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Uteco’s commitment to service leads a converter to purchase a new Italian-made eight-color flexo press, which has doubled capacity at the plant in upstate New York.
Jim Streicher established Bison Bag Co. in 1968 with a single bag converting machine that he personally built in the basement of his Buffalo, NY, home. He and his partners, including son Jim Jr., went on to build one of the most successful flexible packaging converting organizations in the Northeastern US. Read Full Story »
By Robert Moran
From conceptualization to completion, very little escapes notice at FLEXSTAR Packaging Inc., Richmond, BC, Canada. Here, attention to detail is the order of the day. With $22 million in annual sales and what seems to be an ever-evolving pressroom floor; process, product and progress stand in unison. Read Full Story »
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Diamond HP arrives in Kennesaw
Setup inside the warehouse nears completion.
by Chris Mc Loone
“Above all, plan for the unforeseen,” read the beginning of a February 2008 packagePRINTING feature on offset printing. The subject of the article, Colonial Carton Company (now 3C Packaging, www.3cpackaging.com), had taken steps to ensure its customers would not see a disruption in service in the event of a catastrophe. The printer did have to put its plan into place when it almost lost its building and equipment to fire. Read Full Story »
Art Padilla, Printing Mgr. & Jeff Taylor, President
When M&M Printed Bag decided they needed a new direct drive press they did their homework. In the most competitive marketplace in recent history M&M decided that Uteco’s technological advantage created by the patented “true direct drive” on the CI drum and plate mandrels, combined with our North American service presence, defined the right value proposition for them.
The direct mounting of the servo motor onto the plate sleeve mandrel guarantees:
This is the innovative technology featured on all Uteco gearless presses and recognized by international patent.
The absence of any kind of mechanical transmission between the main motor and the central impression drum grants: