Used equipment dealers join forces

The two largest used can making machinery dealers have joined forces to offer a one stop shop for can makers around the world.

US based Container Fabrication Machinery (CFM) and MEM Holland have agreed to share technical knowledge, support and their available inventory to can makers.

Both companies reached agreement at the recent Metpack trade show in Essen, Germany. Michael Thomas, managing director of MEM, suggested the joint cooperation during a meeting with CFM president Gary Alexander.

The can making industry will now have a larger selection of used machinery to choose from while also having the option to consider new machinery from MEM’s product line of three-piece can making machinery. Can makers who are looking for used can making machinery in any area of the industry and at any speeds from slow speed manual machinery through to the latest high speed used complete lines or complete plants will be offered a one stop shop by CFM and MEM.

“Both companies are service oriented, have strong long term relationships with their clients and have huge inventories of used machinery for the can making industry,” says Alexander.

To start the ball rolling, MEM will supply one of their new powder stripe systems to CFM. Alexander hopes to install this new and competitively priced unit in a major US can making operation before the end of 2011.

“Once we prove the quality and reliability of the MEM powder stripe system, we hope to see a lot of these units in operation within North America,” adds Alexander.

Hylke Hogenbijl, commercial director of MEM, said: “I think this is a win win situation where both companies and the can making industry in general will benefit.”

Pictured from left to right are: Hylke Hogenbijl (commercial director at MEM), Michael Thomas (managing director of MEM), Gary Alexander (president of CFM) and Mr Lu (partner of MEM in China).

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