10 January 2018 SAFETY, MAINTENANCE & EDUCATION

Above left, Dan Fredericks and Melissa Timco, Ralph Alberts Company, had foam padding samples on display. Above, Zach Hershberger, son of Audio Inno- vators, owner Dale Hershberger, was on hand at the IAAPA Expo. He plans to go into the family business and attend more trade shows with his dad. Above right, Auxel representatives Giulia Battistello and Marco Savegnago not only spent time discussing the company's maintenance management program, but also promoting its skills and experience in amusement ride retrofitting, repair and manufacturing.AT/PAM SHERBORNE Suppliers on Expo floor promote safety, maintenance AT: Pam Sherborne Ralph Alberts Company repeaters, two-way radios, and "But, we have picked up a party and reservation system [email protected] Montoursville, Pa. custom sound and announcement few new customers this year," geared toward making it easier to This company is a full-ser- systems. Alan Wadsley said. "We have had book parties at family entertain- ORLANDO, Fla. — Compa- vice, multifaceted custom molder, At the IAAPA event last a fantastic year." ment centers for both the operator nies that manufacture, market and using epoxy, urethane, and sili- November, owner Dale Hersh- On display in their booth was and customer. sell safety products and equipment cone tools created in-house. The berger had his son Zach helping a miniature, to scale, generator The company's Lynda Broth- to the amusement industry don't company's departments and capa- him work the booth. The younger trailer, which turned out to be a erton said they had a lot of inter- normally have the large, expertly bilities include CNC machining, Hershberger said they had been conversation starter. In fact, while est in the new system at the show. designed and decorated booths custom tooling, foam molding, extremely busy during the show AT was speaking with the Wads- "We have just been very busy that rise high above others at the hand casting, injection molding and had a very good year overall. leys, an attendee walked by and in general," Brotherton said. 2017 IAAPA Attractions Expo. and roto-casting. He also said that he plans to asked if the small trailer was real. However, these companies, Melissa Timco and Dan work in the family business and The company manufactures Maclan Corp. which also include computer soft- Fredericks represented Alberts at accompany his father to more portable distribution power sys- Lakeland, Fla. ware for ride maintenance and the IAAPA Expo last November, trade shows. tems for festivals, carnivals, elec- Maegan Wallace, on hand all emergencies, are there and at- showing off some of their tried trical contractors, and . at the Maclan Corp. booth at the tendees, as well as other exhibi- and true products. Auxel SRL IAAPA Expo 2017, said the past tors, know where they are located. "We do a lot of customer Arcugnano, Italy Intercard Inc. year had been a very busy year for These companies are the back- service at this show," Timco said. Auxel SRL was established in St. Louis, Mo. the company. bone of the industry. "Most of our customers are here 1978 operating in the sector of de- Since 1979, Intercard Inc. has "We have expanded in the Below is a sampling of some and we get to see them." sign and construction of electronic been a full-service resource for size of our facilities and reinvested of those companies from the IAA- equipment. Over the years, the debit card technology in a variety in new equipment as well as add- PA Attractions Expo 2017 held Audio Innovators Inc. company expanded into ride main- of industries including gaming, ing several new machines to keep Nov. 13-17, at the Orange County Riverview, Fla. tenance management for amuse- amusement, gift and loyalty cards, up with customer’s demands," Convention Center. Audio Innovators sells safe- ment rides, including maintenance redemption and POS systems. Wallace said. "We purchased a ty messaging systems, message software design and integration. The company introduced new 5,000 square foot building "We do about 500 projects a new system at the park show 4 advances safety belt tech a year," said Marco Savegnago, called Shindigger, a user-friendly See SUPPLIERS, page 12 during the IAAPA Expo. These projects have Saveg- Timo Klaus was energized nago traveling all over the world about the advancements including locations such as North KumbaK had made with Korea. So, the company is not new safety belts. Improved to the industry, but Savegnago latches and sensors within said they are starting to promote the clasps insure that no their skills of retrofitting and up- rider can release the belt grading rides. until an operator signals "We can do it all," he said. the latches to do so. The "We also can make rides. We have retractable nature of always been able to do this, we the new belts allow the just haven't ever really promoted extension to continue on it. We feel we have the skill and until it is locked in place. At we have the experience." that point, it retracts. “This Auxel products boast an ex- increases capacity because tremely high technological level riders don’t have to continue applied to a wide range of electri- cal solutions: from design to after- to start over if they didn’t sale support, without geographi- pull it far enough the first cal limitation. time,” said Klaus. Also, Above left, Intercard's Lynda Brotherton and Robert Sax signals indicate to a ride Gull Wing Industries stayed very busy during the expo as the company intro- operator that all our locked, Alta, Iowa duced a system called Shindigger. It is a user-friendly system eliminating the need to tuck While at the IAAPA trade- for family entertainment center operators and customers to on each one, thus further show, Alan and Angie Wadsley, book reservations as well as parties. Above right, Maegan improving capacity. owners, Gull Wing Industries, Wallace and Randy Reid, Maclan Corp., said Maclan has had AT/TIM BALDWIN said they had been very busy, pri- a very busy year, expanding the size of its facility and up- marily visiting with existing com- grading its polyurethane hydrospenser to a Mark XX unit. panies. AT/PAM SHERBORNE 12 AMUSEMENT TODAY January 2018 SAFETY, MAINTENANCE & EDUCATION SUPPLIERS Maclan announced a partner- Gregg Jahelka and Jason ride locking restraint. Charma Smarte Carte, Inc. Continued from page 10 ship with Vekoma Rides in Au- Lindsey were representing the Wilderson and Chris Johnson, St. Paul, Minn. gust 2016, and that partnership company in the Millennium booth representing Safe-Strap, said Smarte Carte's locker pro- last year (2016) that we are finally "has been a mutually beneficial re- during the IAAPA tradeshow. they had been bustling during gram is an all-inclusive, revenue settled into now." lationship for the parks we supply They agreed the show was very the show. share concession. The electronic She said this building is as well as Maclan and Vekoma." well attended and they were stay- "We keep updating it, trying storage lockers include advanced housing their expanded Quality ing very busy. to make it more simple to load features like PIN code, RFID, bar- Control Department along with Millennium Elastomers The company displayed an and reload rides, but also keeping code ticket, barcode wristband or shipping and receiving. Gardena, Calif. array of wheels and products in it safe," Johnson said. biometric locker access that can "We expanded our machine Millennium Elastomers the booth. The restraint allows the ride be customized to create the right shop with a new CNC mill and manufactures polyurethane, rub- operator to know when all the storage. two manual lathes," she said. ber and nylon wheels for roller Safe-Strap Company restraints are locked. When the The company was awarded "We upgraded our polyurethane coasters, carnival and amusement Fort Myers, Fla. strap is inserted into the locking an IAAPA Brass Ring Award dur- hydrospenser to a Mark XX and rides. The company provides both The 2017 IAAPA tradeshow mechanism, the release becomes ing the association expo. Accord- we are currently installing a new new and relined wheels to the in- was the third year this company lighted. CNC lathe." dustry. has exhibited its Safe Strap remote 4See SUPPLIERS, page 14

