Supplier News

Vecoplan Adds Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Vecoplan LLC, Archdale, N.C., has announced a major ramp-up of manufacturing capabilities. As part of the initial stage of this process, Eduard Dirksen has joined Vecoplan as a senior manufacturing engineer.

Transferred from Vecoplan AG, in Bad Marienberg Germany, Dirksen’s new responsibilities include overseeing product manufacturing, serving as an interface between the production and procurement departments with respect to materials purchasing and manufacturing schedules, auditing manufacturing capacities and overseeing product specifications. He also supervises the installation and startup of new machinery and the lean production cells being added to Vecoplan’s facility.

Prior to his position as assistant to the management at Vecoplan AG, Dirksen served as an intern at the BMW AG plant in Leipig, Germany, where he completed his diploma thesis in the company’s department of planning and technology control. Dirksen also earned a business administration and engineering degree from the University of Applied Sciences, Munster, Germany.

UNTHA America Adds to Staff
UNTHA America Inc., headquartered in Hampton, N.H., has named Franz Sunkler to the post of applications engineer and customer service manager. He will work from the company’s Hampton headquarters.

Sunkler joined UNTHA in 2008 and previously served as customer service manager at the company’s corporate headquarters.

UNTHA America is a division of the Austrian-based UNTHA GmbH. The company provides size-reduction equipment for the recycling industry.

In his new position, Sunkler will provide maintenance support, technical support and assistance with upgrades and servicing. As UNTHA Americas applications engineer, Sunkler also will work with the company’s sales team.

“All of our products are tailor-made to a client’s particular needs,” says Bernhard Mueggler, president and CEO of UNTHA America. “With his engineering background, Franz will be able to aid potential clients in specifying the types of machine modifications they require.”

Mueggler continues, “With Franz joining us, we at UNTHA America can now handle most client inquiries in house without having to consult with our Austrian staff. His expertise will be invaluable in expediting the sales process.”

Sunkler says, “I am looking forward to my expanded role. Whether I am helping clients develop a new machine to fit their company’s needs or answering questions about an existing model, I enjoy working with customers and helping solve their problems.”

Scanning School Announces June Dates
Andy Sokol, owner of CopyScan, RecordShred and Scanning School, has announced that the next Scanning School training session will be June 21-24, 2012, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six.

The training agenda includes instruction on the basics of document imaging, such as vocabulary, markets, service, file types and data delivery, as well as an introduction to operations, which will touch on equipment, software and facility design. Scanning School’s curriculum also includes information on corporate, litigation and medical target markets, clients needs, ECM (enterprise content management) and EMR (electronic medical records) systems, marketing and service expectations. Production center and project management also will be addressed.

Scanning School concludes with a tour of CopyScan’s state-of-the-art production center, which includes software demonstrations and training.

A second registrant from the same company may attend free.

More information is available at www.scanningschool.com.

O’Neil Introduces RS-SQL, Version 4.03
O’Neil Software, Irvine, Calif., has released its most recent software upgrade to RS-SQL, Version 4.03.

Ian Thomas, executive vice president of O’Neil Software, says, “Even the largest record center cannot compete if it is slow to change with the times. And all too often, it is the very technology they rely on to improve efficiency that keeps them from moving at the speed of 21st century business. That’s why we are continually upgrading our existing product line. We don’t want our customers wondering what’s ahead; we want them to be ready for it.”

Among the changes introduced with RS-SQL, Version 4.03, is a new image storage method, Digitech Systems, from Digitech Solutions. This storage method can only be used by record centers that are using the Digitech PaperVision product. It allows the record center to reference images that are stored on the PaperVision platform from within RS-SQL. These images also can be delivered to the customer via RSWeb®.NET, using what is called a Document Grant in Digitech terminology, according to O’Neil. The company says the biggest benefit of this new feature is the enabling of integrated billing.

O’Neil also has added image purge capability to Version 4.03. This feature helps reduce the amount of irrelevant material from a legal point of view, keeping business data relevant and removing what is no longer needed or pertinent to a company’s business, according to the company. In previous versions of RS-SQL, users could delete an image, which also deleted all activity related to the image. In the new version, users can remove images from an image record while keeping the image record itself; therefore, RS-SQL retains all image data entry, activity and billing information.

