To help converters maintain the cutting edge of slitting/rewinding technology, Dusenbery Worldwide, Randolph, NJ, now offers to rebuild or upgrade older Dusenbery equipment. New features that would otherwise not be available on older models, such as differential re-winding, locked-core winding, pneumatic lay-on rolls, replacing hydraulic power units with electric drives and PLC controls, can be added. More info on the Rebuild Service: 973/366-7505, ext. 249, e-mail serviceusa@dusenbery.com.

Converting-machinery component and subsystem maker Nexen Group, Inc., Vadnais Heights, MN, forms a new Custom Business Unit June 6 to adapt and alter any Nexen product to meet customers' unique motion-control, power transmission and power-off brake requirements. The supplier manufactures brakes, clutches, servo motor and linear motion brakes, torque limiters, overload protection devices, and web tension controllers for a variety of industrial applications.

Advanced Vision Technology Ltd., Hod-Hasharon, Israel, purchases Munich-based Geiger Vision Systems GmbH in a cash transaction on June 6. GVS, which specializes in automatic print-defect detection equipment for the label-converting industry, achieved 2001 sales of about US $630,000. Established in 1992, GVS develops quality-assurance solutions for the label-printing market. It has a particularly strong presence in the pharmaceutical package-printing sector.