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INDUSTRY NEWS

Magnetic Separator Manufacturer Buehler Targets Consumer Foods Business, Acquires
Magnetron Equipment Company
ident of sales for Buhler Aeroglide, has been appointed the new
general manager, replacing the former CEO, Barry Nudelman, who
has resigned.
SCI has more than 4,000 of its
cylindrical magnetron systems,
which function as rotary sputtering
cathodes for large-scale deposition equipment such as coaters for
architectural glass, in operation at
companies around the globe. As a
provider of endblocks and magnet Magnetron end blocks at SCI
bars, it supplies many major manufacturers in the glass and display
industries as well as global producers of coating systems.

Neodymium magnetic separator from Buehler
Buoyed by strong growth in 2018 and a key acquisition, Buhler
Group, the Swiss maker of process manufacturing equipment including an extensive line of industrial magnetic separators, is extending its business into the consumer foods industry and, separately, has recently acquired a leading manufacturer of magnetron
equipment in the US.
Targeting the consumer foods industry is seen by the company as
adding a third pillar to its two existing business areas of equipment
for grain and food processing, and for advanced materials processing. While it already serves some areas of consumer food processing, Its acquisition last year of Haas Group, a maker of wafer, cookie, and confectionary production systems, laid the groundwork for
establishing the new business area. Likely, Buhler will be extending
its separations business into the new markets represented.

Based in Uzwil, Switzerland, Buhler reported in February that it had
a 22% growth in overall revenues for 2018, climbing to about $3.3
billion USD. Founded in 1860, it has more than 13,000 employees
worldwide.

Gorman Machine Corp.
P.O. Box 512
Middleboro, MA 02346
Phone: 508-588-2900
Fax: 508-588-9560
Email: sales@gormanmachine.com
Website: gormanmachine.com

With zero tolerance toward contamination by metal particles, the
food industry is fertile ground for Buhler's extensive line magnetic
separation equipment. Its Neodymium Magnetic Separator MMUN,
for example, generates a magnetic field strength of 10,000 to
12,000 Gauss. The combination of Gauss value (flow density) and
field depth allows MMUN, which can be used as a tubular or drawer
magnet, to remove metal particles from flour, semolina or flakes.

Gorman Machine will be
demonstrating its line of
Toroid and Bobbin coil
winding machines at 3
Trade shows in 2019.
Check our Web Site for
more details.

In a separate move, Buhler has
acquired Sputtering Components,
Inc., the U.S. manufacturer of magnet bars and magnetron equipment
for the vacuum coating industry.
Its equipment is used for physical
vapor deposition of thin films. The
deal was announced mid-year and
has since closed. SCI has become Loading up magnet bars at SCI
a business unit of Buhler's Leybold
Optics. A price for the transaction
was not disclosed, however, most of the company's 40 employees will continue at its location in Owatonna, MN, adding to Buhler
Group's operations in North America. Andy Britt, formerly vice pres-

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Our new servo motor
controlled bobbin winder
will be demonstrated at
these shows.

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