We recently had the opportunity to visit with Eric Flinton, Vice President of Sales with Formax. We asked Eric a few questions about his company and in particular Formax’s shredder line. Formax markets a wide range of products including: paper folder-inserters, paper folding machines, forms bursters, check 
signers, letter openers, commercial-grade shredders and several other business machines.
Q: How long has Formax been in business?
Founded in 1984 in Dover NH, Formax is celebrating our 25th year in business.
Q: What makes the Formax shredder line stand out from the competition?
A return to dedicated, quality construction. From our metal cabinets, high density plastic bins, heavy duty motors and powerful metal gearing our shredders are built to be your last.
Q: What are some of your more popular models and why?
Our FD8702 multimedia shredder is popular due to its dedicated CD/DVR/Media compartment in combination with a paper capacity of 40+ sheets cross cut. Also our FD8600 shredder is a great 
departmental shredder capable of handling up to 30 sheets at once and offers the optional EvenFlow auto oiler.
Q: Briefly describe the research, development of your product line.
Formax was the first US office shredder supplier to introduce the use of a Visual Load Indicator to assist operators with jam prevention. We’re proud to say it’s becoming mainstream and have taken imitation as flattery. In the past year we’ve incorporated load indicators, simple LED control panels, and auto cleaning functions to our conveyor–fed high volume shredders. This is our typical process, develop the innovation, introduce it to our office shredders and steadily upgrade the entire line.
Q: Do you have any new products that you plan to unveil in the coming months? If so, what are they?
We’ve been working diligently on a true auto-feeder for our departmental shredders. Simple to use so an office worker can stack their documents onto the feeder and have the option of walking away while it shreds the stack. We hope to see it in ‘09 as we continue to refine it.
Q: Anything else you’d care to mention about Formax?
We are proud of the quality and durability of our shredders. We encourage readers to view web videos at Office Zone to see first-hand what separates Formax shredders from other manufacturers.
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