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Curt Joa: Located in
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Joa is one of the oldest disposable diaper
machine makers in the world, established in 1932. They have experience with
machines for Baby Diapers, Adult Incontinence, Training Pants and Sanitary
Napkins. They specialize in large diaper machines, some running up to 1000
diapers per minute. I have known them for more than 20 years; they have
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Fameccanica: Located near Pescara in Italy,
Fameccanica was established in 1975. They are probably the largest diaper
machine builders in Europe. They make machines for sanitary napkins, baby
diapers, adult incontinence products and training pants. This is a very
stable company where employees turnover is rather low, somewhat unusual for
most Italian machine builders. Recently they have opened a new diaper
factory in China. I have known Fameccanica for more than 20 years.
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GDM: An Italian machine builder, GDM started
operations in late 1995 from two formerly existing companies: Nuova Red
Italiana and Tekma, which joined together to form the new company. GDM is
located in Offanengo, Italy. They manufacture sanitary napkins, baby
diapers and adult incontinence machines; they also make high speed equipment.
GDM also builds machines in South America at the GD do Brasil factory.
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GD do Brasil: This is the Brazilian arm of the
Italian machine builder GDM. Started operations in Brazil in 1985 with
packaging equipment for the tobacco industry and later started with diaper
machines in 1996. GD do Brasil is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They
specialize in medium capacity machines. They manufacture machines for
sanitary napkins, baby diapers and adult incontinence, in addition to
special accessories like the horizontal stacker shown in the picture.
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Han Wei: Located in China, They make sanitary
napkin, baby wipes, baby diaper and adult incontinence machines. Han-Wei
started first with only sanitary napkin machines in 1993 but now produces
machines for a full line of disposable absorbent products. This is a very
active participant, with machines in every diaper industry show such as
Index or Idea. |
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Peixin: This is a
Chinese-Foreign joint venture located in Quanzhou, China. Peixin was
established in 1989; they have been exporting machines to many countries,
specially in Asia and Middle East. Peixin is a builder of machines for
sanitary napkins, baby diapers and adult incontinence products.
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Viola, Md: They are located near Milan, Italy.
They make sanitary napkin machines, baby diaper and adult incontinence
products' machines. Viola is well known for building their own hot melt
tanks, dust collectors and SAP applicators. Viola is present in most diaper
industry shows.
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Zuiko: One of the oldest manufacturers of
equipment located in Osaka, Japan. Zuiko is probably the largest diaper
machine builder in Asia. They are famous for their training pant machines;
they also make sanitary, baby diaper and adult incontinence machines.
Zuiko has been a leader of disposable diaper machines for quite some time
and their machines are known to be built to last. I have known Zuiko for
more than 15 years.
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An actual diaper factory in operation: For a nice
video of an actual diaper factory, please use this link courtesy of Abena in
Denmark, please be patient as it takes a few minutes to load but it is worth
it:
http://www.abena.com/Files/Billeder/video.wmv Abena is one
of the suppliers of my client Ahold in Europe. |
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