K-Sun Corporation’s New GREEN MACHINE® is a Winner in New Equipment Digest’s King Awards Competition

Somerset, WI, April 07, 2012 --(PR.com)-- ­K-Sun Corporation’s new GREEN MACHINE® label printer system has won a Bronze Award in the Packaging Equipment and Supplies Category in New Equipment Digest’s King Awards Competition.

The King Awards recognize industry’s best new products that were introduced in 2010 and 2011. It is named after NED’s long-time Chief Editor Bob King.

The K-Sun GREEN MACHINE® was selected from five finalists in the Packaging Equipment and Supplies category and a total of 80 products in 11 categories. The GREEN MACHINE® will be featured on www.newequipment.com and in the April 2012 edition of New Equipment Digest magazine and will receive recognition at Industry Week’s Best Plants Conference April 23-25, 2012, in Indianapolis.

K-Sun’s new GREEN MACHINE® is the most eco-friendly and technologically advanced label printer system in the marketplace. Advanced features include front cartridge loading system, 8 bar code formats and now including EAN 8 and 13, the PEELGuard® trimmer that rounds corners to prevent label peel/curl, 12 language prompts, Euro/Latin hot key, font style and size hot keys, telecom and electrical hot keys as well as a backlit display for viewing on all light conditions. More than 100 sizes and colors of adhesive-backed, bar code and iron-on fabric labels as well as heat shrink tubes and self-laminating overwrap are available.

The GREEN MACHINE's best-in-industry, no-questions-asked 3-year warranty coupled with the machine's vast capabilities and versatility of supply materials makes it one of the most popular printers for professionals who need marking and identification solutions in electrical, wire/cable processing, engineering, industrial, manufacturing, laboratory, hospital and other industries.

The GREEN MACHINE can be used as stand-alone or compatible with a PC and MaxiLabel® Pro Ver 3.0 software and uses an AC adapter, regular batteries or Sanyo eneloop rechargeable batteries. The GREEN MACHINE meets global energy efficiency standards including the European Union’s Eco-Design Directive and UK, UL, CUL, LPS, TUV, GS, RoHS, WEEE and Level V California Energy Reduction standards, tests, certification and requirements. Non-PVC and lead-free parts, recycled paper and plastics are used where possible and a cartridge recycled program is available.

The GREEN MACHINE will be demonstrated at the 2012 National Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo at Milwaukee’s Frontier Airlines Center May 9-10. Since 2001, the NEWPT Expo has been the exclusive showcase for the latest technology for the electrical wire harness, wire & cable processing and related industries.

NED is an award-winning monthly magazine of new products for industrial and manufacturing customers. For the past 75 years, NED has been the leading source of information for general industry and plant operations, maintenance, engineering, production, purchasing and administration.

Founded in 1978, K-Sun Corp. offers a line of exclusive stand-alone and PC-compatible electronic label printers, software and supplies used in laboratory, hospital, industrial, manufacturing, research, safety, law enforcement/EMS, wire/cabling, engineering, construction, utilities, energy, transportation and other industries plus offices, warehouses and shops across the world. With K-Sun label printers and software you can create custom adhesive-backed labels, heat-shrink tubes, wire flag, fabric iron-ons, self-laminating overwrap and bar-code labels using thousands of industry-standard graphics and preset software wizards for all your marking and identification, safety, hazcom, visual communication and warning needs. For more information contact K-Sun at 800.622.6312, visit www.ksun.com or email info@ksun.com.