Who is Kimberley Marketing?
Kimberley Marketing Inc. is a manufacturer of pulp moulding equipment. Our equipment helps create sustainable businesses that recycle discarded fibrous material.

The Kennedy family has been involved in R & D, designing, and manufacturer since 1968. Our manufacturing facility designs and builds Industrial Machinery, Moulding Systems, Packaging Machines, Conveyors, Process Systems, Dryers, Ovens, Prooffers, Commercial & Stage Lighting (from 20,000 watt light fixtures to 125KVA silenced generators and power distribution systems).


Our beliefs

•     Our energy efficient moulders and dryers reduce the energy used in the process.
•     Not only do we believe in reducing energy inputs, but we believe in recapturing and reusing these energy inputs. Therefore reducing the requirement for inputs such as diesel fuel, natural gas, and electricity.
•     The raw materials used in our moulding process are recycled newsprint and cardboard, that would have previously gone into or created new landfills.
•     We believe building cost effective, energy efficient moulding systems, that produce the highest quality of pulp moulded products will influence more manufacturers and end users that the benefits of packaging in moulded pulp is an smart environmentally conscious way to package products.
•     We believe in creating equipment that benefits our environment and focuses on reducing CO2 emissions in the process
•     We believe that to encourage our society to reuse, recycle, will reduce the impact on our environment.


Our Focus

•     With our moulding systems our focus is on conservation of energy.
•     In North America industry has traditionally been using a linear energy system. They use energy in a process and vent the excess energy into the atmosphere. This linear system is how today’s pulp moulding industry is functioning. This has always been done this way because energy was traditionally inexpensive. It costs less to use a new source of energy then recapture unused energy in the process. With today’s high cost of energy this is not practical.
•     Whether global warming is an issue or not, it only makes economic sense to conserve energy.
•     Having a better bottom line while reducing your ecological footprint is just good business.


Small changes =Increased profits.

Kimberley Marketing Inc. is a manufacturer of high quality pulp molding equipment and accessories that offers a comprehensive range of solutions for all your packaging needs.

At Kimberley Marketing Inc. you will find pulp molding systems to satisfy your company’s production requirements. Our machines are of the highest quality and environmentally friendly. We have a variety of production systems ranging from six million to one hundred and forty-four million pieces per year (these production numbers are based on trays 11/7/8” X 11 7/8”).
Traditionally in this Pulp moulding machinery industry a generic “one size fits all” machine was being built by our competitors. Therefore, if you wanted to produce a pulp moulded product it had to conform to their machines limitations. The only standard our competitors had in this industry was that you could only produce products that they had designed their machine for and if you had a new innovative product to produce, well it had to meet the requirement of their machines, otherwise they would tell you it couldn’t be made.

In 2006 this changed dramatically. At KMI we chose to proceed with a new business model for manufacturing, sales, and support of small to large scale pulp molding machinery.

At Kimberley Marketing Inc. we decided to customize our moulding system to the clients production requirements, product size and weight. At Kimberley Marketing In. we build the machines you want and need.
Kimberley Marketing Inc. new systems are modular and give our clients a full menu of options. You can now buy what you need; you can now produce the high quality products you want.

Our new modular systems are 95% manufactured and assembled in our plant. By producing modular machinery we reduce the design and construction times significantly. In addition, field installation and testing time, and client’s down times are dramatically reduced. Our Quality Control is of the highest in the industry because each module is pre-tested before leaving our factory.

Manufacturers can increase their profits by making small changes. For new manufactures buy KMI’s energy efficient equipment, buy a pulp moulding system that use recycled material. Why use recycled material – the advantages are lower raw material costs. Why use pulp moulded packaging- it is reusable, environmentally friendly, can be produced economically and sold for at a reasonable profit. Why buy KMI because their equipment can recover energy normally being vented into the atmosphere and allow you to re-use it in your moulding process again. Why re-use this steam and heat – because it will save you money. Why buy electricity of natural gas to heat your process water or to run your hot presses when it can be captured from the emissions in your process and obtained for minimal cost.

Recycle your office waste paper, set up drop off zones, and educate your staff, your children. The more our society’s buy products that are packaged in pulp moulded environmentally friendly packaging the more trees we save and the fewer landfills we create. The reduction of C02 into our environment will help reduce global warming.

Every day you buy a product made of recycled pulp, is a day you take another step in saving our planet. Not only contributing to a greener world you are producing a product that can be re-used and recycled many many times.
And this pulp moulded product was produced on a Kimberley Marketing Machine that was cost effective and gave you a high quality product that you could market at a substantial profit.


The Future at Kimberley Marketing Inc.:

•     Continuous development of more efficient molding systems based on modular scalable architecture.
•     Continuous development of a systems with expanded flexibility
•     Continuous development in the design of KMI modular systems that will further reduce installation and maintenance/repair time of the equipment.
•     Further development of a the KMI “zoned” multi pass modular drying tunnel
•      Development of a series of new packing and shipping container systems to maximize field efficiencies, and minimize freight costs.
•     Development of non-traditional vertically oriented module systems that reduce plant footprint.
•     Further development of the KMI Heat recovery system that will recapture 90% of the energy that is lost in the drying systems

Individual zones rather than one big dryer
•     Having different zones allows you to dry the product easier by controlling the temperatures of each individual zone. The first zone can be extremely hot without causing damage to the product. 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit). This will accelerate the drying process.
•     The second and third will have lower temperatures and the last zone will measure the amount of moisture in the exhaust and control the exhaust fan accordingly.
•     Since 35% to 40% of the cost in the drying process is in heating of the make up air this will result in energy savings.

