We are a U.S. based leading designer and manufacturer of high performance air-cooled and water-cooled cast aluminum and cast bronze barrel heaters, lip die & die heaters, cartridge & tubular die heaters, along with melt-bolt & plastics temperature sensors for extrusion, blow mold, and general plastics industry equipment. With over 40 years of extensive problem solving, application, and performance optimization experience, we can tackle your most challenging heat and temperature sensing needs.
Duratherm Processing Systems
Duratherm Processing Systems Inc. is a premier manufacturer of electric heating elements and temperature sensors. Products include mold components (runnerless torpedoes and sprue bushings) and machine assemblies, round and square cartridge heaters (imperial and metric), cable heaters (coiled and straight), MI band heaters, strip heaters, sleeve heaters, RTDs, MI thermocouples (molded and metal transition), and general-purpose thermocouples. | Duratherm Processing Systems Inc. provides crucial thermal components and temperature control products for moldmakers and plastics processors, ensuring consistent molding performance. As a leading manufacturer of electric heating elements and temperature sensors, Duratherm supports injection molding and other applications where precise temperature maintenance is vital for quality and reliability. Moldmaking and molding are crucial to Duratherm’s offerings, as molded part quality relies on controlled heat in runnerless systems. Duratherm creates products like side-feed, center-feed, and thermal spike torpedoes and bushings that ensure uniform heat profiles in molds for both commodity and engineering resins. Duratherm’s product line features runnerless components, cartridge heaters (round and square), cable heaters, mineral insulated (MI) band and strip heaters, RTDs, and molded transition thermocouples. These elements and sensors help maintain controlled temperatures on molds and machines, ensuring part quality and reducing scrap
Carlo Gavazzi Inc.
Carlo Gavazzi is an international group active in designing, manufacturing and marketing electronic equipment. The Group’s products (sensors, monitoring relays, timers, energy management systems, solid state relays) provide automation solutions for the global markets of industrial & building automation. Carlo Gavazzi has recently launched 3-Phase Monitoring Relays and D.P. Contactors, which address the new standards related to Low-GWP Refrigerants. Also offered are an extensive range of Energy Meters and Soft Starters for the HVAC industry. | Carlo Gavazzi is a global leader in smart automation solutions, empowering businesses to optimize performance, efficiency, and sustainability. For decades, we’ve been at the forefront of designing, manufacturing, and delivering innovative electronic control components for building and industrial automation markets worldwide. Our state-of-the-art factories in Italy, Mexico, Lithuania, Malta, and China, certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001, ensure uncompromising quality and environmental responsibility. From sensors and solid-state relays to energy meters, IoT energy management systems, monitoring relays, soft starters, timers, power supplies, and safety devices, our comprehensive product portfolio is built to meet the evolving needs of modern automation. Whether it’s industrial processes or smart buildings, Carlo Gavazzi provides solutions that drive reliability and efficiency. We serve a diverse range of industries, including access control, agriculture, energy storage, EV charging infrastructure, food & beverage, HVAC, plastics & rubber, and semiconductors. Our customers, OEMs, system integrators, and distributors, trust us to deliver cutting-edge technology and exceptional support. With 23 wholly owned sales companies and a network of 60 independent distributors, Carlo Gavazzi brings global expertise with local service across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Innovation. Reliability. Sustainability. That’s Carlo Gavazzi. | Founded in 1931, CARLO GAVAZZI is a multinational electronics group active in the design, manufacture and marketing of electronic and electrical components for industrial automation and building automation. With several ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified manufacturing and R&D facilities throughout Europe and Asia, and dozens of sales offices spanning the globe, you are assured that product support, service, and inventory are only a phone call, email or mouse click away. CARLO GAVAZZI products are developed and manufactured in full compliance with the most important standard regulations, such as UL and CSA. Typical customers are original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of EV Charging Stations, PV Energy Storage Systems, Food and Beverage, Semiconductors, HVAC, Mobile Equipment, Agriculture, Plastic Machinery, Access Controls, Energy and Building Efficiency, Data Centers, Conveyors. System integrators and distributors are typically the channels we utilize to reach the market. The products are marketed across Europe, America, and Asia-Pacific through a network of 22 wholly owned sales companies and around 60 independent national distributors. OUR COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF PRODUCTS INCLUDES: SENSORS: Capacitive/Inductive Proximity Sensors and Photoelectric Sensors, IO-Link Masters, IO-Link Smart Configurator, Motion/Presence Sensors, Level Sensors, Magnetic Switches, Limit Switches, and Safety Interlocks SWITCHES: Solid State Relays, Solid State Contactors, IEC Contactors, Definite Purpose Contactors, Overloads, Manual Motor Starters, Miniature Circuit Breakers, Soft Starters, Switching Power Supplies, and Electromechanical Relays CONTROLS: Energy Meters/Transducers/Gateways/Software, Current/Voltage/3-Phase Monitoring