Universal Converting Equipment manufacture class leading slitting machines and other converting equipment that is sold worldwide. The Universal X6 slitter offers a range of technically advanced features to ensure production of high quality product while minimising the amount of time the machine is stopped. However, to achieve repeat sales, Universal decided they must also offer excellent reliability […]
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Universal Expand Hot Melt Coating Equipment Range
Universal Converting Equipment are well known for their high performance X6 slitting machine. However, hot melt coating is an important sector of Universal’s business and Universal are utilising their high-speed web handling technology from the X6 to expand the capability of its coating equipment. The latest machines incorporate closed-loop unwind tension control, edge guiding for […]
Universal Converting Equipment will be exhibiting at ICE Europe 2017 and ICE USA 2017
Universal Converting Equipment has exhibited at ICE Europe in Munich many times. ICE Europe 2015 was particularly successful, with interest in the company, and in-particular our Universal X6 slitter exceptionally high. ICE Europe is a great opportunity to spend time with our long-term customers, as well as to meet potential new customers. We are pleased […]
Universal Converting Equipment at DRUPA 2016
Universal Converting Equipment will be exhibiting at DRUPA 2016 in Dusseldorf. The exhibition stand has been booked in response to the rapidly increasing industry interest in the Universal X6 Slitting Machine. We have enjoyed several strong years of growth and increasing our presence at Converting and Packaging exhibitions worldwide consolidates our recent expansion. In the […]
Universal Converting Equipment invests in support centre and showroom in USA
Universal Converting Equipment is a fast-growing supplier of slitting machines and other converting equipment. Established 20 years ago, Universal has expanded its sales in North America and has now secured a dedicated facility for a showroom and service centre. The centre will be the focus for servicing the market in both North and South America. […]
Don & Low expand production with a Universal X6 Slitter
Don & Low are an international supplier of innovative polyolefin based woven and non-woven materials for a range of specialist applications. As their business has grown over the past few years, they found their existing slitting capacity could not keep up, so they took the decision to invest in a Universal X6 slitting machine. […]
Universal Converting Equipment moves hot melt coating technology forward with new test facility
Universal Converting Equipment have supplied a new CL350 hot melt adhesive coater / laminator to sister company, Universal Adhesive Systems. This investment in the latest technology strengthens the position of the two companies as leaders in both converting machinery and adhesive application technologies. The new CL350 coater is available for customer trials at Universal Adhesive […]
Watershed Packaging Install a High Performance Universal X6 Slitting Machine
Watershed Packaging are a fast-growing adhesive label and flexible packaging producer with three production sites, including a recently completed custom-built factory in Leeds. Watershed needed a slitting machine with fast set-up times to slit material used within its conversion operation. Watershed chose the Universal X6 for its automatic shear knife set up, ease of operation […]
Converter Directory 2015 – 16
The new edition of the Converter Magazine Directory (for 2015 – 2016) is out now, and we’re proud to be featured on the cover. The machine shown on the cover is an X6 Slitter configured for converting flexible packaging films, this is the most popular configuration for this machine. Other features in evidence on our […]
ICE Europe 2015 – our review
Overwhelming interest in the X6 Slitter at ICE Europe 2015 This year’s International Converting Exhibition (ICE) in Munich appeared to be the best-attended ICE exhibition to date, both in terms of delegates and exhibitors. Here at Universal Converting Equipment, we decided to book a larger stand, and to take more machinery than in previous years. […]