Heat exchangers
•     All new 2008 Dryers now have heat exchangers in the exhaust systems. These heat exchangers recover the heat in the exhaust and return it to the make up air in the dryer, the process system and to the hot press support systems.
•     The heating of the makeup air with the exhaust air can save up to 35% of the cost of drying. This is substantial saving when about 25% of the cost of the product is in drying it.

Water recovery
•     The by- product of the heat exchangers is the recovery of the water from the exhaust.
•      This substantial recovery of clean water can be recycled to reduce the usage of groundwater.

Vacuum Pump:
Vacuum Seal Water:
•     The seal water in a liquid ring vacuum pump heats up in the process. This elevated temperature lessens the efficiency of the pump. Traditionally in a closed system the seal water is pumped up to a cooling tower and cooled off with a fan and reused. In some cases they drain the water off and use fresh water in the system.
•     The heat from the vacuum pump is sent to a cooling tower and transferred to the atmosphere. Using energy to throw away energy that could be useful is not practical. Our seal water passes through a passive heat exchange system using the water going into the process to remove the energy from the seal water. This heat energy is introduced to the process water system and into the die and decal wash system. Putting this heat into the process water and bringing it up to 70 to 80 degrees Celsius can increase your production up to 20% or more or reduce your costs by the same amount and improve the quality of the moulded product. These heat exchangers are on all our moulding systems.
•     This is a simple solution to save money without spending any.

Is your Vacuum undersized:
•     Under sizing the Vacuum makes it difficult to form product efficiently.
•     An undersized vacuum
•      increases your production time.
•     Doesn’t dry the product properly on the moulding dies and makes it difficult to transfer.
•      Leaves excess moisture in the product which takes more energy to dry it. In the drying process this excess moisture tends to distort the product or make it warp.

Are you Pumping Against Vacuum?:
•     Pumping against Vacuum is just a fight between the vacuum pump and the white water return pump.
•     It’s difficult to do
•      hard on the equipment and it’s not necessary.
•     Isolating the white water in the vacuum system from the vacuum is a simple solution.
•     You can then pump the white water out with an inexpensive pump with no problem at all.

Hot Press Support:
•     KMI Dryers exhaust on zone 1 have high temperature heat recovery system.
•     The HRS system can recover the exhaust energy from this zone to support a hot press system
•     The HRS system has a main control panel to control the press. This system can support two hot presses running up to 130 degrees Celsius.
•     Note: a vacuum pump is also required to operate the presses.
•     The energy from the exhaust first zone of the dryer is recovered and stored in a liquid medium, in a 250 gallon insulated stainless steel tank. This hot liquid is pumped through a heat exchange unit above and below the press dies and is the primary source of energy for the hot press. The backup source of energy is electrical.
•     The energy from other zones of our dryers can also be used in this system.
•     Note: pumps to circulate the solutions are required.
KMI Heat Exchange units are built in to the exhaust of all KMI dryers.

Drying with Thermal Infrared Energy
•     This is not the best solution to a problem but it is practical, fast and cost effective.
•     This type of heating is wide spread in industry.
•     It is used for de-icing the wings of aircraft, curing paint, annealing, plastic welding, plastic forming etc.
•     Thermal Infrared Energy is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than visible light but slightly shorter then that of microwaves.
•     This energy heats the opaque absorbent objects rather then the air around it, so it would heat the objects on the tray and the exposed area of the tray only.

Methane Gas
•     The livestock industry creates millions of tons of manure annually.
•      This manure can be composted and processed to create useful fertilizer.
•     Another potential use for this manure is to produce methane gas, which could be used in many of the same places that we use propane, fuel oil and natural gas.
•      Anaerobic bacteria create methane as a byproduct of the digestion of manure, and the leftover organic matter makes excellent fertilizer.
•     If you have a connection with egg producers and have access to the waste materials from the chickens this could be useful.
•     Chicken waste has one of the highest concentrations of methane gas.
•     Approximately 9 cubic feet of methane gas is produced from the biological reduction of each pound of poultry manure.
•     Depending on the volumes of waste installing a digester next to your plant to retrieve the methane gas could drop your energy costs of your production by up to 90%.
•     This gas could be used to fuel the burners for your dryers and could be used operate low pressure steam turbine electrical generators to provide energy for the complete system.


CO2
Gas Recovery with an anaerobic digester
•     The nice thing about methane gas from biomass is that it is CO2 neutral and therefore does not emit additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In fact it is the opposite. Reclaiming this gas from the waste will stop these emissions of gas going into the atmosphere and adding to the greenhouse effect.
•      This makes it environmentally and economically friendly.
•     Finally, biogas production from anaerobic digester presents the additional advantage of treating the organic waste and reducing the environmental impact of these wastes.
•      It contributes to a better image of the farming community while reducing odor, pathogens and weeds from the manure and producing an enhanced fertilizer easily assimilated by plants.

At Kimberley Marketing Inc. we have implemented many changes to reduce the capital cost of our production equipment with a focus on reducing the energy use of production in these areas and many other areas. This energy reducing technology can be added to other systems operating today to reduce your ecological footprint and save you money.

Thinking Green      
- good for the environment
- good for the Pulp Moulding Industry
- increases the demand for Pulp Moulded Packaging

•     RE-USE energy

•      RECYCLE – use recycled raw materials

•     REDUCE C02 emissions


KMI now includes the Heat Recovery system as standard equipment on all our M300, M400, and M500 series systems.

Also, this new KMI Heat Recovery system can be added to existing manufacturing equipment, therefore enabling the manufacturer to reduce their energy costs.

If you were unable to attend or would like more information on the KMI Heat Recovery systems call Don at 289-221-3130 or
Email: info@kmipulpmachines.com