages include a modular architecture with hardware and software features, which can be combined in accordance to individual customers’ needs.

Dr. Hönle AG

Dr. Hönle AG – LEDs with high voltage power and IIoT

Traditionally, LEDs for industrial curing applications are powered by low voltage power supplies which consequently results in heavy and large diameter cables and heavy LED housings.

LEMORAU SMART-L

Lemorau

LEMORAU – LEMORAU SMART-L Easy. Fast. Smart.

SMART-L is a compact finishing machine all servo driven with a small foot print, short web path, very ergonomic design and an Intelligent software. It records up to 250 works to minimize set up time when repeating a job.

PPMDF + Inkjet

PrintsPaul GmbH & Co. KG

PrintsPaul GmbH & Co. KG – PPMDF + Inkjet – Digital finishing combined with conventional converting

Digital finishing is also becoming increasingly important in the label printing segment. Especially in the production of small series with finishing or in the personalisation of the finishing itself, individualisation is playing an increasingly important role.

Hoaco Rotary Die Cutting Machine

Shandong HOACO Automation Technology Co. Ltd.

Shandong HOACO Automation Technology Co., Ltd. – Hoaco Rotary Die Cutting Machine

With a modern multi-stations movable design and customizable die cutting stations, HOACO RDC machines offer extreme flexibility, quick changeover, accurate registration, high precision, performance and repeatability, making it the perfect choice for high volume and tight tolerance applications.

eDiffsystem

Tecnocut

Tecnocut – E-Diffsystem, the most reliable electronic adjustable anvil

Our adjustable anvil is designed to control the movement of the anvil electronically. It has a micrometric precision (+/- 1µm), to be able to adjust the gap between the anvil and the magnetic cylinder to the maximum (micron by micron).val system performs a sliding rewinding shaft for astonishing stripping speeds in the label and converting industry. It is adaptable to all types of machinery.

W&H RUBY Check@Slitter

Windmöller & Hölscher

Windmöller & Hölscher – W&H RUBY Check@Slitter – Fully automated workflow from printing press to slitter rewinder

The RUBY Check@Slitter module is part of the Windmöller & Hölscher RUBY family for central storage and processing of digital press and print defect data from flexographic or gravure presses with the VISION DEFECT CHECK inspection system.

Category: Efficient Production Solutions

Applied Laser Engineering

Applied Laser Engineering Ltd

Applied Laser Engineering Ltd – Twin Track Laser Technology

The Twin Track Laser Engraving Technology is targeted at the ceramic anilox and coatings/applicator cylinder sectors.

CLS CAM 100

BST GmbH

BST GmbH – High-performance object sensor CLS CAM 100

The solution enables the precise detection of objects, lines, print marks and print patterns on the material web. As the need for an additional control line is eliminated, the web width and waste are reduced (less raw material, less waste). Scanning for objects directly in the centre of the web eliminates the negative influence of possible web width fluctuations.

Tape Gap Cutting Machine

CHUANZEN Precision Machinery (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

CHUANZHEN Precision Machinery (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. – Tape Gap Cutting Machine

Such gap cutting machine is good for convert VHB tapes, double side tapes etc. After cutting, between each 2 tapes, there is a gap, avoid tapes stick to each other after cutting. Machine is with kiss slit structure, it is good for make finger lift. It is with cross cut structure, final products can be in roll, also can be in sheets. Really very functional designing.

Crusader

Delta ModTech

Delta ModTech – Beyond Delivery: Delta ModTech innovates production through client partnerships

For over 40 years, Delta ModTech has been the most reliable machine manufacturer for web converters. We have created a reputation of service, technology, and design. This reputation is clear when you hear about what our customers say about their partnership with us.

Inert UV curing on chilled drums

Dr. Hönle AG

Dr. Hönle AG – Energy savings through inert UV curing chambers on chilled drums

UV curing in absence of oxygen is called inertisation and can bring significant advantages to the process. Oxygen inhibits the polymerization process and might cause the need for a higher number of UV lamps, resulting in higher energy consumption to compensate this effect.

UV hotmelt adhesive is applied and cured within the space shown in the photo. This example shows 3x NUVA2 lamps on an Elite Cameron HM1000

GEW (EC) Limited

GEW (EC) Limited – GEW NUVA2 UV curing system

The addition of a NUVA2 UV curing system to a hot melt coating line enables coaters to switch to UV-curable hotmelt coatings and diversify by making higher performing, higher added value products for new markets.

ETA Sonotrode

Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KG

Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KG – A sustainable and efficient solution for elastic thread anchoring by ultrasound

The Elastic Thread Anchoring (ETA) sonotrode from Herrmann offers an innovative solution for fixing elastic threads, making the process more effective, reliable and sustainable than ever before.

KK1 REVO

IMESA SRL

IMESA SRL – KK1 REVO – Laminator Machine with turret rewinder

This line has the capablity to laminate and rewind, allowing to reduce the linear length of the jumbo-roll, and to laminate any PSA or Transfer Adhesive to plastic film or foam in a single step. The machine is complete with automatic turret double-shaft rewinder, slitting unit, automatic cut-off and extractors for scraps.

Flying Splice Roller New Generation

Lüraflex GmbH

Lüraflex GmbH – Flying Splice Roller New Generation

Composite materials, e.g. packaging (Tetra Pak) medical products (plasters), construction films (insulation material) consist of different materials and are produced in a coating line. These are supplied in roll form and are to be combined into a composite material in a continuous finishing process. The material ends of the individual rolls are glued together to make the web endless. This process is called splicing.

