I wanted to invite you to the 2023 Converters Expo. If you’re in town, stop by for this one-day expo in the heart of the nation’s largest converting corridor bringing converters of paper, film, plastics and nonwovens together with industry buyers, specialists and suppliers. Visit us at booth 114! If you can’t make it, don’t worry, we’re always available for a call.

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Converters Expo
When: April 12–13, 2023
Where: Lambeau Field Atrium – Green Bay. WI
Booth #114

If you plan on coming let me know or text me when you get there so we can find each other. My cell is 414-531-5735.

P.S. – If you don’t plan on attending the event, but would like to schedule some time to talk over the phone to learn more about the equipment and services we offer, let me know.

—Mona Friedl, Owner

Pictured here are Anvil Rolls that have direct contact with diamond perf rollers. Over time, they create a perforated pattern that is transferred to the anvils, which causes a problem in the substrate.

MGF Services provided a coating that enhanced the original surface to extend the life of the Anvil and saved the customer from having to make a huge investment by buying new.

MGF Services’s coatings have provided multiple solutions to similar projects with big cost savings.

Our customer wanted to have an alternative surface option that would create a similar pattern to that which is produced by an engraving process. The following are the steps we took for a successful outcome:

• The MGF Services team started out with the customer’s engraved pattern sample.
• We matched the engraved sample with coatings to produce a strikingly similar pattern.
• Model lab rolls were created for pretesting the random pattern coating to gain client approval.
• We worked closely with the OEM for our coating preparation for the fabrication of the chill rollers.
• Completed (3) 30″ Diameter Chill Rolls x 132″ with our random textured coating.

This project was a huge success. The customer was very pleased with the pattern and the cost savings. The 30″ Chill Rolls have been running since 2018 and working as expected. This is one of many projects where MGF Services has made an impact on the packaging and converting industries.

MGF Services is offering a 2007 Drent Goebel Vision. This press has very attractive features for the Commercial Printing and Packaging Industries – multiple variable finished formats off one press platform. The press works with UV or Gas Ovens and has the ability to print on a range of substrates.

Dot for dot the most productive, all-inclusive printing system available.

• 10 Units with Auto Inkling System
• 2 Four Roller Chill Units
• Three Turn Bar Assemblies with Crossover Bridge
• Inline Die-Cutting Unit
• Inline Sheeter 4″ – 28 1/3″
• GEC Rewinder
• Color Control Console
• & so much more!

Contact me for a complete equipment list or more details.

Do you have equipment that is idle, taking up space, or needing to upgrade? I have solutions for you. Contact me directly for a FREE consult. Let’s create magic!
Abracadabra. Yes, we really can make all your surplus equipment disappear.

This Mark Andy Model 2200 is very clean, in excellent condition, and offers a large range of benefits.

• Primary Unwind 36”
• 8 Print Stations
• 2 AAA Light Touch UV Units
• 4 Die Stations
• 2 Waste Rewind Towers
• Secondary Unwind used for Lamination Films
• Dual Spindle Rewind
• Full Set of 8 Anilox Rolls
• Plow Folder
• And So Much More!

Contact me for a complete equipment list or more details.

MGF Services & Equipment is proud to present this Comco Proglide as a special opportunity for our Flexo packaging groups. This press is extremely clean, in great shape, AND was completely refurbished in 2012.

Comco Proglide 22-inch 11 Station Flexo Press Equipment

• Refurbished in 2012
• Extremely clean & well maintained
• High quality flexible packaging products
• KTI LS Butt Splicer
• BST Web Inspection System
• PA Unwinder

Contact us for a complete equipment list and more details.

Mona Friedl: 1-414-531-5735
George Sanchez: 1-847-980-8051

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Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July. During these uncertain times, I feel we need a reason to celebrate even more than ever this year. I’d love to hear your success stories. Here’s one of ours to get us started.
No matter what type of planned maintenance project you have, if you don’t have a good schedule it will fail. MGF Services is no stranger when it comes to planning a time table for a pre-planned maintenance project.

One of our recent projects was recovering 30+ ink metering rolls for a Sunday 2000 press with our Rilsan coating. This project started off with some flexible dates for completion but as we got closer to the start, the timeframe for delivery became very tight due to shifting schedules of personnel needed to install the ink metering rolls.