Relays, Current Transformers and Transducers, Timers, Digital Panel Meters, Dupline® Field and Installation Bus, and DuplineSafe Mining Monitoring/Safety System | Founded in 1931, CARLO GAVAZZI is a multinational electronics group active in the design, manufacture and marketing of electronic and electrical components for industrial automation and building automation. With several ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified manufacturing and R&D facilities throughout Europe and Asia, and dozens of sales offices spanning the globe, you are assured that product support, service, and inventory are only a phone call, email or mouse click away. CARLO GAVAZZI products are developed and manufactured in full compliance with the most important standard regulations, such as UL and CSA. Typical customers are original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of EV Charging Stations, PV Energy Storage Systems, Food and Beverage, Semiconductors, HVAC, Mobile Equipment, Agriculture, Plastic Machinery, Access Controls, Energy and Building Efficiency, Data Centers, Conveyors. System integrators and distributors are typically the channels we utilize to reach the market.
Blow Moulding Technologies
Our focus is on delivering sustainable packaging solutions. BMT works with global brands to help steer essential design and manufacturing goals. We’re working to accelerate the necessary shift to sustainable strategies that reduce environmental impact. Born from innovation, our approach gets right at the core of highly complex problems to deliver transformational change for our partners. We engineer the virtual world for real world environmental impact.
Big Chief, Inc.
Big Chief Inc is the “Heater Leader” when it comes to process heaters, sensors, controls, and auxiliary equipment. We have 60+ years in plastics processing experience, a skilled and experienced inside and outside sales team, relationships with all of the major suppliers, a stocking warehouse in Cincinnati and a manufacturing facility to handle custom and expedited work. Contact us to have one of our sales engineers call you or visit on site to find a custom solution to your heating needs.
BECKHOFF AUTOMATION
At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as industry leaders across all aspects of packaging and processing. We help you differentiate by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards and solving the world’s most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT and motion technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with Canadian headquarters in Cambridge, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation. So whether you’re harvesting data from VFFS machines with integrated cloud connectivity, increasing throughput with intelligent transport systems, optimizing traceability in pharma applications, or ensuring food safety in protein processing with integrated vision tech – you can reach new heights for your business, industry, and community. | At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to differentiate and succeed as industry leaders – to harness new technologies, embrace open standards, and solve the world’s most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT, and motion technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation. We speak engineer-to-engineer with machine builders, system integrators, and equipment end users to automate what’s next. So whether you’re powering the EV revolution, developing new types of robots, accelerating assembly and packaging lines, launching satellites, or harnessing the wind – you can reach new heights for your business, industry, and humankind. | Beckhoff New Automation Technology implementa sistemas de automatización abiertos basados en tecnología de control por PC. Su portafolio de soluciones cubre los principales segmentos de la automatización industrial: PCs industriales, componentes de E/S y bus de campo, tecnología de movimiento, software de automatización, soluciones de automatización sin armario de control y hardware para el procesamiento de imágenes industriales. Todos estos componentes están disponibles como productos individuales o pueden integrarse en un sistema de control completo, coordinado y altamente escalable. El concepto New Automation Technology representa sistemas de control y automatización universales, independientes del sector y aplicables a una amplia variedad de industrias a nivel global, desde máquinas herramienta con control CNC hasta soluciones avanzadas para edificios inteligentes. Tecnología de control basada en PC Desde su fundación en 1980, Beckhoff ha basado su crecimiento en el desarrollo continuo de productos y soluciones innovadoras fundamentadas en la tecnología de control por PC. Numerosos estándares actuales de la automatización industrial fueron identificados tempranamente e introducidos con éxito al mercado como verdaderas innovaciones. La filosofía de control por PC de Beckhoff, junto con desarrollos clave como el sistema Lightbus, los terminales de bus y el software de automatización TwinCAT, han marcado hitos en la industria y se han consolidado como alternativas sólidas frente a las arquitecturas de control tradicionales. Con EtherCAT, la solución Ethernet en tiempo real, Beckhoff ofrece una tecnología de alto rendimiento y preparada para el futuro, diseñada para la próxima generación de conceptos de control. | Beckhoff implements open automation systems using proven PC-based control technology. The main areas that the product range covers are industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software, control cabinet-free automation, and hardware for machine vision. Product ranges that can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and mutually compatible control system are available for all sectors. Our New Automation Technology stands for universal and industry-independent control and automation solutions that are used worldwide in a large variety of different applications, ranging from CNC-controlled machine tools to intelligent building control. | At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as industry leaders across all aspects of intralogistics and material handling. We help you differentiate by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards, and solving the world’s most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT, and motion technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation. So whether you’re harvesting data from an AS/RS with integrated cloud connectivity, increasing microfulfillment throughput with intelligent transport systems, optimizing navigation in AGVs and AMRs, or ensuring more dynamic conveyor technology to deliver orders faster – you can reach new heights for your business, industry, and humankind. | At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as plastics industry leaders. We help you corner markets by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards and solving the world’s most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we create advanced controls, communication, IoT and motion tech for your unique challenges. As a global partner, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity and support for the people behind the automation. | At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as industry leaders across all aspects of packaging and processing. We help you differentiate by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards and solving the world’s most complex problems.Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT and motion technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation. So whether you’re harvesting data from VFFS machines with integrated cloud connectivity, increasing throughput with intelligent transport systems, optimizing traceability in pharma applications, or ensuring food safety in protein processing with integrated vision tech – you can reach new heights for your business, industry, and humankind. | At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as industry leaders across all aspects of packaging and processing. We help you differentiate by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards, and solving the worldâs most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT and motion technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation. So whether youâre harvesting data from VFFS machines with integrated cloud connectivity, increasing throughput in case packing with intelligent transport systems, optimizing traceability in pharma applications, or ensuring food safety with integrated vision tech â you can reach new heights for your business, industry, and humankind. | At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as industry leaders across all aspects of intralogistics and material handling. We help you differentiate by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards and solving the world’s most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT and motion technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation. So whether you’re harvesting data from an AS/RS with integrated cloud connectivity, increasing microfulfillment throughput with intelligent transport systems, optimizing navigation in AGVs and mobile robots, or ensuring more dynamic conveyor technology to deliver orders faster – you can reach new heights for your business, industry, and humankind. | At Beckhoff, automation is our calling. We empower engineers to succeed as industry leaders across all aspects of EV and battery production. We help you differentiate and corner markets by harnessing new technologies, embracing open standards, and solving the world’s most complex problems. Founded and led by engineers, we organically create advanced controls, communication, IoT and motion technologies that become unique tools for your one-of-a-kind challenges in an age of digital transformation. As a global partner with U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, we remain committed to sustainability, inclusivity, and support for the people behind the automation. So whether you’re accelerating motor production, enhancing battery cell welding quality, harnessing machine learning in the controls environment, or boosting part quality with integrated vision tech – you can reach new heights for your business, industry, and humankind.
Avalon Vision Solutions, LLC
Avalon Vision Solutions serves the injection molding and die cast industries with a unique range of application specific machine vision products. These solutions allow end users to be more profitable by keeping production efficiencies high and not allowing bad parts (only zero defects) or assemblies to be shipped to customers.
Athena Controls, Inc.
Athena Controls, a leader in digital and analog temperature and process control instrumentation, is featuring its hot runner controls that ensure precise temperature regulation during process operations like injection molding, thermoforming and maintenance testing. These customizable systems add value by fitting the control’s functionality to every job, so customers get the most cost-effective, energy-efficient solutions for their processes, and only pay for the functionality they need.
AIS Gauging Indev-ACT
AIS Gauging Systems is a global leader in gauging solutions. We’re committed to delivering integrated systems featuring sensors, frames, and user-friendly software. Driven to deliver exceptional service, repair, and technical support for a wide range of gauging systems across the globe. AIS continues to push the boundaries of innovation, providing unparalleled solutions that empower our customers to optimize their operations and achieve unparalleled levels of success.