Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

Welcome to the latest edition of the Packaging Excellence Center, where we highlight labels and packaging that deserve some special recognition. This episode features a folding carton from Hub Folding Box that entices multiple senses, making it stand out on shelf.

John Roberts, a Minneapolis-based commercial printing, packaging and marketing services provider, recently signed the first Heidelberg Subscription contract in the United States.

Seeking an expansion into additional packaging segments, the company formerly known as All American Label has purchased three new Heidelberg machines, including a press, diecutter and platesetter. With the new equipment, the company has changed its name to All American Label and Packaging.

It may be a mature packaging segment, but the folding carton market is still “ripe with opportunity” for those who know how to make the most of it.

Paperboard packaging specialist Wausau Container will be adding a new 41˝ Koenig & Bauer Rapida 105 PRO sheetfed press this coming fall. The press will be Wausau Container's first from Koenig & Bauer and will be its first sheetfed press of this size.

Eye-catching offset printing, tactile embellishments and the addition of a smokey scent helped Hub Folding Box earn Best of Show in the 32nd annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards for this folding carton, produced for Crown Royal's Texas Mesquite Canadian whisky.

Koenig & Bauer is strengthening its position and focus to target the globally increasing demand for all types of offset printed labels. As part of this refocus, Koenig & Bauer's research and development team is working to produce critical press features for this growing market.

Accurate Box, a Paterson, N.J.-based printer of high-graphic corrugated boxes, is adding a new seven-color, 64˝ Koenig & Bauer Rapida 164 press, increasing the company's capacity and speeds. The press will operate alongside two seven-color, 64˝ Koenig & Bauer Rapida 162 sheetfed presses.

With the foodservice packaging market growing at a very rapid pace, Southern Champion Tray made the decision to add a seven-color, 41˝ Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 press to its facility in Mansfield, Texas.

Komori America completed the installation of a six color Lithrone GX40 at Nosco, a full-service packaging solutions provider serving a variety of industries.