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es by producing folding cartons for pharmaceutical and health care companies. Vista Color has jumped into the PPE making business with both feet as well, designing and making face shields for local hospitals in the Miami area. Vista Color was fea- tured on Miami television station Channel 10 WPLG on

ARC INTERNATIONAL www.ARCInternational .com

ARC International is a world leader in the manufacturing of roller products for flexography. The latest nano-technology laser engraving in our Charlotte and Las Vegas manufac- turing facilities ensures superior quality and consistency in anilox rollers.

BAUMER HHS CORPORATION www.baumerhhs.com

hhs is a global leader in advanced gluing, camera verifica- tion and quality assurance systems for the packaging indus- try. Zero-defect quality and elevated production speeds are key parameters in the manufacturing of corrugated boxes; hhs systems ensure efficiency and precision across the board. With hhs Xcam Box Monitoring and non-contact flap gluing of corrugated board, hhs offers every option for au- tomated quality assurance in the production of corrugated boxes with flexo folder gluers. BLOWER APPLICATION COMPANY (BLOAPCO) www.BloApCo.com BloApCo has served the corrugated industry since 1933 with a variety of scrap handling solutions, including Hori- zontal Floor Shredders, Trim Cutters, and Material Handling Fans and Conveying Systems. BloApCo Shredders allow for continuous shredding and pneumatic removal of sheet waste stacks of all sizes, roll slab, cores, carton scrap and much more.

April 14th for their efforts. Jess Hernandez, President of Vista Color, says that a big reason the company came up to speed so quickly at the beginning of the crisis was hav- ing brought on a Compliance Director two years ago. “We had a good plan in place for such an emergency and now we are refining that plan for next time,” says Hernandez. In Northern Kentucky, Zumbiel Packaging has joined with over forty packaging firms from twenty countries cre- ating “Fiber Shield” to create single use face shields for Juan Roque of Vista Color was featured on Channel 10 in Mi- ami about the company’s efforts in making face shields.

medical professionals all over the world. As of April 29th, the group has donated over 1,250,000 face shields globally. “Our industry wanted to do something to support the fight against COVID-19,” said Ed Zumb- iel of Zumbiel Packaging. “So when we realized that face shields were in

CIMEX CORP. www.cimexcorp.com

Cimex writes affordable yet powerful CAD/CAM software for the packaging and diemaking industries. We also offer numerous samplemakers, etc., to fit all needs and budgets.

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short supply and that we could in fact manufacture them with our existing production assets, we turned our organi- zations loose.” From a press release by FiberShield.org , “The most amazing part of this story, according to Zumbiel, is that ’vir- tually everyone in the packaging ecosystem has jumped in to offer raw materials, production assistance, and logistics support to the companies who are producing shields.’ It is truly a global, humanitarian effort, the likes of which the packaging industry has never seen.” “This is a group of the best run companies in our in- dustry and by seeing how they are dealing with the chal- lenges of the COVID pandemic and still finding ways to give back to their communities is a real testament to their leadership,” said Jay Willie, Executive Director of the ICG

Leading manufacturer and installer of quality retrofits, up- grades and replacement parts for S&S and Prime Flexo Folder Gluers. Specialists in reconditioning of S&S Flexo Folder Gluers, including ink, air and electrical systems.

CORRUGATED REPLACEMENTS, INC. www.corrugatedparts.com

Corrugated Replacements, Inc. is a production powerhouse that manufactures high quality machine parts and replace- ment parts for the corrugated and paperboard converting industries. CRI can redesign, engineer, and manufacture any part while providing a rapid turn-around rate, keeping machines running at their peak performance and limiting down time.

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