WILMINGTON, N.C. (April 14, 2005) — Rulmeca announced today that it has replaced the well-known “JOKI” Motorized Pulley trade name with the “RULMECA” name and logo. “This was a logical step for us” said Rulmeca Corporation’s President, Mike Gawinski, “because it follows our group’s 2003 acquisition of the ‘JOKI’ Motorized Pulley factory.” “JOKI” has been synonymous with “Motorized Pulley” (internally-powered and hermetically-sealed conveyor belt drive) throughout most of the bulk materials handling industry for two generations. This is because John Kirkegaard Maskinfabrik A/S began manufacturing Motorized Pulleys in Denmark under that trade name in 1952. The JOKI brand received a color change (from red to yellow) with the 1988 acquisition of that Danish plant and 1991 acquisition of a huge German Motorized Pulley plant by Interroll Holding. The Rulmeca Group replaced “JOKI” with “RULMECA” when it acquired the Motorized Pulley production facility in 2003. Rulli Rulmeca SPA of Bergamo Italy, owner of Rulmeca Group, has manufactured high quality, precision-bearing idler rollers for bulk handling conveyors since 1962. “Hundreds of thousands of Motorized Pulleys bearing ‘JOKI’ and millions of idler rollers bearing ‘RULMECA’ have been produced. We are delighted at the increasing number of people who find us by searching for ‘RULMECA’ on the internet. The challenge for us is to give people the good news that Rulmeca produces Motorized Pulleys as well as conveyor idlers. It could have been worse,” quipped Gawinski, “the original trade name could have been John Kirkegaard Maskinfabrik A/S instead of JOKI.” Rulmeca Motorized Pulley diameters range from 8.5" to 31.5" with powers from 0.5 to 180 HP. Maintenance is minimal, requiring an oil change only every 10,000 operating hours or five years of single shift operation. For more information about Rulmeca Corporation, contact Mike Gawinski at 910-794-9294; visit www.rulmecacorp.com; or write RULMECA Corporation at 6740-E Netherlands Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405.ABOUT RULMECA Rulmeca Corporation, headquartered in Wilmington, NC, was established in 2003 to serve the North American bulk materials handling industry. The Rulmeca Group manufactures Motorized Pulleys and standard pulleys under the “RULMECA” brand (formerly JOKI) and conveyor idlers under the “Rulli Rulmeca” and “Precismeca” brands for mining, processing, and transporting bulk materials such as taconite ore, phosphate rock, C&D debris, granite, and limestone. Rulmeca Group production facilities are located in Italy, Germany, Canada, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Venezuela, Thailand, and the USA.
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