Finishing - Conventional

Rotoflex announced it grew sales and aftermarket approximately 30% over the previous year due to strategic management decisions involving increased R&D investments. Additionally, the company revealed it is moving to a new facility in Mississauga, Ontario.

Tom Fitzgerald has been promoted at Koenig & Bauer (US/CA) to the position of director of post-press products and has been appointed to the Board of Directors in the International Association of Diecutting and Diemaking for Director of Member Retention.

Despite the economic pressures of the pandemic, TQL Packaging Solutions is poised for 20% growth over 2019. This growth pushed the converter to purchase and install a Rotoflex VLI 700.

Although SpectraGraphics already had two SATURN high-speed slitter inspection rewinders installed and running, it has opted for a third SATURN with FUTURA device featuring FastCut, the automated knife and counter-knife positioning device developed by PRATI.

After updating its Speedmaster XL 106, Digital Color Concepts needed a solution to straighten out bottlenecks. To increase its throughput and alleviate issues it was facing with its 10-year-old diecutting and folding/gluing technology, DCC purchased an Easymatrix 106 CS and Diana Easy 115 from Heidelberg.

Premium Paper Box has installed a SMARTFOLD 1100SL CLASSIC with backfolding capability, giving the company the ability to produce a large variety of structures that include straight line, autobottom/crashlock, and 4&6 corner cartons.

The SMARTFOLD 1100SL CLASSIC X2 was installed and put into production in July 2020 and has given GPA the ability to produce a large variety of simple to complex folding and gluing structures.

The ULTRA X2S from PPC Technologies and Solutions LLC (PPCTS) is specifically designed for the demanding and evolving North American market and well suited for the specific folding carton requirements of EPF.

When Iconex installed four new Martin Automatic MBS splicers at its facility in Morristown, Tenn., the plan was to use them for label production. However, as a result of COVID-19, Iconex has also utilized them to convert paper rolls into hand sanitizing wipes.

Superior Lithographic has invested in a DGM Smartfold 1100SL folder gluer and IMPACK packer solution from PPCTS. The new line will focus on fast job changeover, and high-speed folding and gluing production.