Elite Cameron

What Elite Cameron does

Elite Cameron, operating as TS Converting Equipment Ltd in the United Kingdom and Elite Cameron, Inc. in the United States, is a privately held industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in slitter rewinders, UV and PSA hot melt coaters, laminators, and core cutters for converting flexible substrates including films, paper, foils, non-wovens, and adhesive materials. The company's product portfolio spans the CW and CS slitter rewinder ranges (CW250 through CS1000 in center-wind, center-surface, turret, and two-drum configurations), HM-series hot melt coaters (HM300 through HM1000), LM-series laminators, and CC-series core cutters, with proprietary features such as Automatic Knife Positioning, Differential Winding Shafts, slot die coating heads, and integrated UV hot melt curing. Equipment is custom-engineered to customer specifications and integrates third-party technologies from Siemens, Teknek, Valco Melton, GEW, Vetaphone, and Fife/Maxcess.

Name

Elite Cameron

Legal name

TS Converting Equipment Ltd

Website

https://elitecameron.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Converting Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569)

akta.pro primary industry

Capping, Sealing & Closing Machines (IMAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Capping, Closing & Sealing Equipment (Capper, Induction, Heat Seal) (IMALAOAC)

Keywords

• Slitter rewinders
• Hot melt coaters
• Laminating machines
• Core cutters
• Converting equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Taunton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Capital Equipment Sales: Design, manufacture, and sale of slitter rewinders, hot melt coaters, laminators, and core cutters. Each machine is built to customer specifications with tailored configurations. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales with extended sales cycles typical of industrial capital equipment.
2. Spare Parts & Service: Supply of genuine spare parts and service support for both Elite Cameron and Cameron machines. Operations in UK and USA provide spare parts and service for existing installed base.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Elite Cameron manufactures and sells industrial converting capital equipment including slitter rewinders, UV/PSA hot melt coaters, laminators, and core cutters used to process films, paper, foils, non-wovens, and adhesive materials. Each machine is custom-configured to customer specifications, with options combining coating, laminating, slitting, and rewinding in a single in-line pass. The company also provides spare parts and field service support for its installed base.

