Paper Converting Machine Co.

GREEN BAY, Wis.—Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has been awarded the prestigious Manufacturing Award of Distinction, which honors excellence in manufacturing in Northeast Wisconsin. The award is sponsored by Advance, the economic development arm of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, and was presented on Nov. 14. “This award is a result of the incredible work and commitment of all 800 PCMC associates in Green Bay and reaffirms our belief that through leadership, empowerment and continuous improvement, we will continue to realize our vision of a great American manufacturing company,” said Craig Compton, vice president of operations. Following its regional win, PCMC has

By cutting its electric power usage through a major retrofit in four Green Bay area facilities, Paper Converting Machine Company has earned the Environmental Stewardship Award from Orion Energy Systems. The change to high-intensity fluorescent lighting from Orion reduced PCMC’s electric power consumption by about 1,167,360 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year. According to accepted formulas, a reduction this size means that each year about 22,763 tons of carbon dioxide, 310 tons of carbon, five tons of sulfur dioxide and 2.4 tons of nitrogen oxides—all of them greenhouse gas pollutants—will not enter the local atmosphere. The reduction is the air-scrubbing equivalent of removing 189 cars from

Wide-web printers are facing a transforming marketplace. The changes, however, are in many ways advantageous for wide-web print shops. For instance, consider the switch many brand owners have made in their packaging, swapping rigid packaging materials for retort and stand-up pouches. These packaging innovations have created a fast-growing market segment that benefits wide-web printers. In addition, competition on store shelves has forced brand owners to require higher print quality in their packaging in an attempt to make their products stand out from the crowd. This, in turn, has required wide-web press manufacturers to produce equipment that enables printers to meet and surpass these demands.