Not Going Quietly

Joe Elphick, president and CEO of Clayton, N.C.-based 3C Packaging, may assume a calm, matter-of-fact manner when discussing his folding carton company's latest achievements, but make no mistake, 3C has logged a performance record worthy of the exclamation point that graces the company's logo. Specifically, the converting company, which also produces printed literature inserts and unit dose compliant packages, recently reported 20 percent growth during the 2010-2011 fiscal year and has been averaging double-digit annual growth during the last five years. What's more, in a stubborn climate of continual cost cutting for companies across all industries, 3C's "healthy balance sheet," as Elphick describes it, has allowed the company to buck the belt-tightening trend and actively invest in packaging equipment to more effectively serve customer needs. Its new installations in the past year have included a Heidelberg 102ZP 2c Perfecting 28 x 40 press, a Vijuk MV2011 outsert system, two Vijuk folders, and a Longford piggyback system.