What Parkinson Technologies does

Parkinson Technologies is a privately held industrial machinery manufacturer headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, operating four long-established product brands: Dusenbery Converting Systems (slitter rewinders, core cutters, roll editors), Marshall and Williams Plastics (biaxial orientation production lines, casting machines, MDO and TDO systems), Parkinson Winders (center turret winders, surface winders, fixed position center winders, and unwind stands), and Key Filters (continuous belt, compact, and manual screen changers plus filter screens). The company sells capital equipment to industrial manufacturers in plastics processing, film and sheet converting, nonwovens, battery separator film, biopolymers, and food packaging, supported by an in-house Extrusion and BIAX Tech Labs pilot line for material testing and process development.

The underlying technology is mechanical and process-engineering based, with proprietary features such as the ScreenLync interlocking continuous belt screen system, sequential biaxial stretching capabilities, and Positran roll transfer systems. Equipment performance is specified in quantifiable terms, for example MDO stretch ratios up to 20:1, TDO stretch ratios up to 30:1 at line speeds up to 1,500 fpm, and continuous extrusion pressure variation as low as plus or minus 20 psi on Key Filters KCH units.

The business model is quote-based capital equipment sales through direct enterprise field sales, supplemented by a recurring aftermarket stream of replacement parts (Dusenbery, Key Filters, Marshall and Williams parts) fulfilled from the Woonsocket headquarters, plus service and maintenance support. Customers request quotes via the website or contact local sales representatives. Revenue is generated from one-time equipment sales, parts, and professional services. The company is independently owned, has no parent company, has no public listing, and shows no external institutional or private equity backing in the available data.

Name

Parkinson Technologies

Legal name

Parkinson Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://parkinsontechnologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Parkinson Technologies is a privately held US industrial machinery manufacturer selling web processing, slitting, orientation, and melt filtration capital equipment under four brands (Dusenbery, Marshall and Williams, Parkinson Winders, Key Filters) to plastics, converting, and battery separator film manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Woonsocket

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Sales: Sale of capital equipment including slitter rewinders, orientation systems, screen changers, and winders for plastics processing and converting industries.
2. Replacement Parts: Sale of genuine replacement parts for all Parkinson Technologies machinery including Dusenbery parts, Key Filters parts, and Marshall and Williams parts. Orders fulfilled from Woonsocket, RI headquarters.
3. Service and Maintenance: Service and support offerings including maintenance videos and technical support for customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Parkinson Technologies designs and manufactures industrial web processing and plastics processing equipment through four brand divisions: Dusenbery (slitter rewinders, core cutters, roll editors), Marshall and Williams Plastics (biaxial orientation lines, MDO/TDO systems, casting machines), Parkinson Winders (turret, surface, and center winders, unwind stands), and Key Filters (continuous belt, compact, and manual screen changers, RDW filter screens). The company also operates Extrusion and BIAX Tech Labs in Woonsocket, RI for pilot testing, and supplies replacement parts and service for its installed base.