Product overview

Elite Cameron is a world leader in slitting, hot melt coating, laminating, and core cutting machinery with over 100 years of experience. The company designs and manufactures equipment to process a wide variety of materials for broad range of industries. Their product portfolio centers on converting equipment including: Slitter Rewinders (CW and CS range) in various configurations (center-wind, center-surface, turret, compact) from CW250 to CS1000; UV/PSA Hot Melt Coaters (HM300, HM450, HM550, HM750, HM1000) using slot die coating technology; Laminators (LM1600, LM2500); Core Cutters (CC300); and specialized machines like the LS250 Log Slitter and CW800 Clean model for medical/printing applications. Equipment is available worldwide with teams in UK and USA, featuring options for in-line slitting/rewinding, automatic knife positioning, differential winding, and various slitting methods (shear, razor, score). The company also offers parts, service, and online calculators for customer support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CW800 Slitter Rewinder Center-wind duplex slitter capable of producing 800mm (32 inch) diameter finished reels while maintaining complete web control. Features shaftless pickup unwind, score and shear slitting options, automatic knife positioning, and duplex cantilevered differential rewind shafts. Used by industrial converters producing labels, tapes, packaging, and security products.
• CS800 Center Surface Slitter Rewinder Center surface slitter with shaftless pick-up unwind, automatic edge guide and tension control, precise shear slitting, and heavy duty duplex center surface rewinding. Designed for slitting coated and dry paper into narrow widths and large diameters.
• CS1000 Duplex Center Surface Slitter Rewinder Duplex center surface slitter with electric shaftless pick up unwind, shear slitting, surface/contact and minimum gap winding modes, and differential rewind shafts.
• CW600 Slitter Rewinder Compact, cost-effective slitter for converting films with duplex cantilevered rewind, differential rewind shafts, shear and razor slitting, laser core and knife positioning, full width lay on rolls, splice table, and automatic tension control.
• CW250 Compact Slitter Compact and competitively priced machine for tape industry converting, providing versatile and cost-effective solution for production of slit reels.
• Turret Rewinders (TW250, TW300, TW350-A) Automatic simplex and duplex turret rewinder models for high-volume log rewinding. Features include automatic cut off, roll upending, reattachment to pre-taped core, shafted unwind, and automatic tension control for continuous operation.
• CW800 Clean Slitter Rewinder Specialized slitter for printing, medical, and food grade applications. Features dual-sided Teknek contact web cleaner after slitting to guarantee web cleanliness. Complies with Gamp standards with full validation for medical clean room operation.
• LS250 Log Slitter High performance log slitter for the tape industry incorporating latest cutting technology for quality cuts accurate in length, with touch screen operation for cut length and quantity entry.
• HM1000 UV Hot Melt Coater Wide format UV hot melt coater with dual shaftless pickup unwinds, dual splice tables, slot die coating head, inline coat weight measurement system, inline corona treatment, UV curing, and inline lamination. Well suited for wide format production coating.
• HM750 Hot Melt Coater Slot die coater capable of handling very light to very heavy coat weights up to 30 inch widths. Produces both self-wound and laminate products.
• HM450 UV Hot Melt Coater UV hot melt coater with 17 inch coating width, slot die coating head, UV curing, lamination, slitting and duplex rewinding. Exceptionally versatile for coating and laminating label stock.
• HM300 FLX Flexo Hot Melt Coater Hybrid machine combining Flexo printing with inline hot melt coating. Can print on liner, apply release coating, hot melt coat, laminate, 4C print, die-cut, slit and rewind all in one pass. Uses Valco Melton coating equipment, Rhino GEW UV system, Double-sided Vetaphone corona treater, and Proact web cleaner.
• HM550 Hot Melt Coater Hot melt coater with in-line slitting and rewinding capability, part of the conventional and UV hot melt coating equipment lineup.
• HM300 Hot Melt Coater Hot melt coater in the Elite Cameron range, part of their conventional and UV hot melt coating equipment lineup.
• Laminators (LM1600, LM2500) Laminating machines for producing wide variety of substrates. The LM1600 and LM2500 models offer coating, laminating, slitting and rewinding capabilities, and can be run independently or in combination mode delivering finished product in one pass.
• Core Cutters (CC300) Core cutting machines including manual, semi-automatic, automatic and heavy-duty models for converting operations and core manufacturers.
• Parts & Service Supply of genuine spare parts and service support for both Elite Cameron and Cameron machines, including field service visits, preventive maintenance, technical support, and documentation/manuals for installed equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced machine footprint and cost for UV hot melt coating vs solvent-based systems
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Focus Label Machinery LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020TS Converting Equipment Ltd / Elite Cameron is working with Focus Label Machinery Ltd to develop a hybrid coating and printing machine. The new unit combines coating and printing capabilities with options to apply release coatings, hot melt coat, print, laminate, die cut, slit and rewind materials in one pass. The machine is modular in design with ability to print on both sides of the web using UV Flexo or digital inks. This represents a significant strategic co-development bringing together expertise in converting and narrow web printing.
• Focus Label Machinery LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership to develop HM300 FLX - a Flexo machine with inline hot melt coating. TS Converting provides the hot melt coating module while Focus Label provides printing technology. The machine utilizes Valco Melton coating equipment, Rhino GEW UV system, Double-sided Vetaphone corona treater, and Proact web cleaner. The collaboration combines multiple technologies into a single integrated solution for the labels, tapes, and security products industry.
• SchlumpfminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSA manufacturing partner facility in Windham, Maine where some Elite Cameron products are manufactured for the USA market. Rob McNamee is based out of the Schlumpf facility. Some manufacturing and assembly operations are performed at this partner location.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Soma Engineering: Czech manufacturer of slitter rewinders and laminating equipment for flexible packaging, labels and film converters; direct mid-market competitor to Elite Camerer with similar mid-web-width machine positioning.
• Comexi Group: Spanish flexo printing and converting equipment manufacturer serving labels, flexible packaging and cartonboard; competes with Elite Camerer for integrated converting lines and now overlaps in hybrid print+coat platforms.
• Catbridge Machinery: US-based custom-engineered converting equipment maker including slitter rewinders, winders and laminators; competes with Elite Camerer for build-to-order converting machinery in film, paper and non-wovens.
• HCI Converting Equipment: US manufacturer of converting and printing machinery including slitter rewinders for labels, tapes and packaging; direct competitor serving similar mid-market converters in North America.
• Nordmeccanica: Italian manufacturer of laminators and coating machinery for flexible packaging and labels; direct competitor to Elite Camerer's LM-series laminators and hot melt coating technology.
• New Era Converting Machinery: US-based manufacturer of slitter rewinders, web handling and converting equipment; competes directly in North America across film, paper, foil and non-woven converting applications.
• Atlas Converting Equipment: UK-based manufacturer of slitter rewinders and converting machinery for film, paper, foil and laminates; competes head-to-head with Elite Camerer in the same end-markets (labels, tapes, flexible packaging) with overlapping center-wind and duplex technology.
• Pasquato: Italian manufacturer of slitting and winding machines for paper, film and foil; competing mid-sized European specialist with overlapping product positioning to Elite Camerer's CW-series slitters.
• Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik: German manufacturer of slitting and winding machinery serving film, paper, foil and converting industries; direct competitor across the slitter rewinder category with comparable scale and global footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Parkinson Technologies (Mark Andy): US-based converting and printing equipment group (Mark Andy / Parkinson) offering slitter rewinders, web handling and flexo platforms; broader incumbent serving label and packaging converters with overlapping slitter rewinder portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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