FMN | February 18th, 2019

ICG Members Report Strong Growth

Texas. Sonderen Packaging, Spokane,Washington, will soon take delivery of a new eCon sheeter. Dee Packaging is currently implementing Carton- ERP as its enterprise resource planning system. Dia- mond Packaging, Rochester, New York; Accord Carton, Alsip, Illinois: Royal Paper Box, Montebello, California; and Curtis Packaging also made notable IT investments in recent months, ranging from cloud backup and security platforms to next-generation production scheduling technologies. ICG members collectively represent over 1,400 years of packaging history. This year is a big one for anniversaries, as Dee Packaging turns 100; Accurate Box, 75; Colbert Packaging, 60; and 3C Packaging, Clayton, North Carolina, 40. APR Partners With SPL Consulting All Printing Resources, Glendale Heights, Illinois, has formed a strategic partnership with SPL Consult- ing, LLC, a Wisconsin-based firm specializing in strate- gic planning, lean implementation and leadership development services. SPL Founder and CEO, Brian Van de Water, has spent the last three decades in the printing and packaging industries.

The Independent Carton Group (ICG) has reported that, despite continued consolidation in the folding carton industry, business growth among its member- ship remains strong. ICG members maintain their com- petitive edge with continued infrastructure and equipment investments. Curtis Packaging, Sandy Hook, Connecticut; Wausau Container, Wausau, Wisconsin; and Accurate Box, Paterson, New Jersey, have new Koenig & Bauer Rapida presses. Accurate Box also in- stalled robotic systems in its finishing department. All Packaging, Aurora, Colorado, added 30,000 square feet to its Salt Lake City facility, filling it with new employees and equipment, including a sheeter, die cutter and multiple folder-gluers. In the Midwest, all three Colbert Packaging, Lake Forest, Illinois, facili- ties are running new equipment, including a second Brausse die cutter, two Zünd cutting systems, a Signa- ture folder-gluer and a Vijuk insert folder. Other equipment investments among ICG members include a litho-laminator at El Paso Paper Box, El Paso, Texas; a Bobst die cutter at Dee Packaging, Chester, Pennsylvania; a windowing machine at Vista Color, Miami, Florida; and the addition of flexo print stations to the sheeter at Frankston Packaging, Frankston,

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