Product overview

Parkinson Technologies is an industrial machinery manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of four main product brands: Dusenbery® Converting Systems (slitter rewinders, core cutters, and roll editors for cutting and rewinding plastic, paper, foil, and nonwoven materials), Marshall and Williams Plastics (biaxial orientation production lines, casting machines, MDO, and TDO systems for stretching and orienting polymer films), Parkinson Winders (center turret winders, surface winders, fixed position winders, and unwind stands for web handling), and Key Filters (continuous belt, compact, and manual screen changers plus filter screens for melt filtration in polymer extrusion). The company also operates Extrusion and BIAX Tech Labs for pilot testing and provides parts and service support. These products serve diverse markets including plastic pipe systems, shrink film, biopolymers, paper converting, film and sheet, battery separator film, PTFE membrane, film and foil converting, polymer compounding, PVDF film, food packaging, and nonwovens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dusenbery Slitter Rewinders Slitter rewinders used extensively in flexible packaging, label, and plastic film industries for converting wound material into smaller rolls. Available in Center Slitter, Center Surface Slitter, and Surface Slitter configurations for plastic, paper, foil, and nonwoven materials.
• Dusenbery MasterCore Manual Core Cutter Precision core cutter (Model 765 AB) for cutting cores with 3" to 6" ID and up to 90" long, with rugged steel construction for low maintenance, used by converting operations.
• Dusenbery MasterDoc Roll Editor Versatile roll editor machine designed to salvage product by facilitating removal of material and/or winding defects wound in a roll, for converting operations.
• Dusenbery SK Series Single Knife Cutter Hydraulically driven linear feed single knife cutter that cuts most rolled products including textiles, nonwovens, plastics, rubber, pressure sensitive tape, and film with +/-.005 inch tolerance.
• Marshall and Williams Biaxial Orientation (BIAX) Production Lines Biaxially oriented film stretching lines for PS, PP, PET, PLA, PTFE, PETG, PVDF and specialty films with sequential stretching, up to 20:1 MDO and 30:1 TDO stretch ratios at up to 1500 fpm.
• Marshall and Williams Casting Machines Complete range of casting systems for sheet and film processing incorporating large diameter casting rolls with modular flexibility and precise controls for film and sheet producers.
• Marshall and Williams Machine Direction Orienter (MDO) Uniaxial in-line or off-line longitudinal film stretching equipment for stretching and orienting polymer films to enhance mechanical, optical, barrier, and cosmetic properties.
• Marshall and Williams Transverse Direction Orienter (TDO) Uniaxial in-line or off-line cross-web film stretching using a tenter frame system, first adapted from textile technology to orient plastic film and sheet, with stretch ratios up to 30:1.
• Parkinson Center Turret Winders High-production multiple position turret winders producing consistent high quality rolls in small to medium finished roll diameters, with web widths of 20-197" at up to 2,000 fpm.
• Parkinson Mk Series Surface Winders MkII, MkIII, and MkIV automatic surface winders for high speed in-line slitting and winding of nonwovens, textiles, roofing membrane, specialty film, and paper, with Positran roll transfer system.
• Parkinson Fixed Position Center Winders Small to master roll diameter winders designed for demanding plastic film, plastic sheet, nonwovens and paper applications with web widths up to 157".
• Parkinson Unwind Stands Turret and fixed position unwind stands in single or two-position configurations for feed into coating, laminating, or slitting processes with widths up to 142 in.
• Key Filters KCH Continuous Belt Screen Changer Advanced melt filtration technology with hydraulic puller action for polymer extrusion, featuring the ScreenLync interlocking belt system and uniform continuous extrusion pressure varying as little as ±20 psi.
• Key Filters Reverse Dutch Twill Weave (RDW) Filter Screens High-tensile stainless steel wire mesh filter belts for ribbon style continuous screen changers, with large inventory of standard meshes (48x10, 72x15, 132x17, 132x18, 150x26, 236x33, 325x39) stocked for immediate delivery.
• Key Filters CSC Compact Screen Changer Economical melt filtration technology using pressure activated seal technology that remains leak free under extrusion pressures up to 10,000 PSI, available in sizes from 1 inch to 4.5 inches.
• Key Filters MSC Manual Screen Changer Manual slide plate melt filtration technology with pressure activated seal technology for filtering contaminants from polymer flows in thermoplastic processing.
• Parkinson Technologies Extrusion and BIAX Tech Labs Pilot testing services with a versatile pilot line featuring extrusion-casting and orientation capabilities at the Woonsocket, RI facility for material testing and product development of new biopolymers and specialty films.
• Parkinson Technologies Parts and Service Replacement parts and service support for all Parkinson Technologies machinery including Dusenbery parts, Key Filters parts, and Parkinson and M&W parts, fulfilled directly from headquarters in Woonsocket, RI, including maintenance videos and technical support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Continuous belt screen changers maintain uniform pressure varying as little as ±20 psi
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Davis-Standard: One of the largest global suppliers of extrusion and converting technology for plastics, similar to Parkinson's Marshall & Williams biaxial orientation lines and Dusenbery converting systems. Directly comparable products (extruders, orientation lines, winders) and overlapping customers in film/sheet.
• SML Group: Austrian supplier of film extrusion, orientation, and winding lines serving packaging and technical film markets. Closely parallels Parkinson's Marshall & Williams BIAX lines and Parkinson Winders offerings for film processors.
• Comexi: Spanish manufacturer specializing in converting equipment for flexible packaging, including slitting and winding machinery. Overlaps with Dusenbery's converting product line targeting flexible packaging converters.
• Kampf: German leader in slitting and winding technology with a broad portfolio of slitter rewinders and web winding systems. Directly overlaps with Parkinson's Dusenbery slitter rewinder and Parkinson Winders product lines in film and nonwoven converting applications.
• Atlas Converting Equipment: UK-headquartered manufacturer of slitter rewinders, directly competing with Dusenbery's slitter rewinder product line for flexible packaging, label, and film converters. Comparable product category, customers, and serving model.
• Hosokawa Alpine: Division of Hosokawa Micron Group specializing in plastics processing machinery including film extrusion and orientation systems. Direct peer in the biaxial orientation and film/sheet processing space where Parkinson competes via Marshall & Williams.
• Bimec S.r.l. Italian manufacturer of winding, slitting, and unwind machinery for flexible materials and films. Direct peer to Parkinson's Parkinson Winders and Dusenbery slitter rewinder product ranges in web converting applications.
• Reifenhäuser: German extruder and extrusion line manufacturer with strong position in film, sheet, and nonwoven extrusion systems. Competes with Parkinsons extrusion-related technologies and the BIAX orientation offering for film processors.
• Windmöller & Hölscher: German family-owned manufacturer of extrusion, printing, and converting machinery for film packaging. Competitor to Parkinson's offerings across extrusion, orientation, and converting with overlapping customers in flexible packaging.

Broad incumbents

• Andritz AG: Large Austrian industrial group with pulp, paper, and metal processing machinery, including nonwoven and film-related converting equipment. Overlaps broadly with Parkinson in nonwovens winding and converting; competes with Parkinson in some web-processing applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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