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“Yes, we were very aggressive with technology,” added Goldberg. “Ownership and management absolutely be- lieved in our abilities and took our innovations from plant to plant, first to Atlanta, then to Greensboro and then to Dallas and everyone at Linpac was involved in all of it. We scheduled what was then the very first Mitsubishi corruga- tor in this country, we installed the first Fosber corrugator and the first Marquip interface. “And everything we did as a family, including order en- try systems, shipping and automated truck loading, invoic- ing, full accounting (AR, AP, Gl) and financial statements. And let’s not forget the first U.S. installation of Kiwi (on a PC), which was achieved in Atlanta with Mike VanBellen, the original author of Kiwi scheduling while he was at Am- cor, which later spun off as Kiwi and would be purchased by Mike and Bruce Howe.” Part 2 of the Linpac Legacy will appear in the Decem- ber 23 issue of Board Converting News. Koenig & Bauer, ACTEGA Renew Partnership Germany based Koenig & Bauer announced that its more than eight-year relationship with ACTEGA will continue as the two companies have agreed to extend their partner- ship for another three years. As in the past, a significant focus will be placed on aspects such as the provision of
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starter kits with products for inline finishing for the com- missioning of all newly installed Rapida presses; an agree- ment covering quality assurance and further development of a range of products; and combined marketing activities including presentations at trade fairs, user events and print demonstrations, as well as the production of print samples. Many of the agreed activities and measures aim to pro- vide direct benefits for the users. This means that ACTEGA will remain a development partner for Koenig & Bauer in work to optimize finishing processes used in LED-UV pro- From left, Dirk Winkler of Koenig & Bauer, and Jan Franz Aller- kamp of ACTEGA.
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