Double E Company Acquires Convertech

Double E Company LLC, West Bridgewater, Mass., USA, has acquired Convertech Inc. Headquartered in Wharton, N.J., Convertech joins Appleton Manufacturing, Epoch Industries, and Double E Europe as part of the Double E platform of companies manufacturing mission-critical converting products.

"The Convertech acquisition continues Double E’s drive to provide the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of web handling solutions," said Tom Pranka, Double E CEO. "We are excited to welcome Convertech into the Double E family. This year Convertech is celebrating its 40th anniversary manufacturing outstanding products and is considered the leader in the narrow-web segment of our industry. We are proud that Convertech has chosen partnering with Double E as the avenue to accelerating their growth in the coming years."

Convertech, Inc. is the leading supplier of web handling components to the narrow web industry. Known for providing high-quality air shafts in a full range of sizes, orientations, and gripping methods, while achieving the industry’s fastest delivery time, Convertech’s dominance in narrow web complements Double E’s technological leadership in the converting industry.

 Larry Taitel, Convertech’s president, noted that "the Convertech/Double E partnership is ideal for both companies. It allows us to leverage our combined advantages to deliver better products, technologies, and solutions to our customers even more rapidly."

Double E Company is a premier supplier of engineered solutions for Core Chucks, Core Shafts, Reel Spools, Safety Chucks, Core Plugs, and associated accessories to the global web handling industry. Its recent acquisitions of Appleton Mfg. (2016) and Epoch Industries (2015) broadened the company’s product offerings to include Core Cutters, Material Handling Solutions, Salvage Technologies, and Idler Rollers.