Davis-Standard, LLC Converting Systems

Web handling is a broad category of products that can range from slitters/rewinders, web guides, register, tension controls, and web inspection. Web guiding and tension control are two factors that help converters control waste as well as the web’s “wobble” as it comes off the roll. In the case of tension control, sensor selection is a major factor. Using low-cost sensors that require constant recalibration is no longer acceptable to converters. Tension Control Issues Although some converters may be intimidated by the tension control concept, the waste reduction and improvement in product quality are more than worth the investment. “Tension control is perhaps

PAWCATUCK, Conn.—Davis-Standard, LLC announced that the company has been acquired by management and an investor group led by Hamilton Robinson LLC, a Stamford, Conn.-based private equity firm. The acquisition supports Davis-Standard’s strategy to grow its global converting and extrusion systems businesses as well as Chemtura Corporation’s decision to divest of a noncore business and focus instead on their specialty chemical business. “Chemtura has been an excellent partner. We especially appreciate the support and counsel of Bob Wood, Chemtura’s chairman and CEO as well as the guidance and advice of senior Chemtura executives Greg McDaniel and Arthur Wienslaw, who served ably on the Davis-Standard board