Above left, Alan and Angie Wadsley stand behind their (to scale) miniature generator trailer at the IAAPA Expo. Above, Uremet Corp. was represented on the show floor by (from left), Thom Cammarota, Steven McAllaster, and Jessy Coffeen. Above right, Jonathan Barry (left), and Michael Stewart, are part of the commercial facilities team of the Sector Outreach & Programs Division of U.S. Homeland Security who were on hand to let attendees and exhibitors know the support and resources that can be obtained from their department. AT/PAM SHERBORNE 14 AMUSEMENT TODAY January 2018 SAFETY, MAINTENANCE & EDUCATION SUPPLIERS Continued from page 12 ing to Steve Wagner of Smarte Carte, their Locker Link 2 won first place in Best New Product under the Services, Equipment and Supplies category. The Locker Link 2 provides full park seamless integration for customer ease with their lockers while on premises.

Uremet Corp. Santa Ana, Calif. Uremet Corporation, a sup- Cheri Koth and Pete Downs show off Waterloo Tent and Tarp's plier of polyurethane industrial Seen at the IAAPA Expo 2017 were Gregg Jahelka, left, and shade tree with the company's newest version of the Quick wheels, was founded in 1992. Jason Lindsey, Millennium Elastomers, manufactures wheels Connect solar-charging station that has Wi-Fi capabilities. Initially focusing on bonding for amusement rides. AT/PAM SHERBORNE AT/PAM SHERBORNE polyurethane to metal, the com- pany now specializes in durable reach & Programs Division of ed an abundance of written infor- At the IAAPA Expo, the com- umbrella. It has six charging wheels for a variety of applica- U.S. Homeland Security, said mation on an array of programs pany exhibited many products ports, LED lighting, space for tions, particularly amusement their presence sometimes causes and resource materials that are including its Snack Shack, shade marketing and has Wi-Fi capa- wheels. some sideway looks. offered by that division free to tree and the latest version of the bilities. The company's Thom Cam- "We often have people sort anyone who is in need of it. Quick Connect solar charging "It can charge up to 400 marota, Steven McAllaster, and of look at us and then come back station. phones a day," Downs said. Jessy Coffeenwere on hand dur- and say, 'Why are you guys here?' Waterloo Tent Owner Pete Downs said The stainless steel station ing the IAAPA Expo 2017, along " Barry said. and Tarp Co. Inc. they began working on charging is able to sustain wind loads of with a variety of product. The reason they show up Waterloo, Iowa stations in 2013, with the first be- 155 mph. at events such as the IAAPA At- Waterloo Tent and Tarp ing a stand-up version. The sec- Waterloo has had a very U.S. Department of tractions Expo 2017 is to educate manufactures amusement ride ond also was a stand-up model successful 2017. Downs feels Homeland Security those in any industry that gather canvas, game joints, umbrellas, but with updated electronics. their customer service is really Washington, D.C. people together about the re- tents, related canvas products, The latest station is a round the best part of the company. He Jonathan Barry and Michael sources that are out there to keep shade creations and solar charg- table with bench seating that is also is grateful that his son, Cody Stewart, part of the commercial their facilities and events safe. ing stations, and specializes in covered by an umbrella. The so- Downs, has taken on a larger facilities team of the Sector Out- The booth at IAAPA provid- custom products. lar panels are located over the role in the company.