Q We are looking for a company that provides a double-sided tape applicator as an add-on for carton folder/gluers. We have a Vega Junior 450 at the moment and have spoken to the Vega representative and they don’t supply such applicators but have advised us of an Italian company that could. Can you help?
Linda Hall
H&S Partners

A The Italian firm mentioned is probably Fidia Macchine Grafiche (www.fidiagraf.com) in Turin, which sells two types of double-sided tape heads, Speedy and Mistral (they sound like goldfish names). Packit Equipment is a good UK alternative to try (www.packitequipment.co.uk). Its tape applicator has a maximum speed limit of 40m/min, which can be well below the typical production speed of a carton/folder gluer, but it also has an option that allows the tape machine to be used with tape bobbins of 5,000m capacity. Contact Steve West at general@robatech.co.uk. Finishing kit supplier Ryegold (www.ryegoldltd.co.uk) might be another option. Call Colin Johnson on 01707 336777.