O’Neil also has changed the RSMobile prefix command. This feature now gives users the ability to scan bar codes of any length, add a prefix and pad them out with any character to a specified length, the company says. This feature is helpful during conversions or for the initial intake of boxes that have existing bar codes from other record centers, the company adds.

The company also has introduced cloud based licensing (CBL), which it describes as the “new and automated way to license users.” The new RS-SQL License Manager service, running on the user’s Internet accessible computer, enables licensing information to be sent directly to and from O’Neil via the cloud. Once the user enters an activation code provided by O’Neil, the service takes care of the rest.

More information on O’Neil can be found at www.oneilsoft.com.

ShredSupply Introduces Aftermarket Parts
ShredSupply, based in Spokane, Wash., has announced that it now supplies aftermarket wear parts for shredding equipment.

The company, which has locations in Spokane as well as in Fort Worth, Texas, supplies wear parts for mobile and plant-based shredding systems.

ShredSupply owner and President Rocky Rajewski says, “Our main goal is to listen to the customers’ wants and needs, then give them what they ask for. I’m excited to open this line of goods and services as a positive alternative to the OEM. We are able to save our customers time and money now more than ever before.”

He adds, “With the advantage of having multiple locations, we are ready to take on [our customers’] challenges and turn them into positive experiences with our parts and services.”

The company says it has the ability to sell and service all makes and models of shredders and shred trucks, from preventive maintenance to major refurbishments. It also offers truck rentals, bins and consoles.

More information is available at www.shredsupply.com.

CRMI Releases 2012 Document Imaging School Schedule
Confidential Records Management Inc. (CRMI), New Bern, N.C., has released its 2012 Document Imaging School schedule. The classes take place at the company’s Greenville, N.C., document imaging facility.

CRMI says each of the sessions is limited to 15 participants and provides a review of forms, standard operating procedures and tools for managing imaging processes and departmental staff. The sessions also cover document imaging basics, such as service types, features and benefits, basic imaging components, equipment and software and a sales overview. A tour of CRMI’s imaging operations also is included.

In addition to a class in late March, CRMI will hold Document Imaging School June 27-29 and Sept. 26-28.

CRMI says it will donate $25 to PRISM International for each PRISM member who attends the sessions.

More information is available at www.documentimagingschool.com.

International Baler Adds to Dealer Network
International Baler Corp. (IBC), Jacksonville, Fla., and Randy Gibson, its director of sales and marketing, have announced that SC Environmental LLC, Addison, Ill., is the company’s new dealer for Illinois and Indiana.

“SC Environmental offers more than 50 years of industry knowledge, service capability and a commitment to take care of the customer,” Gibson says. “Al Sherwood, Mike Carver, Bruce Ekhoff and the team at SC Environmental adhere to the same service-oriented core philosophy that we do here at International Baler.”

IBC invites current and prospective customers in Illinois and Indiana to contact SC Environmental for their recycling equipment needs. Information on the complete International Baler product line is available at www.intl-baler.com or by calling the company at 800-231-9286.
 

Product Spotlight

Nissan Forklift Platinum OP Series Order Pickers

Marengo, Ill.-based Nissan Forklift Corp. has introduced its Platinum OP Series order picker models featuring Ergolift, a design feature that reduces operator stress and increases overall productivity, according to the company. The series includes two models with the choice of nine mast heights and capacities of up to 2,200 pounds. Other features of the Platinum OP Series order picker models include:

• A secondary mast on the fork carriage allows the operator to raise and lower the pallet to a comfortable height while stacking and retrieving;
• Dual control pods that allow simultaneous drive and lift/lower functions;
• Standard safety features, such as an operator presence system, an anti-fatigue cushioned platform, a plexiglass mast guard, a cantilevered overhead guard and an enclosed operator platform; and
• Available optional lift limits for operations with lower ceiling clearance.

Visit www.nissanforklift.com for more information.