Optimal Options

"There weren't so many options years ago," said John Powell Jr., vice president of Powell Engineering, Inc. (Pinson, Ala.). "In the past, there were only shafted unwinds. If you had a big roll of paper, weighing something like 3,000 pounds, the operator putting the shaft in the roll would often get hurt. Now, there are lots of options for converters, as well as manufacturers, really. Now you have the option to buy what exactly matches your operation."