Working backwards from the customer’s deadline date for installation to get the press up and running, we sent partial orders to keep the installers moving without interruption.

At the end of the project, we were actually ahead by 2 weeks which in the Printing Industry world means Big Payoff $$. The customer was very satisfied with our cooperative planning and high-quality services.

Keys to Successful Maintenance Project Schedule

• Determine your planned maintenance project workforce needs.
• Review and analyze any current backlog of projects to establish a reasonable realistic schedule for the planned maintenance project.
• Calculate tasks needed for each activity phase including materials, tools, etc.
• Planned downtime. Understand the best time to consider the maintenance project based on the size and duration in order to minimize impacts on production runs.
• Flexibility. Unforeseen events will always happen. Make sure you respond quickly and react with an alternate plan that will reduce risk.

“A well-designed maintenance schedule allows you to increase the equipment lifetime and reduce long-term maintenance costs.”

MGF Services & Equipment would like to celebrate your next “Success Story,” let’s get started!

I have been working with printing and packaging companies’ maintenance departments for 40 years. Our company’s policies and procedures continue transitioning to keep up with the ever-changing requirements, solutions, and challenges to get the job done.

Depending on the type of business industry you serve, there will be projects that have “The Murphy’s Law” trophy. Let’s face it, our communication process can get lost down the supply chain, and when something goes wrong everyone goes into PANIC mode.

Developing a partnership as part of your supply chain, we can identify potential modifications that improve the performance and in most cases reduce out-of-pocket expenses. In the case of the hardened slitter rollers shown, WE SAVE THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER 40% WHEN COMPARED TO OEM COSTS.

Keys to a Successful Maintenance Project:

• Identify the details
• Communicate with team decision-makers
• Plan in advance with your supply chain and logistics
• Confirm dates for delivery of your products
• Provide progress updates to keep them inline for installation

Your supply chain is an extension of your team to meet or exceed your project goals. PARTNERSHIPS ARE EVERYTHING!

I would be happy to assist you with your next maintenance project www.mgf-services.com.

MGF Services LLC is proud to announce an expansion of its service offerings for 2017.

MGF Equipment is a newly launched division of MGF Services, focusing on offering our clients a wide range of new and used equipment and machinery.

MGF Equipment is the division under which we offer our clients in the printing and packaging/film industries a durable selection of new and used equipment. Over the years, MGF Services has been repairing equipment and machinery and refurbishing parts. We’ve gained extensive knowledge and experience in quality equipment. With our experience and history we’ve compiled a list of equipment that meets our extremely high standards, and hand-selected only what we feel is the best value in equipment available today.

Here at MGF Equipment, we are prepared to analyze and discuss your equipment needs and find a new solution that best suits your operation. From Flexographic printing machines, sheet-fed, offset, finishing, packaging, Digitial -CTP, shrink wrap, wide format, cutters, upgrades, other equipment, spare parts, and accessories.

The best part about working with MGF Equipment, is that we are a turnkey operation for pre-staging, moving, installing and servicing of all the equipment we sell.

Whether you need parts replaced or repaired by MGF Services, or machinery replaced or updated by MGF Equipment, our staff, and dedication to customer satisfaction are now spread out over a wider selection of offerings. We look forward to helping you with your next project.

I get lots of questions about Harden Slitters, Anvil, and Score Rollers from my clients and potential clients in the Printing, Packaging, and Industrial industries.

There are hundreds of designs for slitters, whether it’s pneumatic or mechanical for razor, score or shear slitting substrates such as: paper, film, foil, cloth, non-woven, or vinyl. I will generalize a little bit in this post, because it’s impossible to cover every type of design in detail.

During the lifetime of your equipment you will need to replace your harden rolls more than a few times depending on your operational hours and applications. People often ask me, “How do I get the best value and extended life on my replacement?”

One of the biggest keys to harden rolls’ longevity is the hardness scale and effective depth on the roller construction. The Rockwell hardness on the slitters must be at least 2-4 points less than the roller construction hardness. The average hardness scale that can be achieved through normal heat treating practices are 62 RC. MGF’s process for these types of rollers goes beyond the normal heat treating with adding “cryogenic treatment” providing a 64-68 RC.