REWOLEX

MONDON

MONDON Winding and Converting Machines – REWOLEX – Simply efficient

REWOLEX is a revolutionary brand of turret unwinders and winders. REWOLEX offers the capacity to unwind and rewind products thanks to an automatic process by mean of turret technology. Thanks to REWOLEX everything is simplified.

Defect marking from semket

Semket Etikettiersysteme GmbH

semket Etikettiersysteme GmbH – Defect marking for 100% quality

Anyone who takes a close look at processes and procedures in the converting sector will realise how much added value is lost through omissions. To ensure that 100 percent quality is achieved in the end, semket offers closed process support with its defect marking and evaluation systems.

Desmasystem

Tecnocut

Tecnocut – Desmasystem: The most versatile waste matrix removal system

Our waste matrix removal system performs a sliding rewinding shaft for astonishing stripping speeds in the label and converting industry. It is adaptable to all types of machinery.

tesa Printer’s Friend

Tesa SE

tesa SE – tesa Printer’s Friend for more efficient production processes

Smooth runs through the production process are possible with our highly durable roller wrapping tape: our silicone tape tesa Printer's Friend 4863 with an embossed surface. The product design ensures high resistance to wear and offer easy application and removal, even after a prolonged period of time and exposure to high temperatures.

Work Microwave GmbH

Work Microwave GmbH – Wastage minimization by continuous process monitoring

Efficiency requires a minimization – of process steps, manufacturing cost, manufacturing time, energy consumption required material and production wastage.

Category: Sustainable Products and Converting Processes

Oxi.X RV

Dürr Systems AG – Clean Technology Systems

Dürr Systems AG – Clean Technology Systems – Electrifying: Flameless exhaust air Purification for the converting industry

During the processing and finishing of web-shaped materials, exhaust gases and vapours are produced which contain organic pollutants that are harmful to the climate. To protect people and the climate, these pollutants must be removed or neutralised.

HM1000 UV Hot Melt Coater

Elite Cameron / T.S. Converting Equipment

TS Converting Equipment, Ltd./Elite Cameron – HM1000 UV Hot Melt Coater to replace solvent coating

Elite Cameron's HM1000 hot melt coating machines equipped with GEW UV curing systems are offering coating companies a high performance, environmentally friendly alternative to solvent based coating methods.

Marveloc-CURTAIN

Hammer IMS

Hammer-IMS – Marveloc CURTAIN: Your sustainable, early and real-time eye on applied wet coatings

Hammer-IMS has developed a version of its Marveloc-CURTAIN quality-control system specifically for tracking the grammage of wet coatings, directly after the moment they have been applied by the coating knife or coating roller.

Heating roller 2.0

INOMETA GmbH

INOMETA GmbH – Heating roller 2.0

The innovative INOMETA heating roller has been designed to meet the needs and requirements for laminating foils and other substrates. It ensures a reliably constant and homogeneous surface temperature distribution, as this is the prerequisite for uniform web tempering.

Rollguard

Rollguard International LLC

Rollguard International LLC – Rollguard Recycled Fiber Cradles

Rollguard's fiber cradle packaging solution is ideal for a wide variety of applications worldwide. Our durable, earth-friendly materials are lightweight and space efficient, allowing you to maximize square footage while keeping shipping costs low. All of our cradles are made from 100% recycled corrugated fiber pulb and are 100% curbside recyclable.

ECO Composite Sleeves

Rotometal DBN

Rotometal DBN – ECO Composite Sleeves – your eco-friendly print tooling

Rotometal's ECO CRO Sleeves GF take our existing Composite print cylinder and replace the standard honeycomb volumetric layer material with 100% rPET and the base layer with a high performance green epoxy resin featuring 28% of its molecular structure deriving from plant origin.

tesa 60408 – Bio-based paper packaging tape

Tesa SE

tesa SE – tesa 60408 Bio-based paper packaging tape

With technical innovations such as the tesa 60408 Bio-based paper packaging tape, tesa supports companies to achieve their sustainability goals. Thanks to the smart choice of raw materials, the total bio-based carbon content of this product was measured to be 92% according to DIN CERTCO, making this product the most sustainable paper packaging tape in tesa's assortment.

Vickers Blades B.V.

Vickers Blades BV

Vickers Blades – Tungsten Carbide Blades

Tungsten carbide blades are made of the hardest, and wear resistant metal there is. It therefore significantly reduces machine down time. It is also 100% recyclable and can be recharpened after use.

SR-60 moisture head

Work Microwave GmbH

Work Microwave GmbH – Energy savings and quality improvement via continuous product moisture monitoring

Sustainability implies energy efficiency and high product quality, which play an important role in industrial manufacturing processes in times of the climate change and exploding energy cost.

Xi'an Beschichtungslinie

Xi’an Aerospace-Huayang

Xi’an Aerospace-Huayang Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Co.,Ltd – Coating solutions for more than 40 industries

Xi’an is a professional manufacturer for multi-function coating machines, which are applicable to more than 40 industries such as coating solutions for optical film, functional Film, electronic material, water treatment, adhesive Tape, etc.

Valmet

Valmet Automation Inc.

Valmet Automation Inc. – Automatic curl control without steam

Valmet IQ Moisturizer together with automatic close loop moisture control enables to control sheet curling fully automatically without steam and CO₂ emission.

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